Donnybrook
Donnybrook: April 27, 2023
Season 2023 Episode 31 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Sarah Fenske, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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Donnybrook: April 27, 2023
Season 2023 Episode 31 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Sarah Fenske, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF "DONNYBROOK."
LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.
WE'LL SKIP THE PLEASANTRIES AND GET TO THE INTRODUCTIONS.
STARTING WITH SARAH, THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF EUCLID MEDIA SITTING IN FOR WENDY.
RAY HARTMANN FROM SUB STACK AND ST. LOUIS INSIDER, HIS COLUMN THERE.
THE MAN WHO EDITS THE NEWS FOR THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN, ALVIN REID.
I KNOW BILL YOU WERE A BIG ADMIRER OF TOM HALL >> ONE OF THOSE MUSICIANS WHO SAVED SOULARD.
WHEN MUSICIANS GATHERED IN SOULARD AND LIVED IN COAL WATER FLATS.
TOM WAS A MEMBER OF THE GUYER STREET CHEEKS.
TOM DIED, WAS FOUND AFTER A FIRE.
I'M THINKING THAT HE PROBABLY HAD A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE OR SOMETHING.
HE DIED LIKE 9:00 IN A FIRE.
TOM WAS A NIGHT OWL.
THERE'S A BENEFIT FOR TOM'S FAMILY AT SQUIRES 5 TO 7 ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> THEY WERE A GREAT BAND.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORD.
FUNDRAISER FOR THE FAMILY AT SQUIRES.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THE FAMILY AND FANS OF TOM HALL.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, SARAH, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF 22nd JUDICIAL COURTROOM WITH JUDGE MICHAEL NOBLE WHO WAS THERE WITH TWO REPRESENTATIVES.
ALTHOUGH, KIM GARDNER WAS NOT IN THIS ROOM.
WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THIS?
ON APRIL 10th AN ATTORNEY FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR A HEARING INVOLVING A DEFENDANT WHO WAS ACCUSED SHOOTING AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
THAT WAS CONTINUED TO THE 24th.
THE ATTORNEY FAILED TO SHOW UP AND SO NOW, TODAY, NOBLE IS CONTINUING THE CASE FOR BOTH THE CIRCUMSTANCCIRCUIT ATTORNEY AND CHRIS DESILETS ARE BOTH UP ON CONTEMPT OF COURT.
>> THE JUDGE FEELS THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A FINDING OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF COURT.
WHICH CAN RESULT IN JAIL TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO RESULT IN THAT IN THIS CASE.
THAT WILL BE A REALLY BAD LOOK FOR THE ST. LOUIS CIRCUIT TO HAVE THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY BEHIND BARS.
JUDGE NOBLE MADE IT CLEAR.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY FED UP.
HE HAD A GREAT QUOTE, WHICH RUDDERLESS SHIP OF CHAOS.
I MAY HAVE THAT WRONG.
HE WAS SAYING, KIM GARDNER, IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE STAFF ATTORNEYS AREN'T OVERLOADED, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CASES OF 100 DIFFERENT MURDERS.
YOU DONE NOTHING TO SOLVE THIS.
YOU DONE NOTHING TO REMEDY THIS.
FRANKLY, SHE MESSED UP BY NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON TODAY AND APOLOGIZING.
I THINK IT WAS A HUGE STRATEGIC ERROR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT KIM GARDNER.
I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE COURT.
THIS IS THE CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDING.
WE WERE TALKING BEFORE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN.
YOU DON'T THINK SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF IS POLITICAL?
NO, I DO THINK LOT OF THE STUFF IS POLITICAL IN JEFFERSON CITY.
THIS ISN'T POLITICAL.
THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR HER.
>> THIS IS CLEARLY, SOMEBODY HAS TO GO SPEAK TO MS. GARDNER, THE MAYOR, AND MAY BE BUSINESS PEOPLE, SAY YOU HAVE TO RESIGN.
THE OFFICE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THINGS AS THEY ARE NOW.
THE IDEA THIS THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE ALL THE DISCOVERY MATERIAL AND PREPARE FOR THE TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER, IT'S LUDICROUS THEY'LL EXPECT THAT.
MS. GARDNER HAS TO BE CONVINCED IT'S TIME TO LEAVE.
>> BUT, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT CHRIS DESILETS SAYS, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
I'M AN ATTORNEY, I COULDN'T BE 9:00 IN THE COURTROOM WHEN I HAVE ANOTHER CASE THAT'S COUNT DOWN THE HALL.
HE SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
>> MAY BE IT DOES.
IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING A LOT HERE.
THAT'S JUST A BAD ANSWER.
