Dale Adams and Ron Cisneros ("Ceasefire") discuss the importance of guardrails — structures that limit power and prevent overreach — across government, business, and culture. They cover checks and balances, the 17th Amendment's effect on the Senate, city government accountability tools (Open Meetings Act, initiative/referendum/recall), and the risks businesses take when they abandon neutrality for political causes (Nike, health insurers, bookstores). They also touch on government agency mission creep (NASA vs. NOAA, food stamps vs. Agriculture), military branch consolidation debates, and close with reflections on America's "live and let live" culture — plus a quick book recommendation (Dungeon Crawler Carl).

 

0:00 — Intro: What are guardrails?

1:29 — Staying in your lane: businesses and politics (Nike, bookstores)

3:33 — Government guardrails: checks and balances

4:23 — The Senate, the 17th Amendment, and lost state power

6:56 — Local accountability: Open Meetings Act, walking quorums

9:20 — Citizen guardrails: initiative, referendum, recall

11:03 — Break / laws that overreach: doctors asking about guns

14:10 — Business and politics revisited: insurance, NASA vs. NOAA, agency mission creep

17:22 — Outside pressure on institutions; military branch consolidation debate

20:48 — Cultural guardrails: live and let live in America

23:29 — Book pick: Dungeon Crawler Carl

24:58 — Wrap-up

Original Air Date: September 19th at 10:30AM CST as heard on Boerne Radio 103.9FM

Contact:
ceasefireboerne@gmail.com 
https://www.theboernebookshop.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561356682575 

Dale Adams and Ron Cisneros ("Ceasefire") discuss the importance of guardrails &mdash; structures that limit power and prevent overreach &mdash; across government, business, and culture. They cover checks and balances, the 17th Amendment's effect on the Senate, city government accountability tools (Open Meetings Act, initiative/referendum/recall), and the risks businesses take when they abandon neutrality for political causes (Nike, health insurers, bookstores). They also touch on government agency mission creep (NASA vs. NOAA, food stamps vs. Agriculture), military branch consolidation debates, and close with reflections on America's "live and let live" culture &mdash; plus a quick book recommendation (Dungeon Crawler Carl).
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0:00 &mdash; Intro: What are guardrails?
1:29 &mdash; Staying in your lane: businesses and politics (Nike, bookstores)
3:33 &mdash; Government guardrails: checks and balances
4:23 &mdash; The Senate, the 17th Amendment, and lost state power
6:56 &mdash; Local accountability: Open Meetings Act, walking quorums
9:20 &mdash; Citizen guardrails: initiative, referendum, recall
11:03 &mdash; Break / laws that overreach: doctors asking about guns
14:10 &mdash; Business and politics revisited: insurance, NASA vs. NOAA, agency mission creep
17:22 &mdash; Outside pressure on institutions; military branch consolidation debate
20:48 &mdash; Cultural guardrails: live and let live in America
23:29 &mdash; Book pick: Dungeon Crawler Carl
24:58 &mdash; Wrap-up
Original Air Date: September 19th at 10:30AM CST as heard on Boerne Radio 103.9FM
Contact:
<ul>
<li><a href="mailto:ceasefireboerne@gmail.com">ceasefireboerne@gmail.com</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theboernebookshop.com/">https://www.theboernebookshop.com/</a></li>
</ul>
Facebook: &nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561356682575">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561356682575</a>&nbsp;

Ceasefire with Dale Adams and Ron Cisneros

Creating better conversations between citizens and our government, and how you be can be involved in Boerne!

As heard on Boerne Radio 103.9FM every Saturday at 10:30AM.

Ceasefire with Dale Adams and Ron Cisneros
Creating better conversations between citizens and our government, and how you be can be involved in Boerne!
As heard on Boerne Radio 103.9FM every Saturday at 10:30AM.