IS THIS AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE THE CHIEFS EXPLORING SITES FOR A NEW STADIUM IN KANSAS AND IS THIS ANOTHER APRIL PRANK NORDSTROM WALKING BACK PLANS TO MOVE TO THE PLAZA ALSO THIS WEEK HOWEVER S IS NOW UPENDING THE RACE FOR MISSOURI'S U.S SENATE SEAT HE KNELT TO HONOR GEORGE FLOYD NOW THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS HE DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT PLUS YOUR HANDY-DANDY GUY TO NEXT WEEK'S BIG ELECTION WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ONE WELL WE HAVE YOUR BACK STRAIGHT AHEAD WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N.A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HI I'M NICK HAYNES AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE NEWS OF OUR WEEK FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT PUT YOUR TRAY TABLE IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT HERE ARE OUR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HELPING US NAVIGATE THIS CHOPPY RIDE FROM KCUR NEWS LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING FROM THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON AND KMBC 9 POLITICAL ANALYST MICHAEL MAHONEY IS THIS AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHIEFS SAYS THE TEAM IS EXPLORING SITES FOR A NEW STADIUM IN KANSAS DURING A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH REPORTERS AT THE NFL'S OFF-SEASON MEETING IN FLORIDA MARK DONOVAN CLAIMS THE TEAM HAS BEEN PITCHED SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR A NEW STADIUM ON THE KANSAS SIDE ACCORDING TO REPORTS THE LEGENDS AREA IN WYATT COUNTY WHICH IS ALREADY HOME TO THE KANSAS SPEEDWAY AND CHILDREN'S MERCY PARK WOULD LIKELY BE THE TOP LANDING SPOT BUT APPARENTLY SOME LOCATIONS IN JOHNSON COUNTY ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED SO LET ME ASK AGAIN IS THIS AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE DAVE NO UH UH FROM EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UH ASCERTAIN NICK UH THE CHIEFS AS WOULD BE EXPECTED ARE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THEIR OPTIONS BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS THERE WERE RUMORS ABOUT MOVES TO KANSAS 25 YEARS AGO THE LAST TIME THAT THE STADIUM'S TAX CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION SO THIS ISN'T A BIG SURPRISE AND THE SPECIFICS ARE LESS IMPORTANT NICK THAN THE GENERAL CONCLUSION WE CAN REACH WHICH IS THE CHIEFS ARE SAYING DON'T FORGET ABOUT US WHATEVER YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING FOR THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS INCLUDING MOVING THEM DOWNTOWN WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THE BASEBALL TEAM GETS AND MARK DONOVAN I THINK WAS BUSY REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT THIS ERIC ARE THEY REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS THOUGH OR IS THIS REALLY A MANIPULATIVE EXERCISE TO TRY AND GET KANSAS CITY AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIALS TO OPEN UP THE PURSE STRINGS AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO THROW LOTS OF MONEY AT YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU GET WHATEVER YOU WANT YEAH I THINK IT'S JUST A STRATEGY MOVE TO ONE GET A NEW STADIUM POSSIBLY A BIGGER STADIUM MAYBE GETTING A BIGGER PLACE TO HAVE TAILGATE PARTIES BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG SALE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND AROUND THE METRO DALLAS COWBOYS DON'T PLAY IN DALLAS THE NEW YORK JETS THE NEW YORK GIANTS DON'T PLAY IN NEW YORK THEY DON'T EVEN PLAY IN NEW YORK STATE UH BUFFALO BILLS DON'T PLAY IN BUFFALO NEW YORK THE THING ABOUT IT IS IT WOULD STAY IN THE METRO WHAT YOU'RE NOT HEARING ARE THE CHIEFS UH SAY HEY LOOK YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER UH MARKET LISA IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 25 YEARS NOW SINCE UH KANSAS CITY VOTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE CAME TOGETHER TO VOTE ON A BI-STATE TAX THAT RENOVATED THE UNION STATION THAT WE GET TO SEE TODAY IS THIS THE WINNING COMBINATION THOUGH POSSIBLY NOW WITH THIS CHIEFS IF THE CHIEFS WERE TO MOVE TO KANSAS AND YOU'D HAVE A DOWNTOWN BASEBALL STADIUM FOR THE ROYALS THAT YOU'D FINALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET VOTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATE LINE TO SAY YES I'M NOT SURE THAT VOTERS ON THE MISSOURI SIDE ARE QUITE READY TO LET THAT STADIUM GO YET I I SEE POSSIBLY A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS REIGNITING THIS ECONOMIC BORDER WAR THAT WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A THAW IN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN WHICH KANSAS IS OFFERING INCENTIVES TO BRING THE STADIUM TO THEIR SIDE OF THE STATE LINE WHICH HAS MISSOURI OFFICIALS ON ALERT TO ALSO OFFER INCENTIVES IN THERE IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IN THAT SITUATION TAXPAYERS ARE GENERALLY ON THE LOSING END OF THOSE BORDER WARS AS WE'VE UH ALL OF OUR OUTLETS HAVE REPORTED BEFORE QUICKLY KEEP IN MIND NICK THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE CHIEFS AND ROYALS THE COST TO BUILD TWO NEW STADIUMS IN OUR AREA WOULD BE ENORMOUS EASILY TWO BILLION DOLLARS COMBINED AND IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO SEE HOW JACKSON COUNTY CAN SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY ON ITS OWN AND SO THE IDEA OF MOVING ONE OF THEM TO KANSAS HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION FOR SOME TIME AND MAY BECOME MORE PROMINENT AS THE PRICE TAG BECOMES MORE EVIDENT TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA YOU KNOW I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR AUDIENCE AND MAYBE YOU WHO ARE ACTUALLY UH NOT CONVINCED ABOUT THIS DEAL STILL VERY SKEPTICAL CAN YOU BE PRANKED WITH TWO APRIL FOOLS JOKES IN ONE WEEK WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE UH OF THIS STORY THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA'S BIGGEST CATCH MAY NOW BE WALKING BACK ITS PLANS ACCORDING TO REPORT IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR NORDSTROM NO LONGER MAKING ITS MOVE FROM OAK PARK MALL TO THE PLAZA INSTEAD IT'S RENEWING ITS LEASE AT THE OVERLAND PARK BASE MALL SOME OF US ARE STILL SCRATCHING OUR HEADS AFTER ONE DELAY AFTER ANOTHER THE NEW PLAZA STORE IS SUPPOSED TO OPEN NEXT YEAR WHAT HAPPENED DAVE WELL I THINK RETAIL OF THE NATURE OF RETAIL IS CHANGING NICK AND THEY'RE GOING TO STAY PUT IN PART BECAUSE THE FINANCES MAY DICTATE IT THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION OF COURSE IS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE PLAZA WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE PLAZA IF INDEED THIS MOVE TAKES PLACE UH LISA I THINK THAT'S IT'S A VERY CONCERNING UM AND CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE PLAZA NOW WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED THIS MOVE FROM NORDSTROM YET SO THERE'S STILL MORE TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE A STORE OWNER ON THE PLAZA THERE ARE REAL WORRIES ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS SHOPPING DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW YOU STILL HAVE SOME OF YOUR RESTAURANTS THERE THAT ARE STILL DOING PRETTY WELL BUT A LOT OF PLACES ARE MOVING FROM THE PLAZA AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER HAVE AS IT OUTLIVED ITS HISTORY ONCE ONCE A THRIVING AREA OR IS IT THE MANAGEMENT AND THE RENT IS TOO HIGH IN THAT AREA YOU WILL HEAR SMART PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT THE FUTURE OF THE PLAZA ISN'T RETAIL BUT IT'S ENTERTAINMENT IT'S RESTAURANTS BARS YOU KNOW PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SEE LIVE MUSIC AND RESIDENTIAL TO BUILD UP RESIDENTIAL AND THAT THE IDEA OF DESTINATION RETAIL SHOPPING UH MAY IN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS GO AWAY ENTIRELY SO THAT'S ANOTHER TREND TO KEEP UH KEEP IN MIND IS THIS STORY