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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF "DONNYBROOK".

LOTS T.. LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS, STARTING WITH ENDY WIESE FROM THE JENNIFER AND WENDY SHOW ON THE BIG 550 KTRS.

AND WE FIND JASON ROSENBLUM WHO IS A POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SITTING IN FOR BILL MCCLELLAN.

FROM THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH JOE HOLLEMAN REPORTER AND COLUMNIST.

AND .. EDITOR AND COLUMNIST ALVIN REID.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO LINDA LAYTON GREAT LOCAL ARTIST WHO PROVIDED THE ARTWORK ADORNING THE MANTEL BEHIND ME.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE GO TO LLL ARTWORK.COM.

JASON, IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> GREAT TO BE BACK.

LOCAL ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO ALONG WITH THE RIVER FRONT TIMES RAN A PIECE ABOUT FUNDING FOR POSSIBLE REFURBISHMENTS AT BUSCH STADIUM.

AND IN THIS STORY THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEAM SAID DOWN THE LINE THERE MAY BE THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RENOVATE BUSCH STADIUM.

IT COULD BE IN THE SAME LEAGUE IN KANSAS CITY, WHICH IS ASKING FOR ABOUT $500 MILLION.

IN TODAY'S ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL, HE SAID OH, NO, IT'S WAY TOO PREMATURE TO START TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR THE STADIUM.

OVER ALL, YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR A REFURBISHED BUSCH STADIUM, RIGHT?

>> THERE'S CERTAINLY GOI.. AN ASK ESPECIALLY IF THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS ASK THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE MALPRACTICE FOR CARDINALS NOT TO DO THE SAME ESPECIALLY IF THE LEGISLATURE ENDS UP PASSING THAT.

IF I WERE THE ROYALS, I WOULD TRY TO GET THE CARDINALS TO GET STAYED FUNDS FOR THE STADIUM.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR A ST. LOUIS LEGISLATOR TO VOTE FOR A KANSAS CITY STADIUM ESPECIALLY WHEN KANSAS CITY LEGISLATORS WERE THE MOST OUTSPOKEN CR.. OF THE FAILED RIVERFRONT STADIUM.

IF.. ASSISTANCE, I THINK ST. LOUIS SC, THE SOCCER TEAM HAS SET A PRECEDENT TO WHERE IT'S A LARGELY PRIVATELY FUNDED STADIUM.

I KN.. AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE HEY, THE SOCCER TEAM CAN DO THIS.

>> TWO THINGS.

ONE, I THINK THE KANSAS CITY AREA SAID WE ARE PRETTY MUCH FED UP ON GIVING THE BILLIONAIRE FOLK ANY KIND OF MONEY.

LOCALLY WE COME TO THE SAME DECISION THAT KANSAS CITY DID.

TWO, THIS IS A POOR TIME FOR CARDINALS TO ASK FOR MONEY.

THEY ARE DISENCHANTED WITH THE CARDINALS BECAUSE THEY DON'T SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO THE TEAM.

THE ONLY.. LEGISLATURE WOULD TRY TO HELP OUT THE ROYALS BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE TWO SHADES A LAMB'S TAIL ABOUT THE ROYALS.

WHAT DOES KANSAS CITY HAVE?

THEY WANT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEF.

AND THE CHIEFS WANT THE WHOLE AREA TO THEMSELVES.

THEY WANT THE ROYALS GONE.

THE STATE WILL JUMP IN, BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, AND THE GOVERNOR DOES, TOO, AND THEIR THINKING IS LET'S GET THE ROYALS OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THE CHIEFS WANT THE ROYALS OUT OF THERE.

>> DON'T YOU THINK THE REJECTION OF THE ROYALS ON THAT SIDE OF THE STATE RECENTLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO AT LEAST IN SMALL PART WITHSTANDLY KROENKE ANWITHSTAND WITHSTANDL Y KROENKE?

HE'S ONE BILLIONAIRE WHO CAN DO IT, SO LET'S ALL GET IN LINE.

>> WHEN THIS WENT TO THE BALLOT, SHTHEY SAID THIS IS NOT GOING TO PASS.

THE PEOPLE KNEW IT.

IT HAPPENED.

>> LET'S SEE.

TWO WEEKS AGO THIS VERY QUESTION CAME UP JUST WITH KANSAS CITY.

