With the average American spending nearly $3,000 on entertainment each year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019's Most Fun Cities in America as well as accompanying videos.
To help Americans find the cities with the greatest number and variety of cheap, fun activities, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 66 key metrics, ranging from fitness clubs per capita to movie costs to average open hours of breweries.
Top 20 Most Fun Cities in America
1
Las Vegas, NV
11
Austin, TX
2
Orlando, FL
12
New Orleans, LA
3
New York, NY
13
Honolulu, HI
4
Miami, FL
14
Denver, CO
5
Chicago, IL
15
Washington, DC
6
Atlanta, GA
16
Tampa, FL
7
San Francisco, CA
17
Seattle, WA
8
Portland, OR
18
St. Louis, MO
9
San Diego, CA
19
Houston, TX
10
Los Angeles, CA
20
Philadelphia, PA
Key Stats
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-fun-cities-in-the-us/23455/
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Governor Gary R. Herbert's Schedule
September 16, 2019 - September 20, 2019
**The Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**
Monday, September 16
Travel to Tokyo, Japan
Tuesday, September 17
Arrive in Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, September 18
Trade Mission Meetings in Tokyo, Japan - All Day
Thursday, September 19
Trade Mission Meetings in Tokyo, Japan - All Day
Friday, September 20
Trade Mission Meetings in Tokyo, Japan - All Day
10:30 a.m. Meet with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox’s Schedule
September 16, 2019 - September 20, 2019
**The Lt. Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**
Monday, September 16
10:45 a.m. Meet with Pamela Atkinson
Location: Lt. Governor’s Office
11:00 a.m. Utah Clean Cities - Idle Free Press Event
Location: State Capitol Building
Media Access
11:45 a.m. Meet with the Department of Natural Resources
Location: Lt. Governor’s Office
3:00 p.m. Meet with Chief of Staff
Location: Lt. Governor’s Office
3:30 p.m. Meet with Mayor Michael Holt
Location: Lt. Governor’s Office
4:00 p.m. Film PSAs
Location: Governor’s Office
Tuesday, September 17
4:15 p.m. Meet with Uintah County Commission
Location: Lt. Governor’s Office
Wednesday, September 18
10:30 a.m. Elections Review with Staff
Location: Lt. Governor’s Office
1:30 p.m. ChamberWest 2nd Annual Fall Business Conference
Location: West Valley City
Media Access
2:30 p.m. Multicultural Commission Meeting
Location: State Capitol Building
5:30 p.m. Utah Valley Hospital Semi-Annual General Medical Staff Meeting
Location: Provo
Thursday, September 19
9:00 a.m. Utah Tourism Conference
Location: Logan
Friday, September 20
No Public Events
Saturday, September 21
9:00 a.m. Peace House Community Campus Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening
Location: Park City
Media Availability
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Animal Wellness Action Calls on Horse Lovers to Defend Our Iconic American Wild Horses
Controversial “Path Forward” Would Put Horses and Burros in Jeopardy by Encouraging Mass Roundups of the Wild Equids
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action called on equine protection advocates and horse lovers across the nation to join in defending our iconic American wild horses and their natural habitats from a proposal that would enable the mass roundup and removal of tens of thousands of horses in the coming years.
“This plan will break the budget of BLM and dramatically expand inhumane roundups of wild horses every year,” said Marty Irby, executive director at Animal Wellness Action. “If implemented, the plan will swell the captive population of wild horses and create pressure to resolve the enormous costs of maintaining them in government holding facilities by relaxing the ban on slaughtering them for human consumption.”
Animal Wellness Action and other wild horse and burro advocates are encouraging Congress to direct BLM to increase fertility control programs as a way to check population growth on our federal lands and to reduce round-ups and removals to minimal levels until the agency demonstrates its ability to execute on birth control programs on dozens of Herd Management Areas across the West.
“It’s time to double down on contraception not roundups, and Congress must send that message to the staff at the BLM,” said Holly Gann, director of federal affairs at Animal Wellness Action.
On April 22, 2019 a group of organizations that include the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the so-called American Mustang Foundation submitted a proposal to Congress that called for the expenditure of $50 Million tax-payer dollars in a single year to remove wild horses from the range. The U.S. House of Representatives later passed through the Department of Interior Appropriations package, a provision that provided a $6 million down payment on the plan that must now be considered by the U.S. Senate.
