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TALENTS WITH NINE PBS.

WE ARE GOING TO KICK OFF THIS SECTION WITH YOU.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS.

MAYBE YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING POLITICS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND DA.. OF HIS DUTIES AFTER WESLEY BELL SAID THIS GUY, IN VIOLATION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, HIRED A RELATIVE, TURNED OUT TO BE HIS STEPDAUGHTER.

THEY IMM.. WHO SAID JEP, HE'S OUT OF HERE.

BUT THEN HANCOCK GOT AN ATTORNEY AND SAID KIMBERLY MATH US TOOK IT TO ANOTHER JUDGE, AND SAID NO, HE'S GOT HIS DAY IN COURT BUT IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HIRES A RELATIVE, APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION HE HAS TO OR SHE HAS TO GIVE UP HIS OR HER JOB.

WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS FELLA?

I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE, AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU START TO ASSEMBLE SOMETHING.

THE RULES ARE THE RULES.

I DON'T THINK IT REALLY SERVES A GREAT PURPOSE TO REMOVE THEM AND HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION, AND MOST LIKELY WHERE HE WILL BE REELECTED.

IT'S N.. HOLDING THAT SEAT.

I WISH HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE AND CHECKED THE RECORDS.

I THINK THE COUNCIL IS WELL SERVED BY DENNIS HANCOCK.

I WOULD HATE TO SEE HIM GO FROM IT.

ALSO, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS TO THAT LEVEL.

BECAUSE IF FOR SOME REASON YOU SAY NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BASICALLY THROW YOU OFF YOUR JOB, YOU COULD RUN AGAIN AND YOU MIGHT WIN AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS.

NEXT TIME SOME.. DO IT AND MAKE THE EXACT SAME CLAIM.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO.

AND I'M NOT REALLY BUYING THE IGNORANCE PART.

I THINK IT'S LIKE NOBODY WILL CARE.

THAT'S A LITTL.. DON'T HIRE YOUR RELATIVES.

DON'T HIRE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW REAL CLOSE.

WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME REALIZING THAT?

>> WE ARE HOR FIEDZ WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SLPS.

AND I KNOW THIS PERSON FROM SEATTLE.

THEY ARE.. WE KEEP MOVING THE LINE BECAUSE WE LIKE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL INVOLVED.

I'M .. KEEP MOVING THE LINE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO SPEND MONEY, BUT IF WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL ELECTION, AND IF HE HAS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN, THEN, YOU KNOW, HE SAID I MADE A MISTAKE.

THE ROAD IS .. ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO MAKE MISTAKES.

THEY.. >> I'M 100% ON HANCOCK'S SIDE.

FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COULDN'T HIRE A RELATIVE.

AND IF I WAS THE COUNCILMAN AND I NEEDED AN ASSISTANT, I WOULD LOVE TO HIRE MY DAUGHTER WHO IS SMARTER THAN I AM AND BETTER, AND I WOULD TRUST HER.

SECONDLY, THERE'S A COUPLE STAYING WITH US FROM MIAMI, AND HE'S A LAWYER, AND HE SAID TO ME, WAIT A MINUTE, IF SHE'S A STEPDAUGHTER, HE DOESN'T HAVE PARENTAL RIGHTS.

THAT WOULD BE THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER.

I DON'T .. NEPOTISM CHARGE ON THIS.

I THOUGHT I LIKE A GUY WHO WILL HIRE HIS STEPDAUGHTER.

IT SPEAKS OF A GOOD RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIP.

I WOULD SAY OKAY, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT.

.. TO GET OFF.

>> THE REAL ISSUE IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE WAS TAKING TO TASK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHO IN VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY CHARTER DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS.

EVERYONE LOOKS THE OTHER WAY ON THAT ONE.

BUT THE COUNTY EXECU.. VOLUNTEERING AS A PHYSICIAN IN A HOSPITAL AFTER IN APRIL OF 2022 THE VOTERS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY SAID THERE COULD BE NO SECONDARY WORK.

AND MEDICAID IS BILLING IN SAM PAGE'S NAME.