UNFOLD NEXT UP WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES JUST DAYS AFTER MISSOURI'S SENATE CANDIDATE ERIC GREITENS WAS DOMINATING OUR NEWS CYCLE OVER NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS FROM HIS EX-WIFE COULD THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOW FOUND A NEW WEAPON TO TAKE THE SEAT AN AIR S TO THE ANHEUSER-BUSCH EMPIRE IS NOW UPENDING THE RACE I'M TRUDY BUSH VALENTINE I'LL PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND PUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FIRST WE'LL SHOW THEM WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TRUDY BUSH VALENTINE IS THE DAUGHTER OF BEER BARON AUGUST ANNE HEISER BUSH WHO BUILT THE COMPANY INTO THE WORLD'S LARGEST BREWERY SHE HAS NEVER RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE BEFORE BUT SHE COMES FROM ONE OF THE RICHEST FAMILIES IN AMERICA 16TH RICHEST ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE WITH MORE THAN 17 BILLION DOLLARS IN FAMILY WEALTH DOES THAT NOW MAKE HER THE PERSON TO BEAT FOR MISSOURI'S SENATE SEAT OR SIMPLY GIVES DEMOCRATS MICHAEL MAHONEY A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING NO IT DOESN'T MAKE HER THE PERSON TO BEAT IT DOES COMPLICATE THE MISSOURI SENATE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY SUBSTANTIALLY FORMER STATE STATE SENATOR SCOTT SIFTON DROPPED OUT UH JUST BEFORE THE FILING DEAD DEADLINE IMMEDIATELY ENDORSED UH TRUDY BUSH VALENTINE UH VALENTINE BY VIRTUE OF THE MONEY THAT SHE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCESS COULD BE A SELF-FUNDED CANDIDATE THE CHIEF RIVAL TO HER RIGHT NOW LUCAS COONS WHO HAS BEEN THE PACE SETTER FOR MONEY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSOURI SENATE PRIMARY IMMEDIATELY CALLED HER A BILLIONAIRE HEIRESS UH AND HE IS WONDERING ABOUT THAT LUCAS KOONTZ BY THE WAY IS A MARINE VETERAN AND FROM INDEPENDENCE LIVES IN INDEPENDENCE LISA BUT WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT TRUDY VALENTINE BUSH UH OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT MOST OF US HAVE MAY HAVE DRUNK A BUDWEISER AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT HER THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT THAT WE KNOW ABOUT HER WE KNOW THAT SHE THAT SHE'S A NURSE THAT SHE'S WELL KNOWN IN IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CIRCLES AND AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY AND WE SAW FROM FROM HER MESSAGE FROM THAT INITIAL CAMPAIGN VIDEO THAT SHE UM HAS ECHOED THIS THIS SENTIMENT OF COMING BACK TOGETHER BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE CENTRIST BRINGING BOTH SIDES TOGETHER BUT AS FAR AS ANY SPECIFIC POLICIES WE'RE REALLY SCANT ON DETAILS RIGHT NOW SHE ALSO TRIED TO MAKE HERSELF THAT SHE KNOWS REAL PROBLEMS SHE MAY COME FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY BUT HER SON DIED FROM AN OPIOID UH OVERDOSE SO KNOWS ABOUT A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN REAL PEOPLE'S LIVES YEAH SHE SAYS THAT BUT SHE'S STILL RICH KNOWING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AND ACTUALLY LIVING THOSE ISSUES ARE ALWAYS TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AND I WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT BLOOMBERG HAD A TON OF MONEY AND HE STILL IT DIDN'T MATTER A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH ERIC GREITENS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE NICK BECAUSE I THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE THOUGHT FOR SOME TIME THAT IF GREITENS IS THE NOMINEE YOU NEED TO HAVE A CANDIDATE READY WHO CAN PROVIDE A CONTRAST AND CERTAINLY THIS CANDIDATE WOULD DO THAT HER FAMILY'S STORY COMPARED WITH HIS PROBLEMS OF COURSE UH SHE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AS WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED UH AND SO I I DO THINK IT CHANGES IN SOME WAYS THE REPUBLICAN CALCULUS CAST YOUR MIND BACK TO THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS IN KANSAS