I THINK THAT GOES TO WHO DO YOU REPORT TO.
WILL MY BOSS BE MAD AT ME IF I SAY THAT TO THE PRESS.
YES.
YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER -- BETTER THAN THAT.
>> JUDGE NOBLE SAID WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL US?
WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU COULDN'T MAKE THIS WOR WORK?
MEANWHILE YOU HAVE FAMILY VICTIMS WAITING.
YOU HAVE THE DEFENDANT WAITING IN JAIL SAYING HE'S INNOCENT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE HAVE THE COURTESY SAY -- >> IT'S A TERRIBLE EXCUSE SAYING WE'RE OFF IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
YOU SCHEDULE THINGS.
>> HE SEEMS TO INDICATING THAT JUDGE NOBLE, THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
>> I'M JUST SAYING, THIS IS LIKE THE KID WHO JUST DOESN'T DO HIS HOMEWORK.
THAT'S JUST SILLY.
>> WHEN MICHAEL DOWNEY, WHO'S THERE REPRESENTING KIM GARDNER, NOT THE OFFICE, HE WANTED A HEADACHMAKESURE SHE'LL BE ENTITLED TO DISCOVERY.
THAT'S WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DINGED HER WHEN IT GAMES TO GREITENS CASE.
>> DEFENSE ATTORNEY SUPPOSED TO DEFEND YOU.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO, TRY TO GET ME OFF.
THAT'S HIS JOB.
I CAN'T GET MAD AT HIM.
I THINK IF WE GO BACK TO -- I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, THERE ARE BRIGHT, ATTORNEYS OUT THERE WHO WOULD WORK FOR WHATEVER THE DAY WAGE WAS TO HELP HER OUT IN THAT OFFICE.
REFUSAL TO BRING IN HELP, I THINK IS A RAIL PART O -- REAL PART OF THE PROBLEM.
THEY ARE OVERWHELMED.
TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE QUIT.
YOU GOT TO HAVE BODIES THERE.
PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO COME DOWN THERE AND AT LEAST DO THE DISCOVERY OR OPENING PRELIMINARY PARTS OF THE TRIALS, YOU GOT TO BRING THEM IN.
I DON'T CARE IF THEY ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
>> HOW ABOUT ATTORNEYS GENERAL FROM THE STATE, JEFFERSON?
>> IT FEEL LIKE THE SHIP HAS SAILED.
AT THIS POINT, THINGS ARE SO MIXED UP HERE.
THESE NOT CASES WHERE YOU CAN GRAB THE FILE AND BE READY TO GO IN A DAY.
IT WILL TAKE MONTHS TO FIX THIS.
IN DEFENSE OF THE ASSISTANT CIRCUIT ATTORNEY, I UNDERSTAND HE DIDN'T MAKE GREAT IMPRESSION IN COURT.
I HAVE TRUE SYMPATHY FOR THESE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE HANDLING HUNDREDS OF FELONY CASES.
IT'S A NIGHTMARE THERE.
>> THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, GETS AN ATTORNEY WHEN THEY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
THE IDEA YOU CAN'T EXPECT US TO BE THERE.
THAT'S A POOR EXCUSE.
>> I THINK SHE'LL BE GONE IN MONTHS OR MAY BE WEEKS.
>> WE CAN'T GO MONTHS.
>> WHATEVER.
I DON'T HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION.
I THINK THERE'S A REAL PROBABILITY THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, COUPLE OF THINGS, THERE ARE LOT OF THINGS THAT -- YOU MADE LOT OF POINTS ABOUT COMPETENCE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE TIME FOR A VICTORY LAP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT TRIED TO VICTIMIZED ERIC GREITENS.
HE'S NOT AT VICTIM.
THERE'S, ALSO, MORE IMPORTANT THING, I HOPE IT'S A LOCALLY, THE SUCCESSOR IS NOT APPOINTED BY AN INSURRECTIONIST.
>> THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE ABOUT GREITENS, HIS ATTORNEYS WERE ASKING FOR ALL SORTS OF EVIDENCE.
SHE DIDN'T HAND IT OVER.
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S IN TROUBLE FOR NOW AMONG OTHER THINGS.
>> I GET IT.
>> DO YOU THINK HER ASSISTANT, IS CORRECT THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE IN JAIL BY THE END OF MAY.
>> NO.
I DO THINK SHE'S GOING TO LEAVE.
WITH NO INSIGHT.
THERE'S TOO MUCH PILING ON.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET A CIRCUIT ATTORNEY WHO IS NOT BASICALLY CARRYING OUT THE MAGA AGENDA.
>> WE NEED PEOPLE TO PROSECUTE.