I HOPE NO ONE IS DISAPPOINTED BUT I HAVE NOT CHANGED MY MIND.

I WILL SAY NOW WHAT I SAID THEN.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN PUBLIC MONEY FOR PRIVATE MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS TEAMS, PERIOD.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU OVER ALL, BUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE SAYING SINCE THEY OPENED THE STADIUM IN 2006 THEY PAID $560 MILLION IN TAXES.

THEY DO BRING 3 MILLION VISITORS, MANY OF THEM 35% FROM OUT OF TOWN TO DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

.. LOUIS, THE CARDINALS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT PUT US ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

THERE'S NOTHING EL..

THE CARDINALS.

THEY ARE GENERALLY BELOVED.

WE FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ARCH, NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LOCALLY.

WE SPENT LOCAL TAX DOLLARS TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO DID TH..

THE NGA.

WE GAVE THEM THE EARNINGS TAX.

>> THOSE ARE OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

>> EXACTLY.

WE A.. COUNTRY THAT SUBSIDIZES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IF YOU THINK W..

SUBSIDIZE THE BELOVED ST. LOUIS CARDINALS?

>&g.. NOW.

IT PASSED FOR THE EXACT REASON, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF LOCAL MONEY GOING TO A FEDERAL PART.

>.. >> I KNOW IT PASSED, BUT WE HAVE SEEN ST. LOUIS COUNTY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FAILED RAMS STADIUM OR SOCCER STADIUM.

I .. WILL THERE BE AN ASK FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO PAY FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS STADIUM?

A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTY GO THERE.

>> AND IT JUST WOULDN'T PASS.

>> ALVIN, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, WELL, A SAD THING BUT ALSO A GREAT MOMENT WHEN WE PAYED OHMAGE TO WHITEY HERZOG, LONG-TIME CARDINAL MANAGER WHO DIED THIS WEEK.

A HALL OF FAMER.

YOU WROTE A BOOK, WHITEY'S BOYS.

>> IT WAS ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS TEAM OF 1982, THANK YOU, ROB, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE COAUTHOR OF THAT BOOK.

I GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH WHITEY HERZOG AT BOOK SIGNINGS AND A COUPLE OF GOLF TOURNAMENTS, AND IT WAS SO COOL TO TALK BASEBALL WITH WHITEY HERZOG, AND HE BELIEVED IN THE SAME KIND OF BASEBALL THAT I STILL DO.

HE WAS JUST INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT WHEN IT CAME TO BASEBALL AND INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT WHEN IT CAME TO LIFE, A YOUNG MAN.

WE WERE WATCHING A PLAYOFF GAME WHEN SCOTT ROLAND HURT HIS SHOULDER.

THEY.. DIAMONDBACKS.

HE SAID ..

WHEN YOU ARE EXERCISING ALL THE TIME AND NEED TO GET OUT AND DRINK A BEER AND EAT A STEAK.

HE WAS ROLLING AROUND THE FIELD.

HE DIDN'T ROLL ANY PUNCHES.

HE WAS A GREAT MAN, HONEST MAN, KIND MAN.

I WAS SAD WHEN HE PASSED AWAY.

>> THE FAVORITE TEAMS ARE THE ONES WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND MY FAVORITE KIDS WERE THE 1980s CARDINALS UNDER WHITEY HERZOG.

WHITEY BALL WAS THE MOST ENTERTAINING BASEBALL I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

I'M GLAD TO SEE AT LEAST GLIMPSES OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STEALING BASES, TAKING EXTRA BASES, PLAYING GOOD DEFENSE.

I ..

ASK IIT WAS JUST FUN BASEBALL TO WATCH THE GUYS RUN AROUND THE BASES DRIVE THE OTHER TEAM CRAZY.

AND GO.. MORE RUNS THAN ANY IN BASEBALL.

ABSOLUTELY FUN.

>> I RAN INTO HIM AT DAN FERRELL'S RETIREMENT PARTY LAST FALL.

TIMES OR SO.

YOU ALWAYS FILIBUSTERED.

YOU NEVER LET ME GET ANOTHER QUESTION IN.

AND HE S..

I LEARNED FROM CASEY AND AFTER THE FIRST QUESTION TALK FOR THAT LONG.