CITY DO YOU REMEMBER ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES DURING THAT TIME THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF KNEELING IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS NOW POLICE CHIEF RICK SMITH SAYS HE DIDN'T MEAN IT ACCORDING TO A KANSAS CITY STAR REPORT SMITH TOLD A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING WITH POLICE COMMANDERS THAT HE FELT PRESSURED INTO DOING THINGS AND SAYING THINGS THAT HE PERSONALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN NOW THIS IS COMING FROM AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE WHO WAS IN THE ROOM AND CHIEF SMITH ISN'T COMMENTING BUT WITH JUST THREE WEEKS LEFT BEFORE HE HANGS UP HIS BADGE AND RETIRES SO WHAT IS THIS GONNA PUSH HIM OUT THE DOOR EARLIER ERIC IS IT GONNA INFLUENCE THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF NO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GONNA PUSH HIM OUT ANY EARLIER UH YOU KNOW I WASN'T SURPRISED THERE WAS NOTHING IN THOSE UH EXPOSES THAT SURPRISED ME ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT BLACK PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICE CHIEF BUT I WASN'T SURPRISED BY HIS COMMENT UH IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS JUST PAR FOR THE COURSE MICHAEL I WONDERED AT THE TIME UM ABOUT UH THE SINCERITY OF THAT UH I WILL ALSO SAY THAT IF HE TOLD COMMANDERS I DID THAT UH JUST TO GO ALONG AND DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE IT YOU KNOW GIVEN THE DYNAMICS AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN THAT PARK AT THAT AT THAT MOMENT WHEN ALL THESE FOLKS KNELT DOWN AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE DIDN'T UH KNEEL DOWN AND IT WOULD HAVE RATCHETED UP THE TENSION THAT WAS ALREADY UH UH UH PRETTY HIGH SO YOU'RE SEEING IT IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY I MEAN SO THAT BY SWALLOWING HIS OWN BELIEFS LISA THAT THE POLICE CHIEF MAY HAVE STOPPED MORE VIOLENCE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IN KANSAS CITY CERTAINLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE HAD HE NOT KNELT IN THAT MOMENT BUT I HAVE TO THINK HEARING THIS BEAST YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE A BLACK POLICE OFFICER IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND YOU'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED A HISTORY OF THESE AGGRESSIONS OF UNEVEN DISCIPLINE TO IN ADDITION HEAR THAT HAVE THAT TRICKLE OUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT HE REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT I JUST IT SO IT'S A WONDER TO ME WHY ANYONE WOULD SAY IT I THINK IT'S JUST INDICATIVE OF OF THIS CULTURE THAT HAS PERMEATED UM FOR BLACK OFFICERS IN THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AND TO ERIC'S POINT THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE IS SAD IS VERY SAD WELL THIS WEEK THE SEARCH FOR RICK SMITH'S REPLACEMENT AS POLICE CHIEF ENTERED A NEW PHASE AS THE FIRST OF HALF A DOZEN COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS GONE UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS IN THE CITY'S NEXT TOP COP TOO MANY TIMES WE'LL HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY WEREN'T THEY'RE NOT ENGAGED OR THE REASON THAT THEY'RE NOT ENGAGED IS BECAUSE NO ONE'S ASKING WELL WE'RE ASKING A GROUP OF BLACK MINISTERS HAVE ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE NEXT CHIEF MUST COME FROM OUT OF STATE INCLUDING KANSAS EVERY RESUME FROM WITHIN THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE REJECTED THEY SAY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC TOO AT THESE LISTENING SESSIONS OR DO THEY HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES DAVE SOME PEOPLE WANT MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT MORE COPS A TOUGHER STANCE AGAINST CRIME OTHERS SAY NO LOOK YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED MORE IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH MENTAL