The “Path Forward” as it’s been named, is a thinly disguised two-step, with the second step being the slaughter of our wild horses and burros. If the plan is implemented, it will swell the population of captive horses by rounding up wild horses – perhaps over 100,000 over a ten-year period at an accumulated cost upwards of a billion dollars. NCBA and other big agriculture interests will then argue – as some lawmakers already have – that there is a fiscal and population crisis and push for the slaughter of these animals for human consumption. This plan fits neatly into the “roundup culture” at BLM and it will subvert federal protection standards for wild horses and burros.
The plan also does not proscribe surgical sterilization of female horses on the range – a cruel procedure conducted on the horse while she is still conscious. The plan was championed by Utah U.S Rep. Chris Stewart.
Please encourage your readers and advocates to contact their U.S. Senators and ask them to oppose any measure to remove wild horses from federal lands by clicking here to take action.
Animal Wellness Action (Action) is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) organization with a mission of helping animals by promoting legal standards forbidding cruelty. We champion causes that alleviate the suffering of companion animals, farm animals, and wildlife. We advocate for policies to stop dogfighting and cockfighting and other forms of malicious cruelty and to confront factory farming and other systemic forms of animal exploitation. To prevent cruelty, we promote enacting good public policies and we work to enforce those policies. To enact good laws, we must elect good lawmakers, and that’s why we remind voters which candidates care about our issues and which ones don’t. We believe helping animals helps us all.
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TO SUPPORT TAKING BACK SUNDAY
ON SECOND LEG OF 20 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY TOUR
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.REDCITYRADIO.NET
September 16, 2019 - Oklahoma City, OK. - Red City Radio are gearing up to hit the road with Taking Back Sunday on the 2nd leg of their 20th Anniversary Tour next month. The band will kick this tour off with a headline show in their hometown of Oklahoma City on September 28th before spending 2 nights in cities throughout the Midwest, Canada and East Coast. Tickets are on-sale now with a few dates already sold out.
Red City Radio is made up of four dudes who love life on the road. The band has been honing their live performance skills over the last 12 years, supporting genre giants New Found Glory, Less Than Jake, Anti-Flag, Hot Water Music, The Lawrence Arms and more. This upcoming tour with Taking Back Sunday will show the punk rock band performing songs from their catalogue including their 2018 release, SkyTigers, while also debuting a few brand new tracks for eager fans.
A full list of tour dates can be found below with tickets available at https://www.redcityradio.net/.
Upcoming Red City Radio Tour Dates
September 28 - Oklahoma City, OK - 89th Street*
October 1 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone*
October 3 & 4 - Charlotte, NC - Filmore
October 5 & 6 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Night 1 SOLD OUT
October 7 - Gainesville, FL - Loosey's*
October 8 & 9 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
October 11 & 12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
October 13 & 14 - St. Petersburg, FL - Janus Landing
October 16 & 17 - Nashville, TN - Marathon
October 18 & 19 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
October 21 & 22 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
October 24 & 25 - Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall - SOLD OUT
October 26 & 27 - Toronto, ON - Danforth - SOLD OUT
October 29 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
October 31 & November 1 - Buffalo, NY - River Works
November 2 & 3 - Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall
November 5 & 6 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
November 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus*
November 8 & 9 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
November 10 & 11 - Washington, DC - Filmore
November 13 & 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
* - Headline Date - No Taking Back Sunday
Download Tour Admat HERE
After years of triumph in the face of the odds, 2019 has already been a banner year for Red City Radio. Expect them to keep lighting fire throughout the scene. Red City Radio is Garrett Dale (Vocals), Dallas Tidwell (Drums), Ryan Donovan (Guitar) and Derik Envy (Bass)
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Jim,
After a great week in New Hampshire, I'm now back in Iowa, where I'll be speaking at local Democratic Party events, but also a rotary club meeting, the LGBTQ Presidential Forum, the Polk County Steak Fry, Iowa Safe Schools and the Des Moines Register/Des Moines Public Schools Youth Voice Forum.
I'll also be speaking at 11am Central (10am Eastern) this morning on Ed Fallon's Fallon Forum, which you can hear in Des Moines on 96.5 FM and 1260 AM and livestreamed on the Fallon Forum Facebook page. The program rebroadcasts on stations in Ames, Iowa City, Fayette (MO), New Orleans (LA), Taos (NM), and on other stations affiliated with the Pacifica Network. After the live broadcast, the podcast will be posted on the Fallon Forum website.
Below is the list of my Iowa speaking engagements for the week.
Monday, September 16th
Tuesday, September 17th
Wednesday, September 18th
Thursday, September 19th
Friday, September 20th
Saturday, September 21st
Sunday, September 22nd
For more information, please contact our press team by emailing press@joesestak.com or calling (914) 272-5803.
Respectfully,
Joe Sestak