>> ONE INTERESTING THING, PEOPLE SAY THAT MIKE PARSON WILL GET TO NOMINATE THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY.
I'M NOT SURE.
IN 1988, WHEN BILL CLAY WANTED A BLACK PERSON ON THE BOARD, IN 1992, WHEN GEORGE PEOPLE RESIGNED, GOVERNOR ASHCROFT MADE THAT APPOINTMENT.
THERE'S PRECEDENT ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT WHO GETS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE JOB SWAP AT THE TIME.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TOPIC NUMBER TWO.
THAT WILL BE THE STATE OF THE CITY THEREFO DELIVERED BY MAYOR TISHAURA JONES.
SHE'S BACKING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
SHE'S STANDING FOR WOMAN'S RIGHT TO ABORTION WHICH IS NOW LEGAL IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
ALSO, ALVIN, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY MEDIUM SECURITY WORKHOUSE, WHICH SHE CLOSED.
SHE'S LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS FROM THE POPULATION.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO WITH THAT WORKHOUSE.
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY?
>> ONE OF THE FIRST MAYORAL SPEECHES I ATTENDED WHEN I WAS A INTERN IN CINCINNATI, REST IN PEACE JERRY SPRINGER -- >> HE PASSED AWAY.
>> I THOUGHT VERY GOOD SPEECH.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
I GOT THE TIGER BY THE TAIL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY MEASURED TO STEAL YOUR WORD.
I THOUGHT THAT SHE LAID OUT WHAT SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO DO, WHAT SHE HAD DONE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PROGRESSING.
I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A PROGRESSIVE WAY.
I THOUGHT SHE SET THE STAGE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL PREPARED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DELIVERED.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT SOME GOOD THINGS WILL CONTINUE.
>> THE SOUL CITY RESIDENTS HERE AT THIS TABLE, I BELIEVE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS HOPEFUL TO HEAR HER TALK ABOUT THE THINGS.
CITY RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE SEE THE BASICS TAKEN CARE OF.
SHE'S MAKING A GOOD CASE THAT THINGS LIKE GETTING RID OF THE TYPEWRITER BASED SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE USED AND BRINGING IN COMPUTERS.
SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE REALLY HARD AND COMPLICATED TO TAKE ON.
THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A BIG PAYOFF.
I'M HOPEFUL.
>> I KNOW A THING OR TWO BY WRITING SPEECHES.
THIS WAS NOT, THIS WAS A TERRIFIC SPEECH.
WHAT CAUGHT ME, MAY BE IT'S NOT -- I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING ONLINE TO SEE IT.
THERE WAS LOT OF INSIGHT INTO HER PERSONALLY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
SHE TALKED ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING WORKED AS A T.W.A.
EMPLOYEE ANSWERING THE PHONES, COMPLAINTS.
HOW THAT KIND OF PREPARED HER TO WHAT SHE'S DOING AS MAYOR.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY STRONG STUFF THAT I HADN'T SEEN.
SHE GOT A TOUGH JOB.
I'M NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON HER SIDE ON EVERYTHING.
I THINK, REALLY WAS HOPEFUL AND IT WAS VERY PERSONAL KIND OF COMPELLING PERSONAL SPEECH.
>> I THINK THE JOB WILL BE TOUGHER.
SHE'S GOT THE KROENKE MONEY WHICH WILL NOT LAST FOREVER AND THE COVID MONEY.
47% CITY'S BUDGET COME FROM THE EARNINGS TAX AND THAT'S ON THE CITY RESIDENT.
THE RESIDENT POPULATION IS DOWN.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE WORKING IN THE CITY.
THAT'S ALL AMERICAN CITY NOW BECAUSE OF REMOTE WORK.
I THINK THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WILL BE REALLY DIFFICULT.
>> I DIDN'T DENY THAT.
I'M SAYING.
YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.
BUILDING UP WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR, IT'S A GOOD THING.
STATISTICALLY, SHE SAID, WITH EXCEPTION OF CAR THEFT, THE CRIME NUMBERS ARE DOWN.
>> HOMICIDES ARE WAY DOWN.
>> YOU CAN SAY, TOMORROW COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
>> SARAH BRINGING UP THE TRASH.
THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS AND WORKERS.
SHE SAID SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON WHO LIVES IN CITY.
>> I FEEL SOMETIMES YOU GUYS ARE LITTLE DOWN ON CONSTITUENT.
AS A CITY RESIDENT, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE, WE ARE ROOTING SO HARD FOR THIS PLACE.
>> WE ARE TOO.
I LIVE A HALF BLOCK OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THE MAYOR'S JOB, CITIES ARE LIKE PEOPLE.