PAGE'S PEOPLE GAVE THIS TO WESLEY BELL.

AND DOUG MOORE SAID IT'S A WHISTLEBLOWER WHO FOUND OUT DOUG MOORE IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR SAM PAGE.

.. MEETING BEFORE THE COUNTY WOULD LOOK TO HIRING ITS OWN ATTORNEY.

AND HAD THEY HAD HIS OWN ATTORNEY, THEY WOULD SAY MR. HANCOCK, YOU CAN'T HIRE YOUR OWN PEOPLE, SO DON'T HIRE THE WOMAN, AND IT WOULD HAVE ENDED THERE.

>> DOES TH.. CONSTITUTION?

>> NO.

BUT .. COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN ATTORNEY.

ATTO.. FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

>> THAT DOESN'T RAISE A RED FLAG WITH YOU, BILL, HIRING ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES, BE IT YOUR STEPDAUGHTER, STEPSON.

>> ROBERT F. KENNEDY WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR JOHN F. KENNEDY.

>.. CONSTITUTION.

AND IF SOMEBODY SAID T.. AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION, YOU COULDN'T DO IT, BUT I WOULD HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE.

>>.. BUY THAT.

>> NO.

THERE'S A LOT.

ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DENNIS HANCOCK WAS TRYING TO PULL THE WOOL OVER EVERYBODY'S EYES, IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING TRADITION THE POLITICIAN UNDERSTANDS I DON'T HIRE MY NEPHEW, I GET THE OTHER DEPARTMENT TO HIRE MY NEPHEW.

GOVERNMENT IS ISSUED WITH THE POLITICIANS.

WHILE I'..

YOUR CONTENTION THAT IT VIOLATES THE LETTER OF THE LAW, THIS IS PART OF THE SAM PAGE VERSUS THE COUNTY COPS FEUD.

SAM PAGE HAS LITTLE OR NO CONTROL.

HE LOST ..

THE LAST ELECTION, AND DENNIS HANCOCK, WHO WAS THE FORMER MAYOR OF FENTON HIS LAND SHOTS WITH SAM PAGE WITH THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE.

SAM PAGE IS TRYING TO GET SOME POLITICAL RETRIBUTION, WHICH I ALSO DON'T MIND, BUT LET'S NOT LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING IS MOVING FORWARD BY GOOD GOVERNMENT.

>> JUST HOURS BEFORE THE IMPORTANT MEETING.

>> HIS E.. TO GET ME.

I VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION.

I SHOULD BE FIRED, BUT I SHOULD BE FIRED BECAUSE SAM PAGE IS OUT TO GET ME.

>> I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH YOU.

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE QUOTED YOUR LATE FATHER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT HE SAID NEVER BEGRUDGE SOMEONE THEIR SALARY, BUT MAYBE, EVEN KATIE RATCLIFFE WOULD TEST YOUR FATHER'S PATIENCE.

SHE OF COURSE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ST. LOUIS BUSINESS COMMISSION, IN FACT SHE STILL IS UNTIL SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st IS THE LAST DAY.

CONVENTION LEADERS WANTED HER OUT.

YEAR OF THE CONTRACT.

THAT MEANS SHE'S GOING TO TAKE 520 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PAYMENT AND BONUSES, PLUS HEALTH INSURANCE, PLUS SHE GETS THE USE OF AN AUTOMOBILE.

SOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING ERNIE TRACHUS SAID IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY.

>> THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY SAID ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BUY YOU OUT, AND HERE IS $250,000, IF I NEEDED A CAR, I WOULD GO BUY A CAR.

I WOULD GO GET THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANTED HER OUT.

BUT WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE?

SHE'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE IF WE DON'T GIVE HER A RANSOM?

I LIKE KITTY, BUT THIS JUST ONCE AGAIN, IT'S LIKE WE DON'T THINK BEFORE WE DO THINGS.

I DON'T THINK THIS WAS THOUGHT OUT.

AND SAID GIVE HER ANYTHING SHE WANTS.

STARTS IN 6 DAYS, HOW MANY GUYS ARE HOLDING OUT?