&g.. ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHITEY BALL TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF ST. LOUIS IN THE '80s, AND WHAT A BOOMING BU BUSTLING TIME, AND IT WAS A REALLY FUN TIME TO BE DOWNTOWN AND TO BE A CARDINALS FAN THANKS TO HIM.

>> WE LOST A GREAT ST. LOUISIAN, AND KENNY HOTEL HOLTZMAN.

>> AND HE HAD TWO OR THREE MORE WINS THAN SANDY AND WENT TO U CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, GOT SIGNED BY THE CUBS, PLAYED FOR A FEW OTHER TEAMS.

OBVIOUSLY TH.. CAREER HE WAS ON ALL THREE OF THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS WHEN THEY WON THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE '70s.

LEAST, MADE A COUPLE OF ALL-STAR TEAMS, MOVED BACK TO ST. LOUIS AND QUIETLY WORKED FOR THE J AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

BU..

INTERVIEWS, AND HE PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY.

>> HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING PITCHER.

I ..

THIS IS BEFORE YOU HAD MLB NETWORK AND ALL THAT.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT.

HE WAS REALLY GOOD, AND HIS SON STRUCK ME OUT.

[LAUGHTER].

>>.. THAT WAS NOT AN EASY FEAT.

>> WENDY WIESE, I WANT TO ASK YOU, TURNS OUT JOSH HAWLEY, REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM ACTUALLY SENIOR SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI GOT A $5,000 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE TEAMSTERS.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL BECAUSE ORGANIZED LABOR ALMOST ALWAYS SUPPORTS THE DEMOCRATS, BUT IN THIS CASE THERE WAS HAWLEY WITH THE TEAMSTERS WHEN THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH EITHER ANHEUSER BUSCH OR GRAY BAR AND STOOD WITH THE UAW IN WESTVILLE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

>> WE WERE TELLING JOE HOLLEMAN THAT HE DOES HAVE A REPUTATION OF BEING POLITICALLY IMPRESSIONED, AND NOT ONLY HAS HE BEEN WORKING THE PICKET LINES, HE HAS -- WAS HE A COSPONSOR OR SIGN OFF ON THE LEGISLATION THAT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS IN TERMS OF THE RAILROAD WORKERS AND GETTING EXTRA BENEFITS FOR THEM.

HE CLEARLY SEES SOMETHING, AND WHILE $5,000 DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT OF MONEY, IT'S MORE SYMBOLIC, I THINK, THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

>> I WILL JUST NOTE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LABOR UNIONS HAVE EITHER ENDORSED LUCAS COONS, AND KARLA MAY, WHO IS ALSO IN THE RACE, SHE'S A LONG-TIME CWA COMMUNICATIONS DIRECT EVERY OF AMERICA.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, AND I THINK HAWLEY MAY BE TRYING TO CULTIVATE UNION SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE'S A DECENT PERCENTAGE OF UNION MEMBERS WHO MAY DISAGREE WITH HIM.

IN 2016 HE SAID HE WAS FOR RIGHT TO WORK WHICH IS SHORTHAND FOR A LAW THAT WOULD BAR EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS FROM REQUIRING WORKERS TO PAY DUES A A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.

YOU KNOW, ERIC GREITENS SUPPORTED RIGHT TO WORK, TOO, AND 30, 40, 50% OF UNIONS VOTED FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALSO IN FAVOR -- THEY WERE ANTIABORTION.

>> THAT'S WHERE HAWLEY HAS READ THE ROOM CORRECTLY AND I THINK A LOT OF CANDIDATES HAVE, STARTING GOING BACK TO RONALD REAGAN, AND I HAVE WRITTEN A NUMBER OF STORIES ABOUT THE STORIES THAT LIEU EXCUSE COONLUCAS COONS RECEIVED FROM LABOR UNION.

THE LA..

THE GUY WORKING ON THE TELEPHONE LINE ALSO HAS ONE VOTE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE UNION AND HAWLEY SAID OKAY.

GOING TO GO TO MY OPPONENT BUT WHAT ABOUT THE VOTES FROM ALL THE MEMBER.

WHEN HAWLEY SHOWS UP AT .. LINES, HE'S GOING TO GET A FEW VOTES AND THEY WILL SAY THAT UNION IS ENDORSING LUCAS COONS AT GRAY BAR?