THEIR LIVES HAVE MOMENTUM.
MOMENTUM HAS BEEN DOWNHILL FOR 50 OR 70 YEARS.
THE MAYOR IS DOING HER BEST TO STOP THAT.
>> SARAH IS RIGHT.
IT'S THE BEST TIME WORST TIME.
YOU GO TO SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, TOWER GROVE AND FARMERS MARKET, BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD.
BUT IN FAL O'FALLON PARK, BLOCK AND BLOCK OF TRASH.
SOME OF THE TRASH SO BAD, THEY CAN'T GET TRUCKS DOWN THE ALLEYS.
APPARENTLY, FORESTRY DIVISION OF THE CITY TAKING CARE OF THAT TODAY.
WHERE IS THE ALDERWOMAN, LAURA KEYS.
>> I THINK THE VOICE OF THE ALDERMAN IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK ST. LOUIS IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE CITY OF ALDERMAN PHONING IN COMPLAINTS.
THEY SPEND THEIR TIME SAYING, I SEE THE TRASH ISN'T PICKED UP.
LET ME CALL CITY HALL.
THAT'S NOT A PRACTICAL WAY TO RUN GOVERNMENT.
WHAT WE NEED IS A COMPETENT BUREAUCRACY.
WHAT WE NEED IS AN ALDERMAN WHO IS CAPABLE COMING UP WITH GOOD POLICIES.
THIS IS THE DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO.
MANY OF THE NEW CRAFT THAT HAS BEEN ELECT THE ONEW BOARD, THEY UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO BE MORE THAN JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OFFICER.
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OFFICER.
>> I AGREE, COMPLETELY.
I FEEL FREE TO DISAGREE.
AS FAR AS THE $70,000 ALDERMAN THING, THAT'S THEIR SALARY.
IT IS NOT, WE'VE DONE IT.
TO REFER TO THEM -- I KNOW IT'S NEW.
THIS ISN'T A CUSHY OVERPAID JOB.
SERIOUSLY, THEY WENT FROM VERY LOW -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> YOU SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE.
I DO LIKE -- >> SHE WAS PICKING UP THE TRASH LITERALLY ON PENNSYLVANIA AND ON ALABAMA.
LIKE THAT.
>> THAT'S FINE, YOU DON'T KNOW LARKEY DOESN'T DO THAT.
SHE JUST GOT SWORN IN.
IT'S VERY UNFAIR TO HER.
>> SHE IS THE INCUMBENT.
>> I'M SAYING, I'M SURE THE TRASH WAS THERE ON ELECTION DAY.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A NEW ADMINISTRATION.
>> THE COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIR, SAYING I WILL BE PICKING UP TRASH ON MAY 5th, PARKER ROAD AND 357.
EVERYONE AT THIS TABLE CAN JOIN IN.
WE GOT TO GO TO YOU, BILL.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A $500,000 PLAN BY THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONATE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS TO HAVE LICENSE COMPLIANCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXPIRED TAGS, PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND WITH TEMPORARY TAGS THAT SUPPOSED TO EXPIRED IN 2021 OR EARLIER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO START ENFORCING THIS?
>> IT MIGHT MAKE A GREAT SENSE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL.
IT SEEMS TO ME IF YOU WANT TO GET COMPLIANCE ON PEOPLE NOT HAVING CURRENT TABS, YOU TELL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GIVE PEOPLE TICKET FOR THIS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU SPEND $500,000 FOR A COMPANY TO DO IT.
>> ISN'T OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PRETTY BUSY ALREADY?
>> THEY ARE.
HOW IS A PRIVATE COMPANY CONSULTANTS GOING TO COME UP FOR $500,000 WITH A PLAN TO DO THIS?
I DON'T GET IT?
>> WHY NOT DO WHAT THEY DO IN NEW YORK.
IF YOU GOT A CAR, IT'S PARKED ON THE STREET OR WAL-MART PARKING LOT, THEY LOOK AT THE LICENSE PLATE AND THERE ARE TICKETS THAT ARE OVERDUE, OR THE PLATES ARE EXPIRED, THEY PUT A BOOT ON IT.
YOU GET THE 800 NUMBER.
YOU CALL UP AND GIVE YOU A CREDIT CARD.
THEY'LL GIVE YOU A CODE TO GET THE BOOT OFF.
>> FIRST I HEARD IT WAS LIKE $500,000 FOR COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
THAT SEEMS LITTLE HIGH.
I MIGHT APPLY MYSELF.
[ LAUGHTER ] I DON'T MEAN TO STEP ON THE TOES -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] YOU NEED TO GET A BID ON IN ON THIS ONE.