I SAID HEY, OKAY.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU.

THEY WANTED TO BUY ME OUT AND SAID WE WILL GIVE YOU 250,000, AND I SAID I GET TO KEEP THE CAR AND THEY SAY YES, I'M GOING TO KEEP THE CAR.

IT'S NOT KATIE RATCLIFFE'S FAULT.

..

I'M SAYING THE DEAL IS OUTRAGEOUS.

IF THEY SLID THAT .. ME, I WOULD BE SIGNING IT SO FAST.

>>.. SAID.

>.. AND YOU WERE SO DISGUSTED BY THE IDEA OF A CAR, AND I TOLD YOU, I SAID THE CAR IS OKAY BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY JUST DENIED A REQUEST FOR A CONDOMINIUM ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.

THESE ARE NEGOTIATIONS.

HONESTLY THESE ARE NEGOTIATIONS, AND I'M IMAGINING HER WITH A MEMORY BOARD.

HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT ME GONE?

>> I CAN'T IMAGINE KATIE RATCLIFFE WANTING A CONDO ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.

>> A LITTLE TO..

SCENE.

TO ME EVERYTHING IS KIND OF TOXIC.

>.. TO SOME, BUT YOU MENTIONED N.F.L.

PLAYERS, AND THE MINIMUM SALARY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS $720,000.

AND THE MINIMUM SALA.. BLUES IS 750,000.

SO $500,000 IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.

&g.. >> BARELY ABLE TO SCRAPE BY.

>> DOES SHE PLAY INFIELD?

>> NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK PEOPLE, BUT WHEN YOU BEND THE HEAD OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW BADLY WE NEED MONEY AND EVERYTHING, IT'S UNSEENLY THAT YOU ARE TAKING EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET AS YOU LEAVE THE DOOR.

IT'S HER RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ARNOLD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE THE CITIZENS REALLY ROSE UP IN SHORT ORDER?

FIRST WEEK OF THIS MONTH, CITY LEADERS SAID OKAY, WE ARE BUYING OUT 38 HOMES.

IN FACT NOTICES HAD BEEN SENT OUT IN LATE JULY.

WE WILL BUY A BUNCH OF BUSINESSES, INCLUDING GAME STOP, SUGAR FIRE, AND WE WILL PUT IN A $75 MILLION HIGHWAY THAT WILL CONNECT RICHARDSON ROAD AND 141, BILL.

WELL, THE PHEASANTS WITH PITCHFORKS STOOD UP, AND BY AUGUST 26th, THE WHOLE DEAL WAS DEAD.

THE CITY FATHERS RESCINDED..

WHOLE DEAL BUT NOW PEOPLE STILL WANT TO RECALL THE ARNOLD CITY COUNCIL.

DO.. FAR?

COUNCIL.

THEY..

THEY WILL USE EMINENT DOMAIN.

AND WHEN YOU SAY THEY HAVE THE PITCHFORKS AND MARCH TOWARDS THE CASTLE AND FRAN FRANKENSTEIN OR WHATEVER IT WAS, I'M SORRY.

NO.

TORCHES.

..

THESE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE YOUR HOUSES AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT WITHOUT TELLING YOU.

IF I WERE A CITIZEN IN ARNOLD, I WOULD WANT TO RECALL EVERYBODY WHO WAS IN ON THAT.

>> AGREE, BECAUSE DRACULA DIDN'T READ THE CONSTITUTION.

>> IT'S WEIRD AND TWO THINGS WERE KIND OF TAKING THE OPPOSITE.

>.. >> I WAS SAYING YOU DON'T NEED THEM RECALLED.

JUST VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE.

THEY HAVE GOT TO RUN AGAIN.

VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE.

BECAUSE WHILE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN OUT OF LINE, I THINK WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS HANDLE EXTREMELY POORLY.

AND I WOULD BE UPSET..

I'M VOTING YOU OUT NEXT TIME.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO RECALL YOU.

THAT'S JUST KI.. ABOUT IT.

I DO KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THE BUY-OUT OFFER JUST TOOK IT.

