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Visit us or Message us on Facebook: Boiling Point on WAIF 88.3 FM  00:00:00 ?"40-Hour Week" (Alabama) 00:03:24 Station ID and disclaimers 00:06:00 ?"Solidarity Forever" (Joe Jencks) 00:10:20 ?"Deportees" (Joe Jencks) 00:15:44 Discussion of the LA teachers' strike: what, why—and how students are affected 00:40:35 ?"Because All Men Are Brothers" (Peter, Paul & Mary) 00:42:45 ?"Coal Tattoo" (Hazel Dickens) 00:45:40 ?"Dark as a Dungeon" (Johnny Cash) 00:48:45 Christ Church Community Forum today featured Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus and Cincinnati Councilmember David Mann in a discussion of city/county issues for the upcoming year: SNAP cards preloaded and must last through March the need for increased taxes a program to help people facing eviction help to Legal Aid providing jobs/aid to people displaced by construction/gentrification abatements 01:00:00 Brennan Grayson, Director of the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center joins us, as does Mary Aguilera, coordinator for Poor People's Campaign in Ohio.  County/city topics (continued):  Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) affordable housing Community Building Institute transportation system: more investment, perhaps with earnings and sales tax increases streetcar (making it free) 01:07:08 Byrne Grants (from the Department of Justice) are grants to local police that now require local collaboration with ICE. This conflicts with Cincinnati's sanctuary policy. 01:09:20 What Cincinnati's sanctuary status means: reflection on whether the sanctuary policy has teeth (it doesn't). Discussion of current county jail policies, such as connecting detained individuals with ICE and honoring ICE detainer requests.  01:14:40 Discussion of ORSANCO regulation restructuring that would compromise water quality in the area. The Poor People's Campaign is holding a Water Justice Hearing to inform people about local issues and hear stories about fracking, injection wells, sewer issues, water-quality issues, etc. For more info, see the event listing on Facebook.  01:18:35 After a bit of an awkward silence, Brennan realizes that we're finally going to let him update us on the Good Food Purchasing Program: On Jan 28, the Cincinnati Public School Board will meet to hear again on the Good Food Purchasing Program. They may also be voting on whether to accept the program, so interested parties should attend and wear orange. For more on the GFPP, see GoodFoodCities.org. 01:43:30 Union news: Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago has unionized. Slate.com editorial staff went on strike to improve their contract. 01:46:56 ?"For Gene Debs" (Anne Feeney)01:51:34 ?"Ghost of Tom Joad" (Bruce Springsteen)01:55:53 ?"Talking Union" (Pete Seeger)