The Mike Bastinelli Show

 The Yakima Chapter of the American Red Cross is doing its part to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.   The Chapters emergency response vehicle and two local volunteers are one their way to New York City to help in the hurricane relief

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   It's election day across the country and a huge turnout is expected in Washington State.  A record 3.9 million ballots were sent out for the states all mail in ballot.  Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed, on "The Mike Bastinelli Show" said that he expects a turnout of at least an 81 % turnout

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A record number of Washingtonians have registered to vote and a close to record amount have registered in Yakima County.   What is the actuall election turnout expected?  We will have Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed and Yakima County Auditor Corky Mattingly on "The Mike Bastinelli Show" this afternoon to answer those questions

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Attracting new business and industry with New Vision and the Yakima County Development Corporation was part of the discussion on Friday's Mike Bastinelli show.

New Vision Executive Director David McFadden was on the show and talked about the recent Enterprise Challenge, how New Vision works to attract new jobs and businesses and what it means for the future of economic development our region

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David McFadden, President of the Yakima County Developement Association will be on "The Mike Bastinelli Show" to talk about economic developement in the Yakima Valley.  He'll specifically talk about an initiative which will feature public forums, designed to help shape a plan and strategies for future growth in Central Washington.  

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   The Yakima City Council wants more people to take advantage of the miles of paths in and aroud the city. The council wants  to improve signage on the paths to help attract tourist and even localsl to utilize the miles of pathways

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Jay Inslee is running as a Democrat for the governor's seat in next week's election. A former Selah attorney and congressman who represented both the 4th and 1st congressional districts, Inslee faces Republican Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna in the governor's race

On Tuesday's Mike Bastinelli show, Inslee talked about his opponent, campaign issues, and what he hopes to accomplish if elected

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    The race for governor is considered very close.  The latest poll shows that Republican Rob McKenna is  leading Democrat Jay Inslee by just two points. Both candidates are pushing hard for voter turnout

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A study has found that Illegal immigration cost Washingtonians 2.7 Billion dollars a year.  Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the study, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Aliens on Washingtonian will talk about it this afternoon on "The Mike Bastinelli Show." 

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Dr. Raul Garcia is a former associate dean at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in  here in Yakima. He is also is an emergency room physician at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center

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