THEY ARE THINKING THAT SHOOT.

>> THEY GET IT STILL.

THE CITY WILL STILL HONOR THE AUDITS.

>>..

TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN AND HAVE EMPTY LOTS?

>> THAT WILL BE FOR THE NEW COUNCIL TO DECIDE.

>> DO THE RIGHTEOUS THING AND RECALL IT.

>> TWO THINGS I DISLIKE.

WHAT I DISLIKE THE MOST IS USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.

IT'S OVERLY USED IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I DO..

I DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT'S DONE IN PRACTICE.

I DON'T CARE FOR RECALL ELECTIONS BECAUSE IT JUST ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE TOO SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT AND KNEE JERK TYPE OF REACTION.

AND LIKE ALVIN SAID, IF I'M A RESIDENT OF ARNOLD, I REMEMBER EACH AND EVERYONE OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED THAT WAY.

AND WH..

REELECTION, I WOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR WHOEVER THEIR OPPONENT IS.

>&g..

EITHER, ESPECIALLY DON'T LIKE IT FOR THE PRIVATE USE TO TEAR DOWN A HOUSE AND PUT UP A RITZ CARLTON.

.. ROAD.

IF THERE'S EVER A USE FOR EMINENT DOMAIN, IT WOULD BE FOR A HIGHWAY OR ROAD.

>> WHAT YOU DO IS HAVE A FULL PUBLIC HEARING, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

>> THESE PEOPLE IN THESE HOUSES HAVE A KITTY RATCLIFFE CLAUSE, MIGHT GET THE MONEY ANYWAY.

>> STAY IN YOUR HOUSE, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU MONEY.

>> WENDY, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT Q AND THE LOU.

ON SEPTEMBER 6th AND 7th, SUPPOSED TO BE A BARBEQUE FESTIVAL ON THE ARCH GROUNDS, BUT IT'S BEEN SPANS WILLED AND SHAWN HADLEY, SPOKESPERSON FOR Q IN THE LOU, THEY HAD TROUBLE GETTING CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS IN PART BECAUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

..

THE MAYOR, HER SPOKESPERSON SAYS NO, WE HAVE NO TROUBLE PUTTING ON FESTIVALS AND EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

IT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER REASON FOR Q AND THE LOU'S DEMISE.

>> THE LIST OF FESTIVALS THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS RUNNING DOWN, AT LEAST FOR THE READERS, THEY SEEM TO BE SMALLER.

THIS IS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT SIZED EVENT.

I GET BACK EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THE STUFF.

PERCEPTION IS REALITY.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH OF A GOOGLE SEARCH, AND I REALIZE THIS IS HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT ST. LOUIS HAS A REAL HIGH PROFILE NEGATIVE PROBLEM AT THE MOMENT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THIS WAY FOREVER.

BUT I .. TYPES OF CASUALTIES.

AND WITHOUT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT.

LOW TICKET.

>> NOT DISMISSING THE CRIME PROBLEM, BECAUSE THERE IS ONE.

DALLAS CANCELED ONE, DENVER CANCELED ONE.

AND THEY DID NOT CITE PU.. SAFETY.

.. BANDS THAT SUDDENLY COUNCIL AND THEY HAVE SOME REASON.

I THINK THE RESPONSE TO IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO GUARANTEE TO GENERATE A PROFIT, AND THEN YOUR VENDORS ARE LIKE WAIT A MINUTE.

IF PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE THERE, THEN I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE MONEY.

I THINK THERE WAS MOMENTUM TO DO IT.

THE INTERSECTION.

THAT WILL GO OFF FINE.

ITST A HUGE EVENT.

>> IS IT DOWNTOWN, ALVIN?

>> GRANGRANT CENTER.

>> GRANT CENTER.

>> I GUESS THE CRIMINALS DON'T GO THREE BLOCKS.

I'M NOT BUYING THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

>..

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CITED, ONE WAS -- I DON'T CONSIDER THAT DOWNTOWN AT ALL.

ALSO NO MENTION MADE OF FOURTH OF JULY, WHICH WAS NOT A SHINING LIGHT ON ST. LOUIS.