I HOPE THEY'RE NOT SPENDING HALF MILLION ON A STUDY.
>> IT WILL BE LIKE A CONSULTANT.
THEIR JOB WILL BE TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.
MUCH LIKE HOW WE HAVE PRIVATE PEOPLE DOING OUR PARKING VIOLATIONS?
>> DID THEY BID IT OUT?
IT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
THE POLICE ARE BUSY ENOUGH WITH HIGHER PRIORITIES THAT THE CONCEPT OF AN OUTSIDE GROUP.
WE NEED TO KNOW MORE.
>> HOW DO YOU DO THIS?
>> MAY BE WE SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT BEFORE THE SHOW.
>> HOW MUCH WOULD YOU IT COST TO INVEST IN 200 BOOTS.
IT MIGHT BE TO GO FROM THERE.
ALSO, I THINK MAY BE THEY CAN DO THE COMPUTERIZED THING AND START MATCHING UP ADDRESSES TO OUT OF DATE PLATES AND SEE WHO MIGHT HAVE AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT ON TOP OF IT.
KIND OF START WEEDING OUT PROBLEMS MORE THAN JUST THE EXPIRED TAGS.
>> I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME -- I THINK THE OMOST FOCUS WE CAN START SEEING IN THE CITY ON TRAFFIC AND ON THESE ISSUES, THAT SEEM LIKE -- THEY REALLY ADD UP.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY.
>> SAIL VIN -- ALVIN WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ABOUT ADAM WAINWRIGHT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON TWITTER.
AT FIRST, HE RESPONDED AND THEN HE GOT A BACKLASH.
THEN, THE LOVE POURED IN FROM CARDINAL NATION.
>> FIRST, IF YOU'RE IN KIRKWOOD, I CAN SEE THE ARCH.
I'M PRETTY CLOSE TO ST. LOUIS.
I THINK YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
TWITTER IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO TO VENT YOUR FRUSTRATION WITH FANS.
YOU GET OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU BRING MORE VITRIOL ON YOURSELF.
HE GIVES UP FIVE RUNS AND TWO INNINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
LET IT GO.
>> PEOPLE ARE SO VICIOUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T BLAME HIM FOR RESPONDING.
I KNOW YOU'RE THE BIGGER PERSON IF YOU DON'T RESPOND.
ARCHAEEVERYBODY GOT AN OPINION.
THESE PEOPLE CAN'T WALK FROM THE COUCH TO THE REFRIGERATOR AND THEY TELLING ME HOW TO DO MY JOB.
>> THESE PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.
>> I WAS SURPRISED.
I KNOW LOT OF ATHLETES DO IT.
HE'S A LITTLE OLDER.
I WAS SURPRISED HE DID IT.
I DON'T BEGRUDGE CARDINAL FANS.
HE'S GOT A GREAT LEGACY HERE.
I WAS MOSTLY JUST SURPRISED THAT SOMEONE OF HIS STATURE WOULD ENGAGE THEM.
>> I THINK THE FANS LOVE IT.
HE'S READING COMMENTS.
ADAM WAINWRIGHT CARES WHAT THEY THINK.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
>> LET ME ASK SARAH, THE ONLY PANELISTS TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY HALL OF FAME BASES IN THE ARTS DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO MOVE TO FENTON ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE SPEAKER SERIES WHICH HAS BEEN AT POWELL HALL FOR YEARS, NOW WILL GO TO CHESTERFIELD.
>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
WE NEED THESE PEOPLE INTO THE CITY.
HAVING THE ATTRACTION THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY HALL OF FAME THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DRAW.
NOW THEY WILL HAVE AN OFFICE IN FENTON, IT'S A SHAME.
IT FELT.
LIKE UNDERUTILIZED RESOURCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO BRING IN PEOPLE TO SEE THE SHOWS.
IT'S ANOTHER LOSS TO THE CITY YET ANOTHER REASON THAT WE NEED ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT WE CAN GET.
>> SPEAKING FROM HERE TO THE CITY, I AGREE.
GRAND ARTS DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY WIT THEY HAVE DONE UNBELIEVABLE STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE DETAILS.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD THAT WE HAD AN INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY HALL OF FAME RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
I DID.
>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME, UNFORTUNATELY.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE FOLKS HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM.
ANDREW BAILEY LAUGHING -- TIM KING OF FENTON, MISSOURI, ADD MORE DONNYBROOKERS TO THE STAGE.
THOSE WHO PREVIOUSLY SAT IN ON DONNYBROOK, FASHION IT UP.
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"NEXT UP," THE DISCUSSION OF HIRING FORMALLY INCARCERATED.
RAY AND BILL IS YOUR HOSTS.
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