HEALTH THAT TYPE OF THING BUT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED I THINK THE KEY QUESTION FOR THE POLICE BOARD AND FOR THE MAYOR WHO'S A MEMBER GOING FORWARD AND THAT IS DO YOU LOOK FOR SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT WHO MIGHT BRING A NEW APPROACH A NEW CULTURE TO THE RANK AND FILE OR DO YOU JUST PROMOTE FROM WITHIN WHICH THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE FOR DECADES UH AND DO YOU IN SOME WAYS EXPECT THE SAME OUTCOME DOES ANYONE THINK THAT IF YOU PROMOTED SOMEONE ELSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT SOMEHOW IT WOULD CHANGE OVERNIGHT THE ANSWER SEEMS TO BE NO AND SO THE THRESHOLD QUESTION IS DO YOU CONTINUE THAT PROCESS OR DO YOU SAY LOOK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES OTHER PLACES OTHER APPROACHES TO CRIME TO FIND SOMEONE TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT AND THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT WE JUST SAW SOME VIDEO OF THE FIRST LISTENING SESSION AND PEOPLE DIDN'T SEEM HOT UH HOT UNDER THE COLLAR ERIC THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY COLLEGIAL AND PLEASANT TALKING IN LITTLE SMALL GROUPS ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS DID WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THAT FIRST LISTENING SESSION WELL I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO THE LISTENING SESSION ON SATURDAY I WASN'T AT THAT ONE BUT THEY DID GIVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT ALL FALLS ON THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND FROM PROMOTING WITHIN LIKE DAVE SAID YOU YOU YOU MIGHT WIND UP WITH RICK SMITH PART TWO AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF KANSAS CITY ESPECIALLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE'S BEEN UNATTENDED LISA IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS THIS FIRST LISTENING SESSION AND SO FAR WE JUST HAVE ONE UNDER OUR BELT UH WAS IT WAS HELD IN THE NORTHLAND AT NORTHLAND NEIGHBORHOODS THIS IS THE THE SAME PLACE THAT HELD A BIG MEETING WHEN KANSAS CITY ATTEMPTED TO REDIRECT MONEY AWAY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO I DO THINK THAT WHILE WE DID HEAR CALLS FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY WE HEARD CALLS FOR INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN THE NORTHLAND WE DIDN'T HEAR MANY RESPONSES TO THE STARS INVESTIGATION OF RACISM IN THE DEPARTMENT UM BUT I THINK THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES TO WATCH THE ONES THIS WEEKEND AS WELL MAY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT TONE THAN THIS FIRST ONE IN THE NORTHLAND WHICH HAS GENERALLY SEEN MORE SUPPORT FIRST CHIEF SMITH AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEXT UP YOUR HANDY-DANDY GUIDE TO TUESDAY'S ELECTION IN KANSAS CITY YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ONE WELL YOU TRACKED THE SLAP HEARD AROUND THE WORLD AT THE OSCARS YOU EXPRESSED OUTRAGE THAT AVOCADOS ARE NOW AT THE HIGHEST PRICE IN 24 YEARS BUT YOU WEREN'T AWARE YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON TUESDAY DON'T WORRY WE HAVE YOUR BACK IT MAY NOT BE GLAMOROUS TO CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU FLASH BUT VOTERS ON TUESDAY IN KANSAS CITY ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE UPGRADES TO THE SEWER SYSTEM AMBULANCES ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT AS VOTERS ARE ASKED TO RENEW THE CITY HEALTHCARE LEVY THAT BRINGS IN AROUND 21 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO HELP SUPPORT THE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND TO OFFSET THE COSTS TO HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ARE PROVIDING FREE HEALTH CARE TO THOSE WITHOUT INSURANCE BOTH ONE AND TWO PROTECT OUR WALLETS AND WON'T RAISE TAXES ONE CENT SUPPORTED BY MAYOR LUCAS AND MAJOR CASEY HEALTH PROVIDERS VOTE YES ON QUESTIONS ONE AND TWO NOW THAT'S ONE OF THE ADS FROM THE YES CAMPAIGN WE'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU ONE FROM THE OPPONENTS BUT THERE AREN'T ANY IN FACT I HAVE TO SAY I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH LITTLE COVERAGE OF A LOCAL ELECTION THAN THIS ONE IS THERE EVEN ANYONE WHO HAS COME FORWARD TO OPPOSE ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS DAVE NOT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THERE HASN'T BEEN OPPOSITION REALLY TO THE HEALTH LEVY INCREASE FOR THE MANY YEARS THAT IT'S BEEN ON THE BALLOT NICK PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ACCEPT IT IN KANSAS CITY I USED TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT ONCE OBAMACARE PASSED AND MEDICAID EXPANSION PASSED BOTH OF WHICH HAVE HAPPENED IN MISSOURI THAT THERE WOULD BE VERY FEW UNINSURED PEOPLE IN THE STATE AND FOR THAT REASON MAYBE THE NEED FOR THE HEALTH LEVY WOULD GO AWAY BUT THAT'S BEEN RESISTED DRAMATICALLY BY THE HOSPITAL AND LOCAL LEADERS SO IT'S LIKELY TO PASS AND OF COURSE SEWER BONDS ALMOST ALWAYS PASS PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE A HUGE TURNOUT IF YOU GET 10 OF VOTERS IT'LL BE A MIRACLE ON THOSE TWO QUESTIONS SUPPORTERS SAY THIS THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE IF YOU SUPPORT THESE MEASURES BUT ISN'T IT TRUE THAT IF YOU VOTE NO YOUR TAXES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN LISA POTENTIALLY I I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE THE CITY WOULD BE IN A REAL REAL DESPERATE SITUATION IF THIS DIDN'T PASS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THESE UM FOR THESE SERVICES AND I THINK WHAT WHAT AT LEAST SUPPORTERS OF THE CAMPAIGN ARE SAYING IS THAT IF IF THIS DOESN'T PASS THEN THE COSTS WILL LIKELY BE PASSED ALONG ANYWAY THROUGH INCREASED WATER AND SEWER RATES UM THROUGH INCREASED BILLING FOR FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES SO IT DOES APPEAR THAT YOU YOU MAY DECREASE TAXES ONE PLACE BUT BUT THE COST WOULD BE PASSED ON ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BUT WE SUBMITTED JUST CAN I SAY QUICKLY NICK UH THE IDEA THAT YOUR TAXES WON'T GO UP IS A LITTLE MISLEADING BECAUSE THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME HAS LIKELY GONE UP PARTICULARLY IN THE INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN VALUE OF YOUR HOME WILL GO UP AND IF THAT'S THE CASE YOUR TAXES ARE GOOD AND BY THE WAY IF WITHOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME THAT'S FOUR DOLLARS FOR THAT HEALTH LEVY IT'S ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS A THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT TWELVE DOLLARS IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANNA PAY FOR YOU DECIDE THAT ON TUESDAY OUT IN INDEPENDENCE ON TUESDAY VOTERS WILL BE PICKING A NEW MAYOR AFTER SHE CAME IN SECOND IN A MAYORAL PRIMARY BACK IN FEBRUARY EILEEN WEIR SAID SHE WAS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE BUT NOT SO FAST NOW SHE'S SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT I NEVER SAID I WAS WITHDRAWING SO I SAID I WAS CEASING MY CAMPAIGN SO HELP WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IF SHE BEATS STATE LAWMAKER ROY ROLAND ON TUESDAY WILL SHE NOW STAY IN OFFICE MICHAEL YEAH SHE WILL BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE MESSAGE THAT EILEEN WARE LEFT WITH VOTERS I THINK MOST VOTERS AND INDEPENDENTS BELIEVED THAT EILEEN WARE THE INCUMBENT MAYOR WAS NOT ONLY CEASING HER CAMPAIGN BUT DROPPING OUT SEEMS A LITTLE MISLEADING LISA IT IT DOES IT'S A CONFUSED I CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF OF WHY THIS WOULD BE A POSITION SHE WANTS TO CLARIFY NOW MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A BETTER IDEA BUT I WAS I WAS GENERALLY CONFUSED BY THE NEWS WELL LAST FALL VOTERS IN KANSAS WERE DECIDING CONTENTIOUS SCOREBOARD RACES THAT WERE PITTING CANDIDATES AGAINST EACH OTHER ON DIVISIVE ISSUES LIKE MASS MANDATES AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY NOW IT'S MISSOURI'S TURN ON TUESDAY WE DON'T WANT TO MASK OUR CHILDREN