>> I WILL SAY THAT THE FOURTH OF JULY WHEN ALL THE SHENANIGANS STARTED, IT WAS OVER.

THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN EVERYBODY OUT OF DOWNTOWN.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY ANYBODY'S CIVIL RIGHTS.

BUT HEY, YOU HAVE GOT TO GO AT MIDNIGHT.

>> CORPORATE AMERICA AS EXPRESSED HAS CONCERNS ABOUT DOWNTOWN.

LATE CEO, HEAD OF EMERSON, THEY SPENT 2 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR ALONE FOR DOWNTOWN PATROLS.

IT'S ON THE RADAR FOR DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

>> THE WHOLE SITUATION, TOO, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT A CRIME PROBLEM, AND I BELIEVE THE PERCEPTIONS WE HAVE, THE CRIME PROBLEM, BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVE WE HAVE A CRIME PROBLEM.

DON'T SHOW ME ONE MONTH OF STATISTICS.

YOU .. MONTH FOR US TO BUILD THE REPUTATION OF HAVING A CRIME PROBLEM.

I REMEMBER YEARS AGO.. AGO GETTING LISTS THAT HAD THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN AMERICA.

ST.. HAS BEEN FOR 10 YEARS.

LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.

THE PERCEPTION IS DEEP SEEDED AND YOU CAN'T WRITE IT OFF BY SAYING WE HAD A GREAT FESTIVAL THREE WEEKS AGO AND NOTHING HAPPENED.

>> TALKING ABOUT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, THAT'S A LITTLE IFFY.

SL.

>> I KNO.. ON.

WHEN 300 PEOPLE WERE GETTING KILLED IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ALL THESE THINGS WERE GOING ON UNIMPEDED DOWNTOWN.

WE HAD THE BIGGEST FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN THE NATION, YET 300 PEOPLE WERE GETTING KILLED.

AND AS BUSINESSES ARE MOVING OUT.

>> WE HAVE HAD.. TODAY DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN WEST.

CITY O.. POPULATION, ENTIRE CITIES HAD 14 HOMICIDES, ALL 2024.

THAT'S WHO WE ARE COMPETING WITH.

PEOP.. CITIES.

.. JUST ON THIS PODCAST HOSTED BY SHAWN HAYS AND JASON BATEMAN.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.

SHE SAID I LIVE IN ST. LOUIS.

AND SHAWN HAYS SAYS THAT'S DANGEROUS, WHY ARE YOU LIVING THERE?

THAT'S.. HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY OR RATHER IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE GOT TO WORK LIKE CRAZY TO STOP IT.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

WE BURIED THE LEAD.

I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> LIVING LEGEND ACC..

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

>> GOING TO BE INDUCTED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL OF FAME AND ALSO A LIVING LEGEND.

>> THAT NAME ALMOST HIT ME.

>> ARGUING WITH HIM SOMETIMES.

THAT'S CRAZY.

>> ALVIN, YOU ARE WRITING THE SPORTS COLUMN FOR THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COME DOWN ON $750,000 FOR THE ST. LOUIS DOME?

>> FOR MAINTENANCE, CARE AND UPKEEP.

>..

NEED A NEW WATER PUMP.

WELL, THE CAR AIN'T GOING TO LAST FOREVER.

WHEN IS THE IDEA TO IMPLODE THE BAD BOY AND START ALL OVER AGAIN?

>> WE DON'T HAVE.. ALVIN.

.. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THERE?

WHY DO THE BATTLEHAWKS HAVE TO PLAY THERE?

CAN WE BUILD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE SOCCER PARK?

WHY?

IF W.. $750 MILLION TO KEEP A NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE FOOTBALL FRANCHISE.

>&g.. BILLION DOLLARS IN THE FACILITY FOR THE BATTLEHAWKS AND THE PINK CONCERT.

>> BUT 70 MILLION AND 155 MILLION.

READING THE PLEA FROM REVEREND NANCE, GOD LOVE HIM, HE'S DONE SUCH GREAT WORK BUT HE'S TALKING ABOUT US LIKE WE ARE AS RELEVANT AS WE WERE WHEN THE RAMS WERE HERE, AND WE ARE NOT.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE IMPLODED THAT?

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG VEGETABLE GARDEN.

>> NO.

>> VICTO.. >> YOU KNOW WHAT.

LOOK.

BATTLEHAWKS FANS AND ALL ST. LOUIS, BE PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE BATTLEHAWKS.

THE REST..

SUPPORTING TEAMS ANYWHERE CLOSE.

SUSTAINABILITY IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE LEAGUE.

THUS, ARE WE REALLY GOING TO PUT IN THAT MUCH MONEY OF SOMETHING.

>> THERE'S NO MORE MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE, COUNTY AND THE CITY FOR THAT FACILITY.

WITHOUT THE $155 MILLION, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO REPAIR THE ROOF AND DUST THE FURNITURE.

>>.. YOU'RE SAYING IS SPEND $155 MILLION FOR THE BATTLEHAWKS BATTLEHAWKS.

>> AT A TIME WHEN OUR BUS SERVICE IS NOT THAT GREAT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> WE LOST A LEG..

IF NOT THE UNITED STATES THIS WEEK WHEN TED PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF '96.

HIS COMPANY STARTED IN FLORIDA IN 1927 BY HIS DEAD.

IT'S ONE OF THE TOP TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN ST. LOUIS.

A GUY WHO BROUGHT A LOT OF SMILES TO ST. LOUIS FACES.

>> I WANT TO VERY QUICKLY SHARE A KIND STORY.

MANY YEARS AGO I WROTE A BACK FOR THE POST DISPATCH AND IT'S ABOUT BABY BOOMERS AND HAD A LOT ABOUT HIGHWAY 66.

SO THE POST SENDS ME OUT TO THE FESTIVAL THEY ARE HAVING TO SELL THIS BOOK.

I'M OUT THERE WITH A STACK OF BOOKS, WHICH ARE NOT MOVING AT ALL.

.. FORTUNATELY I'M GETTING PAID TO BE THERE.

TED COMES OVER AND I SAY MR. DRIEWS DREWS, AND GET ONE FOR ME AND MY WIFE.

HE SENT ABOUT 10 PEOPLE OVER TO MY TABLE AND HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BUYING A DOZEN BOOKS.

I THINK I SAW 14, AND 12 OF THEM WERE TO TED AND TED AND HIS FRIENDS.

AL..

HE WAS A KIND MAN.

>> HE REALLY WAS.

HE WAS A THROW-BACK.

HE WAS A THROW-BACK TO BEING GOOD FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR, BEING A BUSINESSMAN WHO CARED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND HE MADE A FINE PRODUCT.

>.. CHAIN.

&g.. >> PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AND GO WE WANT IN ON THIS.

TED SAID WELL, I'M HAPPY JUST HAVING THE STANCE I HAVE.

I HAVE GOOD QUALITY CONTROL.

I DON'T NEED THE MONEY.

HE HAD FRONT SEATS FOR THE CARDINALS GAMES, AND YOU WOULD SEE HIM ALL THE TIME WHEN THE CAMERA WOULD SHOW.

THERE WOULD TED BE.

HE WAS SOMETHING.

>> YOU SAW TED DREWS AT SO MANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT THINGS, AND YOU KNOW THEY ASKED, AND HE WAS THERE.

.. >> AMEN.

&g.. EVERYONE IN THE DREWS FAMILY AND DREWS TEAM, DOTY AND TRAVIS AND CHRISTIE, EVERYBODY, WE SHARE YOUR LOSS.

LET'S GO TO THE OLD MAILBAG AND SEE WHAT THE VIEWERS HAD TO SAY.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE RAMS MONEY?

FILL ALL VACANT POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS.

THEY.. TWO-MAN CARS PATROLLING THE STREETS.

TH.. ALSO HEARD FROM LARRY OF ST. LOUIS WHO WROTE, KEITH ROSE'S ACTION OF SHAKING THE FENCE AT FERGUSON INCITED OTHERS TO BREACH SECURITY.

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