K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For September 28th, 2017 – Morning

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS DESPERATELY-NEEDED SUPPLIES ARE STREAMING INTO HURRICANE-RAVAGED PUERTO RICO AND THAT HE'S WAIVED FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN SHIPS BRINGING CARGO. HE TWEETED THURSDAY, "THE ELECTRIC POWER GRID IN PUERTO RICO IS TOTALLY SHOT. LARGE NUMBERS OF GENERATORS ARE NOW ON ISLAND. FOOD AND WATER ON SITE." HURRICANE MARIA HIT THE U.S. TERRITORY MORE THAN A WEEK AGO, LEAVING IT WITHOUT POWER AND IT'S ROUGHLY 3.4 MILLION RESIDENTS SHORT ON FUEL AND OTHER SUPPLIES.

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS REDUCING THE CORPORATE TAX RATE FROM 35 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT IS A "NON-NEGOTIABLE" PART OF HIS TAX PLAN. TRUMP SAY HE WANTED TO GO LOWER, BUT "THE NUMBERS REALLY WORK AT 20." IN HIS LATEST TWEET, TRUMP SAYS: "DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT MASSIVE TAX CUTS - HOW DOES THAT WIN ELECTIONS? GREAT REVIEWS FOR TAX CUT AND REFORM BILL."

LOS ANGELES (AP) - PLAYBOY MAGAZINE SAYS ITS FOUNDER HUGH HEFNER HELPED SLIP SEX OUT OF THE CONFINES OF PLAIN BROWN WRAPPERS AND INTO MAINSTREAM CONVERSATION. HEFNER DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF NATURAL CAUSES AT AGE 91. HEFNER PUBLISHED THE FIRST ISSUE OF PLAYBOY IN 1953, A TIME WHEN STATES COULD LEGALLY BAN CONTRACEPTIVES, WHEN THE WORD "PREGNANT" WAS NOT ALLOWED ON "I LOVE LUCY." BY THE 1970S, THE MAGAZINE HAD MORE THAN 7 MILLION READERS.

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (AP) - TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER A FLORIDA WOMAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH ON HER DOORSTEP BY SOMEONE IN A CLOWN COSTUME, AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE AN ARREST. THEY SAY THE CLOWN WAS SHEILA KEEN WARREN, WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND. SHE MARRIED THE HUSBAND MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER THE SLAYING.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) - THE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES THAT PUERTO RICANS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MARIA INCLUDE CASH. THE POWER OUTAGE ACROSS THE ISLAND HAS LEFT ONLY SCATTERED ATMS OPERATING. AND AT THOSE BANKS THAT ARE OPEN, THERE ARE LONG LINES. ONE WOMAN SAYS SHE GOT UP AT 3:30 A.M. WEDNESDAY AND WENT TO FOUR ATMS, ONLY TO FIND EACH ONE EMPTY. SHE SAYS SHE AND HER ELDERLY MOTHER ARE NOW WITHOUT FOOD, MONEY OR GASOLINE. SHE ADDS, "THIS IS A DISASTER."
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THE CASPER CITY COUNCIL GAVE INFORMAL APPROVAL TO RAISING BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FEES DURING ITS WORK SESSION TUESDAY.

MAYOR KENYNE HUMPHREY SAID THE CHANGES ARE LONG OVERDUE.

CITY MANAGER CARTER NAPIER WROTE IN THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA THAT THE CITY HAS TRIMMED THE BUDGET A LOT, AND IT FACES EITHER CUTTING SERVICES OR RAISING FEES SO PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR WHAT THEY RECEIVE.

HE WROTE CASPER RESIDENTS AND BUILDERS HAVE COASTED FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES ON WHAT ARE ESSENTIALLY SUBSIDIZED FEES FOR BUILDING PERMITS BECAUSE MINERAL EXTRACTION REVENUES BOLSTERED THE CITY'S BUDGET.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR A $100,000 BUILDING IN 1979 COST $435. SINCE 2012, IT HAS COST $576.

HUMPHREY SAID IF BUILDING PERMITS WERE RAISED TO THOSE OF CITIES COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO CASPER, THE CITY COULD RAISE ANOTHER $220,000 IN REVENUE.

LIKEWISE, NAPIER WROTE THE CITY HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING THE FEES CHARGED FOR ITS STAFF TO WORK ON PLATS FOR SUBDIVISIONS, SITE PLANS, ANNEXATIONS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
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TONY CERCY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING A 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DURING HIS ARRAIGNMENT IN NATRONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ON WEDNESDAY.
CERCY, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ATTORNEYS IAN SANDEFER AND PAM MACKEY, ENTERED HIS PLEAS BEFORE JUDGE DANIEL FORGEY.

HE REMAINS FREE ON A $100,000 CASH BOND.

THE THREE-DAY TRIAL WAS SET FOR JANUARY, BUT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE SCHAFER PERSUADED THE JUDGE TO SET A LATER DATE BECAUSE THE TRIAL PROBABLY WOULD REQUIRE SIX DAYS.

BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE SCHEDULING PROBLEMS, FORGEY SAID THE TRIAL MAY OCCUR LATER THAN THE 180-DAY PERIOD ALLOTTED FOR THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL.

CERCY AGREED TO WAIVE HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL.

HE WAS ARRESTED JULY 28 AND WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RAPE, ONE OF SECOND-DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITHOUT CAUSING BODILY INJURY.

A NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATOR INTERVIEWED THE ALLEGED VICTIM WHO SAID SHE, HER BOYFRIEND, AND OTHERS WENT TO ALCOVA LAKE ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 23 AND SPENT THE NEXT DAY AT THE LAKE.

SHE WAS DRINKING HEAVILY AND PASSED OUT ON THE REAR DECK OF A BOAT AT SANDY BEACH.

ON SATURDAY EVENING, THEY WENT TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND THEN TO A RESIDENCE ON CEDAR DRIVE NORTH OWNED BY CERCY.

SHE PASSED OUT ON THE COUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVING ROOM, WOKE UP, LOOKED DOWN AND SAW CERCY PERFORMING ORAL SEX.

THE ALLEGED VICTIM SAID CERCY THREATENED TO KILL HER IF SHE TOLD ANYONE.