AND WE WANT THE RIGHT TO DECIDE I DID NOT SIGN UP WHEN I HAD CHILDREN TO CO-PARENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT IF YOU HAVE MATERIALS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING WHERE IT SAYS IF YOU WERE BORN A WHITE MALE YOU WERE BORN AN OPPRESSOR YOU ARE ABUSING OUR CHILDREN PLEASE GET BACK TO JUST TEACHING OUR CHILDREN MATH SCIENCE FACTUAL HISTORY EQUITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO THINK AND NOT WHAT TO THINK SOME SCENES FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR PLAYING OUT ON THE KANSAS SIDE ARE THESE THE ISSUES THAT WILL ALSO DETERMINE WHO GETS TO SERVE ON SCHOOL BOARDS ON THE MISSOURI SIDE OF OUR STATE LINE NEXT WEEK THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY YES PARTICULARLY IN SMALLER DISTRICTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS IN BIGGER DISTRICTS PERHAPS NOT AS MUCH LOW TURNOUT ELECTIONS ARE ALL ALWAYS DRIVEN BY THOSE WHO ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES NOT BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SO THAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN AND IT'S NOT JUST UH SMALLER DISTRICTS UH DAVE IT IS AN ISSUE FOR SOME CANDIDATES IN THE NORTH KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR ELECTIONS ARE ARE COMING THIS WEEK AS WELL YEAH I WILL ECHO WHAT MICHAEL SAID ABOUT NORTH KANSAS CITY WE KNOW AT LEAST ONE CANDIDATE THERE IS IS IS RUNNING AGAINST YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT HE CALLED TYRANNICAL SCHOOL BOARD THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC UH A GROUP CALLED THE NORTHLAND PARENTS ASSOCIATION FILED SEVERAL LAWSUITS AGAINST THE DISTRICT AGAINST MASKING HAS UH BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OF TAKING REMOVING BOOKS OFF THE SHELF THAT DEAL WITH LGBTQ ISSUES OR RACE AND SO THIS IS CERTAINLY A HOT TOPIC IN THE NORTH THOSE ISSUES THAT MIKE AND LISA WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE ISSUES THAT AFFECT PARENTS THAT HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IF IF THESE PARENTS DON'T HAVE KIDS I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE VOTER TURNOUT IS THERE A NEW ISSUE COMPETING FOR ATTENTION TOO WITH SCHOOLS A BIG SHORTAGE OF CASH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK AS THE OLATHE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCES SIX PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD BUDGET CUTS THAT'S WIPING OUT MANY SCHOOL LIBRARY WORKERS AS THE METRO'S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT TRIES TO MANAGE ENROLLMENT DROPS AND BIG HIKES IN OPERATING COSTS AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC THESE DECISIONS ARE NOT MADE EASILY AND THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE REALLY REALLY TOUGH TO MAKE OLATHE IS HAVING TO FIND 20 MILLION DOLLARS TO CUT FROM ITS BUDGET OUR MONEY WAS NOW BEGINNING TO HURT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS OR IS THIS JUST A ISOLATED EXAMPLE DAVE OLATHE IS SORT OF THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE IN THE SENSE THAT ENROLLMENTS ARE DROPPING AND THE YOU KNOW PARENTS ARE HAVING FEWER CHILDREN THAT'S JUST THE FACT OF IT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING AND HOMESCHOOLING THEIR CHILDREN ALSO THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS RIGHT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE MORE AND MORE POPULAR WHEN YOU COUPLE ALL OF THAT THERE ARE JUST FEWER KIDS GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BECAUSE AT LEAST TO SOME DEGREE BUDGETS ARE BASED ON ENROLLMENT UH THESE DECISIONS WILL FACE ALL DISTRICTS I WILL SAY CUTTING LIBRARIAN ASSISTANCE SEEMS LIKE UH A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY EVERY DROP OF WATER MAKES A MIGHTY OCEAN THOUGH LISA I I I YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT WRONG THERE BUT YOU DO QUESTION CUTTING UH CUTTING PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY MAKING YOU KNOW LESS