WHERE IS HE IN COLD WATER CREEK?

WHY ISN'T HE IN THE PAPER?

>> HE'S UNDER THE RADAR NOW, BECAUSE THAT PRIMARY BETWEEN MAY AND COONS IS NOT AS NASTY.

>> HAWLEY IS GETTING HIS NAME IN THE PAPER.

AND LUCAS COONS IS LIVING IN PASSIONATE A ANONYMOUSITY.

>> HE'S BEEN DOING EVENTS THE LAST TWO YEARS.

HE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR THIS OFFICE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

HE'S THERE, LIKE I SAID.

BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S GOING TO WIN THE PRIMARY.

>>.. EVERYTHING TO QUIET DOWN UNTIL AFTER THE AUGUST PRIMARY.

AND CALL THE DATE AUGUST 15th OR SEPTEMBER 1st AND YOU WILL SEE THE HAWLEY AND COONS CAMPS COME OUT AND FIRING BIG GUNS.

>> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT CORI BUSH AND WESLEY BELL, AND THEY WERE GOING TO FACE EACH OTHER IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THIS SUMMER, BUT HE IS REALLY OUT -- I GUESS HE'S GETTING MORE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAN SHE IS.

>> INDEED.

AND BEFORE HE ..

HER CAMPAIGN WAS HAVING MONEY PROBLEMS.

SHE'..

HER HUSBAND ON THE PAYROLL.

SHE ALSO HAS HAD DEBT, WHICH IS SORT OF UNUSUAL WHEN YOUR CAMPAIGN FUND IS IN NEGATIVE NUMBERS.

.. WESLEY BELL IS OUT RUNNING AGAINST HER.

WHAT HE HAS GOING FO.. RAISING OF MONEY IS OCTOBER 7th, THE ISRAELI HAMAS PALESTINE THING.

AND THERE ARE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY PRO ISRAEL GROUPS TO FUND CANDIDATES THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE UNFRIENDLY TO ISRAEL AND CORI BUSH IS HIGH ON THAT LIST.

JAMAL BOWMAN IS ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS COME UP WITH AN OPPONENT AND JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS HAVEN DORISEHAVE ENDORSED CHALLENGERS.

IF IT COMES DOWN TO A MONEY RACE, AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF THE MONEY RACE, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY RACE, I THINK CORI BUSH WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO RAISE MORE MONEY.

>> I DON'T THINK ISRAEL GAZA IS GOING TO BE AS DETERMINANT AS WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

I ASKED CORI BUSH ABOUT THE QUESTION.

THEY.. ISSUE.

A KEY GR.. FIRST DISTRICT CARE ABOUT.

AND THE KEY GROUP OF PEOPLE IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS IS GOING TO DECIDE.

>.. CAN'T GET AFRICAN-AMERICANS?

>> THAT'S MY POINT.

THE ONLY WAY HE'S GOING TO WIN IS IF HE CAN CUT INTO CORI BUSH'S MARGIN.

>> IF HE CAN HE WINS AUTOMATICALLY.

>> HE WOUL..

CHANCE OF WINNING.

IF FOR EXAMPLE HE TIES THE BLACK VOTE OR WINS THE BLACK VOTE, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE.

>> I KNOW REPUBLICANS THAT DONATED TO WESLEY BELL BECAUSE THEY FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT CORI BUSH'S POSITION ON ISRAEL.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.

I DO THINK THE MONEY IS GOING TO HELP HIM GET THAT MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING.

>> BUT THE DAY THAT HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO RUN WAS THE DAY THEY KNEW HE WOULD RAISE MONEY.

THEIR STRATEGY HAS TO BE NOT TO OUT RAISE BUT OUTVOTE, IE, GET MORE PEOPLE OUT TO SUPPORT CORI BUSH.

THAT.

>>.. DISTRICT, I AGREE WITH JASON, HE COULD HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO FIND ANY NEW VOTERS.

HE H.. PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT ORDINARILY VOTE FOR HIM.

>> BLACK VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR CORI BUSH LAST TIME, THEY SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR HER THIS TIME.

SUPPORTIVE AND ANTAGONISTIC TO ISRAEL ARE GOING TO FUND THE RESPECTIVE CAMPAIGNS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY.

BUT WHEN IT .. BLACK VOTERS CARE ABOUT, ISRAEL GAZA IS PROBABLY WAY LOW ON THE LIST.

>> THAT'..

IN THIS RACE.

IT'S THE ONLY REASON HE ENTERED THE RACE.

>> HE WILL TELL YOU IT'S..

GOING TO BE THE REASON WHY PEOPLE VOTE FOR HIM OR AGAINST HIM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

>> I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE ARE PICKING WHAT T LEAVES WE WANT TO READ AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PREDICT IS WHO IS GOING TO SHOW UP AND VOTE WHICH WAY AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO MOUNT A CAMPAIGN, WESLEY BELL IS BETTER.

>> POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT RE.. CAMERAS.

SU..

THANKS TO SUCCESSFUL PLAINTIFFS BACK IN THE DAY.

BUT I GOT MY RED LIGHT CAMERA THROWN OUT BECAUSE I WAS TURNING RIGHT ON RED.

>> IT COULD BE ALL OVER NOW THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS IS SENDING TO THE MAYOR A MEASURE, WHICH IF SHE SIGNS, WILL BRING RED LIGHT CAMERAS BACK.

ARE THE STREETS GO..

SAFER?

..

PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES THAT I THINK THE ST. LOUIS ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO THINK ABOUT.

NO.

1, YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY TURNING OVER A PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH IS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TO A PRIVATE VENDOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PRIVATE VENDOR IS GOING TO BE, BUT I KNOW IN THE PATION THEY HAVE BEEN VERY WELL POLITICALLY CONNECTED.

THE RFT WROTE ..

IT.

DON'T LIKE THE PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT MENTAL ENTITIES.

AND GIVEN THE FERGUSON PROTEST AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT WITH TRYING TO CURTAIL FINES AND FEES FROM MUNICIPALITIES WAS A BIG POLLEN DID HE EVER, RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE GOING TO BE A RUTHLESSLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO FINE PEOPLE.

MAYB.. RUNNING A RED LIGHT.

BUT YOU CAN'T BE AGITATING AGAINST MUNICIPALITIES FINING PEOPLE FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND FIND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO FINE PEOPLE IN A RUTHLESS WAY.

>> PROGRESSIVES ON THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN ARE THE ONES NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIVATIZATION.

>> THAT'S MY POINT.

I THINK THEY NEED TO MAYBE DO SOME SOUL SEARCHING ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE BEING CONSISTENT IF THEY THOUGHT THAT THE BIG POLICY THING FROM FERGUSON WAS ABOUT CURBING.

>> IT'S NOT LIKE A HUMAN BEING PULLED YOU OVER BECAUSE A HUMAN BEING WAS ALLEGEDLY CORRUPT.

THIS WILL BE THE CAMERA.

AS FOOTBALL COACHES SAY ALL THE TIME, THE CAMERA NEVER LIES.

>> BUT THE CONSTITUTION STANDS AGAINST THIS NONSENSE.

>> THEY SAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED.

>> IT HAS NOT.

IT WON'T BE ANSWERED UNTIL I SUE AND THE CITY WILL BE SPENDING MORE MONEY HANDLING ALL THE LAWSUITS.

>..

SOUL SEARCHING AMONGST PROGRESSIVES WOULD BE ONCE THEY HAVE PAINTED THEMSELVES IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL CORNER THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE MORE POLICE.

WE DON'T WANT A POLICE STATE.

WE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER GET HIT BY SOMEBODY RUNNING A RED LIGHT.

OH, I WANT THE CITY TO BE SAFE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HIRE ANY POLICE OFFICERS, SO NOW THEY ARE BACK EMBRACING ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT THEY WERE AGAINST BEFORE.

SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU APPROACH EVERY SUBJECT WITH SOME RIGID PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH AND POLICE WERE BAD AND NOW CAMERAS ARE GOOD.

>> THE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

I AM FINE WITH RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

WE.. OF THIS.

RIGHT NOW ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS DON'T APPEAR TO BE PART OF THAT.

>> IF I'M DRIVING AROUND WI..

EXPIRED TAG OR NO PLATES, HOW WILL THE RED LIGHT CAMERA IDENTIFY ME.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I HAVE TO MAKE T.. ADDENDUM.

THERE ..

CHALLENGE A RED LIGHT CAMERA TICKET THAN WHERE IT WAS BEFORE.

GOING INTO A MUNICIPAL COURT IN PERSON, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A PERSON THAT IS AN HOURLY EMPLOYEE, TO SAY HEY, I TURNED RIGHT ON RED, I SHOULDN'T BE FINED $100, YEAH, SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO IS A MIDDLE CLASS PERSON FROM RICHMOND HEIGHTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IF YOU ARE A FAST FOOD WORKER THAT MAKES $25,000 A YEAR, THEY NEED TO FIND AN ONLINE WAY TO CHALLENGE THE TICKETS.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGES TO IT.

WHEN THERE ARE CHALLENGES, THEY GO TO A HIGHER AND HIGHER COURT.

AT SOME POINT THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IT'S YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN A COURT.

>> WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THEY ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVER.

..

THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.

BUT NOW THEY ARE GOING TO SOMEHOW WITH THEIR CAMERAS, THEY WILL LOOK THROUGH THE TINTED GLASS AND IDENTIFY THE DRIVER WHO PROBABLY HAS ON A MASK.

>> COLOMBO EPISODE.

>> ENOUG..

RIGHT NOW.

OUR FINAL TOPIC, WENDY, VARIETY, THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSPAPER REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT ACTOR ROBERT REDFORD, THE FOUNDER OF THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IS GOING TO SHOP THE FESTIVAL AROUND.

..

THE HOST OF IT STARTING IN THE YEAR 2027.

THIS MEANS A FESTIVAL FOR MOVIE GOERS, PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS IN JANUARY ONCE A YEAR.

CAN ST. LOUIS PULL OFF WHAT CLEVELAND DID WHEN CLEVELAND GOT THE ROCK-N-ROLL HALL OF FAME?

CAN ST. LOUIS BE THE HOME OF THE WORLDS MOST PRESTIGIOUS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL?

>> I THINK ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

BECAUSE I AM CIVIC MINDED, I WOULD LAKE TO VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MR. REDFORD ABOUT BRINGING THE FILM FESTIVAL.

I AM A GIVER.

I THINK ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

I THINK ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

I THINK HE IS VERY CIVIC MINDED.

WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR CURB APPEAL RIGHT NOW.

I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE.

>> WE SHOULD PUT FORTH A PLAN THAT SAYS WHAT DO YOU WANT, MR. REDFORD?

BRING ..

DOUBLE THAT AND TAKE OUR CHANCES.

HA.. CITY, COUNTY, ALL THE WAY OUT TO WINE COUNTRY.

>> WE CAN BE LIKE COLUMBIA, BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET IT.

>> I DON'T THINK THE.. WE SHOULDN'T GO FOR IT, BUT THERE'S NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET IT.

>> ISN'T THAT A ST. LOUIS ATTITUDE?

>> GOT TO GO A.. >> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE VIEWERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S DONNYBASH EPISODE.

IT WAS ESPECIALLY GREAT SEEING YOU ALL AT DONNYBASH BECAUSE IT WAS FUN TO SEE EVERYONE IN PERSON.

.. AND SARAH IS ADDITION.

IF GIVEN THE MICROPHONE THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE ASKED WAS THESE DAYS WHERE DOES THE "DONNYBROOK" CAST EAT AFTER TAPINGS.

.. WOULD GO TO KING LOUIE'S I WAS YOUR BUSBOY.

THAT'S FROM NEIL FROM THE VOICE ON NBC.

THANK YOU, NEIL.

I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS HUMPHREY'S OR VITO'S.

I THOUGHT DONNYBASH WAS AS LIVELY AS I HAVE EVER SEEN WITH PERTINENT AND RELEVANT COMMENTS AND ALVIN'S MOTTO, ST. LOUIS NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME, IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE ON A GOOD NIGHT.

GREAT RUSH, MANY FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DO NOT LIKE BEING DICTATED TO BY CHICAGO POLITICS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE REDISTRICTING OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.

I WOULD HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM YEARS AGO AND GIVEN MS. O'LEARY'S COW ANOTHER OR TWO.

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WELL, THANKS SO MUCH TO JASON ROSENBLUM, FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EDITION.

BILL WIL.. WE HOPE YOU WILL TOO.

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