THAN FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR TO TO BEGIN WITH I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BEGIN AND CERTAINLY WASN'T UH A VERY WELL RECEIVED BY PARENTS THESE ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR POSITIONS AND POPULAR PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS PERHAPS THAT WAS A PURPOSEFUL EFFORT TO TRY AND GET LAWMAKERS TO SAY OH WE'RE GOING TO GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS WE HAVE TO THROW MONEY AT SCHOOLS WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY STORY GRABBING THE HEADLINES SO WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED IS IT MARCH MADNESS OR HAVE WE NOW MOVED INTO APRIL ANARCHY NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL IT JAYHAWK FEVER IS CONTAGIOUS AND IT'S SPREADING MOVE OVER THE PARADE OF HEARTS GIGANTIC BUNNIES NOW TAKING OVER KANSAS CITY THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN KANSAS AS LAWMAKERS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR A BILL BANNING SANCTUARY CITIES NO LONGER CAN PLACES LIKE WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND ROLAND PARK TELL POLICE NOT TO COOPERATE WITH IMMIGRATION AGENTS SHOTS NO LONGER REQUIRED THE KAUFFMAN CENTER DROPPING ITS VACCINE REQUIREMENT AND GETTING READY FOR OPENING DAY AFTER THE LOCKOUT DELAYS THE START OF BASEBALL SEASON THE ROYALS FINALLY RETURN TO THE K ON THURSDAY ALL RIGHTY MICHAEL DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT I THINK THE SANCTUARY CITIES UH ISSUE IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON NOT ONLY IN KANSAS BUT UH ACROSS OUR REGION I THINK IMMIGRATION IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE COMING UP IN THE MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN AND UH I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT UH YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON ERIC I PICKED THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REDISTRICTING MAP IS FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI YET AND CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START CAMPAIGNING AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CAMPAIGN AT AND BY THE WAY THAT UH TRIAL ON THE KANSAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP STARTS ON MONDAY WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT LISA AS THE RESIDENT MILLENNIAL HERE I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T SPENT THE WHOLE SHOW TALKING ABOUT AVOCADO PRICES BUT UM BUT I WILL ONLY SAY THAT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING IN THE KANSAS CITY UH CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK ABOUT A FEW MORE INITIATIVES UM AT AIMED AT TACKLING THE UNHOUSED POPULATION AND THE HOMELESS ISSUE IN KANSAS CITY ONE WOULD PROHIBIT CAMPING OR TENTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WOULD PROHIBIT UH LOITERING THIS IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE VERY PUBLIC ENCAMPMENTS THAT POPPED UP LAST YEAR SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR SURE DID YOU PICK AVOCADO PRICES THEN DAVE NO UH ALTHOUGH LISA BRINGING UP HER AGE IS I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT NICK I MEAN I JUST THAT THAT CONCERNS NOTICE THAT GAME ALL RIGHT YEAH THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT UM NO HERE'S A STORY THAT I THINK WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO ON JANUARY 6 AS THE DISTURBANCES AT THE CAPITOL WERE BEING PUT IN PLACE DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO CALL JOSH HAWLEY JOSH HAWLEY APPARENTLY TRIED TO CALL HIM BACK HOLLY'S ROLE IN THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY REMAINS UH VAGUE AND OPAQUE WE MAY GET SOME MORE CLARITY ON THAT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO THE STARS DAVE HELLING KCUR'S LISA RODRIGUEZ CHANNEL 9'S MICHAEL MAHONEY AND ALWAYS ON CALL AT THE KANSAS CITY CALL ERIC WESSON AND I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON