Donnybrook
Donnybrook: August 24, 2023
Season 2023 Episode 54 | 27m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Bill McClellan, Alvin Reid, and Ray Hartmann.
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Season 2023 Episode 54 | 27m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Bill McClellan, Alvin Reid, and Ray Hartmann.
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FIRST WE'LL MEELT THE PANELISTS, WENDY WIESE FROM THE BIG 550 550 KTSRS, BILL B BMMENT FROM THE POST DISPATCH, HRPT HRT ON SUBSTACK, THE FOUNDER OF THE RIVERFRONT TIMES AND ALVIN REID, SPORTS COLUMNIST, NEWS EDITOR WITH THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.
YOU.
THIS WEEK.
WAS SAYING THE MAYOR OF ST. LOUIS JONES WAS GOING TO BAN AR-15s AND AK-47s, THE ASSAULT-STYLE MILITARY WEAPONS AND CHANGED TO LATER THAN THAT.
OTHERS ARE SAYING LOOK, THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT MAYOR IS SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BAN THE WILL MAKE CHL OFMUCH OF A DIFFERENCE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT'S GREA DIFFERENCE.
SPENCER IDEA I THOUGHT GOOD ABOUT.
DMOERDS I THINK THINK IDEA, ANY EFFORT BECAN MAKE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ARMAMENTS ON OUR STREETS IS A POSITIVE THING.
AND I KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY AN UPHILL BATTLE IN THE STATE AND IT WILL -- WHETHER WE WIN OR LOSE, CHALLENGING THE STATE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING SHE'S DOING IT.
>&g HER TEXTS DISCOVERED BY "THE BUSINESS JOURNAL" AND CHANNEL 5, SHE DIDN'T THINK STRONGER GUN LAWS MADE A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S IMPROVING S COMMUNITY.
REACTING TO CARA SPENCER AND THE KANSAS CITY MAYOR?
>> >&g CHARLIE.
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT ON THAT WHEN SHE SAID THAT GUN LAWS AREN'T GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IT'S A CULTURAL PROBLEM BUT AS FAR AS THIS NEW THING, I T IT'S JUST A PRESS CONFERENCE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
REALLY HAS ANY HOPE OF HAVING AK-47s AND AR-15s BANNED FROM THE STREET.
I THINK WAS UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CARA SPENCER'S MORE REALISTIC PROPOSAL SO SHE THERE AND NOW HERSELF.
>> THE ORIGINAL RE CAME OUT AND I WASN'T AT THE LISTENING SESSION WHEN SHE MADE HER ANNOUNCEMENT BUT IT PHRASE IT.
GOING TO DO THIS, THE GOING TO DO THAT AND SHE NEVER SAID I AM GOING TO DO THIS.
THEE SAID THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN THAT BEGINS IN THE SESSION OF GUN CONTROL BILLS BUT THERE WERE NEVER ANY SPECIFIC LABEL TO IT KANSAS APPROACH ASSAULT WEAPONS AND SO I WAS KIND OF GUILTY OF MAYBE TAKING THAT EXTRA STEP AND LINKING THE TWO.
LIKE DO CAN HELP IF IT SAVES ONE PERSON OR ONE CHILD OR YOU KNOW.
I ALSO THINK THAT I'M SORRY, I THINK OF A CITY OR A MUNICIPALITY WANTS TO PASS A LAW, YOU CANNOT WALK UP AN THE STREETCARRYING AN AK-47 OR ASSAULT WEAPON I THINK THAT'S WITHIN THEIR RIGHT AND THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESSED POSSIBLE.
DOESN'T PASS CONSTITUTIONAL MUST UNDERSTANDS IT'S AN UPHILL CLIMB.
EARLY SHOT ACROSS THE BOW OVER -- >> THEY HAVE SOME LEGAL EXPE SAYING IF YOU IN THIS WAY, IT CAN DO T THINGS.
EXPERTS SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SHOT DOW >> THE S >> RIGHT.
&g I MEAN -- >> IS IT AN JUST -- >> -- A POLI WOULD THE EFFORT HAVE BEEN BETTER IF SHE SAID WE'RE GOING TO FIX 911, GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
THINGS.
REALLY DO THINK TASHARA JONES WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING TO GET WEAPONS OFF THE STREET.
IN REALITIES -- >> GUNS ARE TWO YEARS.
>> TIED IN MISSOURI.
I DISAGREE.
I THOUGHT TASHARA JONES WOULD HAVE BEEN SMARTER AND BETTER IF SHE EMBRACED CARA SPENCER.
>> I DON'T DISAGREE.
THE BILL HAD FLAWS IN THEIR EYES.
IT LET' >> I'LL SAY ONE THING.
BAILEY JUMPED ALL OVER IT, EVERYBODY IS IN IT FOR THE POLITICS.
WE HAD SOMEONE GROWNUP ENOUGH TO ADDRESS IT, ONE OF THE TRA THINGS ABOUT MISSOURI, THE URBAN RURAL DIVIDE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THIS.
IT WASN'T AS WALLED OFF ALMOST BITTER BETWEEN HOW PEOPLE IN THE URBAN AREAS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREAS COMPARED TO FOLKS OUT OF STATE ON THIS ISSUE.
RESPECT EACH OTHER'S VIEW.
IN OTHER WORDS THE SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT WORK IN A METROPOLITAN AREA WITH REGARD TO GUNS ARE UNDERSTAND.
RURAL AREAS HAVE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES.
IDEA WE NEED TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE.
FROM -- >> I DIDN'T SAY IT'S NEW BU MUCH WORSE NOW THAN IT WAS >> MISSOURI HAVE FIREARMS BUT DON'T HAVE THE FIREARM PROBLEMS THAT THE CITY DOES.
THEY SHO SAY, THERE SHOULD BE DIFFE RULES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
>> WE SHOULD RESPECT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT GUNS FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT - > ANOTHER TOPIC IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS THIS WEEK THERE'S A HOSTAGE SITUATION FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AT THE CITY JUSTICE CENT ON TUCKER.
THERE WAS A 73-YEAR-OL CORRECTIONS OFFICER WHO ASKED SOME OF OUT THE BREAKFAST AND FIVE OF THEM, THREE OF WHOM ON MURDER CHARGES KNOCKED HIM IN THE HEAD, DISLOCATED HIS JAW, HELD HIM IN THE SHOWER, MACED HIM WITH HIS OWN MACE, TOOK THE S.W.A.T.
TEAM ABOUT AN HOUR.
SOME P A 73-YEAR-OLD PATROLLING WITHOUT A FIREARM ALONE IN A JUSTICE CENTER THAT HAS ALREADY HAD A LOT OF COMMOTION, RIOTS IN PAST.
FIRST THING I TH NOW, THIS IS AFTER OVER AND WE FOUND AT THE DETAILS WHO IT WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE.
I UNDERSTAND HOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE IF YOU WENT TO SOMEONE WHO IS A CERTAIN AGE AND SAID YOU CAN NO LONGER DO THIS JOB ANYMORE BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE, YOU'RE OPENING YOURSELF UP FOR LITIGATION, HOWEVER, A NOT BE AROUND HARDENED CRIMINALS, I.E.
MURDERERS, EVEN IF HE ASKED THEM TO ASSI BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THIS CO IT'S RIDICULOUS, S NEVER HAPPENED AND MAYBE IT'S PART OF THE BIGGER PROBLEM AT THE JAIL.
IN THIS UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE, HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?
WHAT ARE PEOPL >> IT'S ALMO VERSION OF STOCKHOLM SYNDROME.
HE'S WITH THEM EVERY DAY.
HE PROBABLY FEELS LIKE ME, I KNOW THEM.
THIS WILL BE A NO-BRAINE THEY CAN HELP ME DO THESE MENIAL TASKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU AND YOU FORGET THAT YOU ARE AMONG A POPULATION OF HARDENED CRIMINALS IN SOME CASES.
>> MAYBE THAT'S SO.
I DON'T KNOW.
YO U CAN'T HAVE A WEAPON IN THE JAIL, GENERALLY.
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE THAT WEAPON AWAY, WHETHER YOU'RE 73 OR 33.
>> I KNOW 73-YEAR-OLD MEN AND WOMEN.
MAYBE HE W THE NUMBERS.
I DON' GIVEN.
THE JOB, I DON'T KNOW WHY -- PAD JOKE.
FOR THE CITY TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT IS THAT THE JAIL HAS BECOME A REAL PROBLEM.
IF ANY OF THE PEOPLE, THE MAYOR WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WOULD BE HOW BAD THE JAIL IS OR ONE OF THE ISSUES.
> >&g ABOUT IT.
AND I'VE BEEN A FAN OF TASHARAA JONES FOR A LONG TIME BUT I'LL SAY IT FLAT-OUT, THEY HAVE TO STOP FAILING WITH REGARD TO THE ACCOUNTABILI THEIR OPPOSITION AND RESENTMENT TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND THIS DRIVES HOME >> LET ME POIN CLEAR THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR CHARLES COYLE A HEAD OF THE JAIL, JENNIFER CLEMONS-ABDULLAH WILL NOT ALLOW THE OVERSIGHT -- >> ABOUT.
NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO A SINGLE COMPLAINT IN MORE THAN A YEAR.
>> THERE WAS A DEATH TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE HOSTAGE SITUATION AND THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOUND OUT THROUGH THE MEDIA LAIDER THIS WEEK.
THAT'S WHY ABDULLAH AN SHOULD RESIGN, CORRECT?
IF IT WAS MATT BLUNT OR ERIC RIGHTENS YOU WOULD BE OUT OF HERE.
>> ROLLS DOWNHILL, COYLE SURVIVES.
IF I WERE IN CHARGE, SHE'D GO.
>> THE MAYOR CAMPAIGNED ON TRANSPARENCY IN THE JAIL AND WON'T LET THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SH SET FOOT IN THERE.
LIKE RAY SAID AND YOU SAID IT'S A CRAZY SITUATION.
>> I >> SOMEBODY SHOULD GO.
&g BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY.
I DO NOH ACTIVELY AND I WROTE ABOUT IT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS OF KEEPING -- AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS TASHARA THAT STOPS WITH HER.
SHE HAS TO START TAKING TH SERIOUSLY AND GOT TO CHANGE ON THIS.
RICHARDSON RUNS THE ST. LOUIS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SLDC IN CHARGE OF PROMOTING THE CITY AND TRYING TO HELP BUSINESSE INCREASE THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
TURNS OUT THEY'VE GOT A $2 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROMOTE THE CITY WITH BILLBOARDS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PRESS RELEASES WITH A KANSAS CITY DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, AND GRAIN VALLEY, WHEREVER THAT IS, NOT EXACTLY ECONOMIC POWERHOUSES.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE CIT ST. LOUIS RUBBING A PORTAL ASKING PEOPLE WHAT OPINIONS DO YOU HAVE ON THE RAMS MONEY?
HOW SHOULD WE SPEND IT?
THAT'S RUN BY A BELGIAN FIRM $10,000 CONTRACT.
SHOULDN'T THEY SEE SERVICES AT THE LOWEST PRICES OR THE MONEY SPENT IN-HOUSE?
>> IT SHOULD B THE CITY, SETTING UP AN ON PLATFORM.
TO GET THAT DONE.
WE H IT, AND THIS $2 MILLION CONTRACT TO BURNISH THE IMAGE OF THE CITY AND GIVE IT A NEW LOOK AND SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY HEY, THAT'S A NICE PLACE, THAT SHOULD GO TO SOME YOUNG COMPANY ON LOCUST AVENUE.
AROUND HERE WHO COULD DO IT AND THEY HAVE THE INSIDE KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE THEY LIVE WORK HERE.
FOR PR FROM KANSAS CITY, I THINK THAT'S -- THAT PART OF YOUR STORY, YOUR PRESS RELEASE, THAT SOME O THESE LOCAL COMPANIES WERE ASKING ASTRONOMICAL PRICES OR IN TERMS OF COST AND -- $10,000 IT'S HARD TO GET UPSET BUT THAT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO A SMALLER MARKETING FIRM LOCALLY OWNED.
> STRUCTURE FOR THE COMMENTS I GET THE FEELING THEY MIGHT H THE LOW BID.
$10,000, I THINK, I JUST GET THAT FEELING.
$2 MILLION, LO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENOUGH AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HOW DOE THIS MAKE US LOOK?
WOULD WE BE HELPING -- BECAUSE THAT IS A SHOT IN THE ARM TWO, MAYBE ONE, MAYBE TWO COMPANIES THAT AREN'T BIG.
YOU REALLY ARE H ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY KEEPING THE DOLLARS HERE IN TH LOUIS AREA.
YOU KNOW, KANSAS GUY, I KNOW LEAVENWORTH IS KIND OF BOOMING AND GREEN VALLEY IS NEAR KANSAS CITY THEY'RE ACTUALLY GROWING.
I KIND OF YOU SAID, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT IN THE RELEASE.
YOU NEED PICKED THEM.
>> I AGREE WITH THE BASIC SEB SENTIMENT.
THE BIDDING PROCESSES.
IF YOU OPEN INTO BILLS YOU SHOULD GIVE CREDIT TO LOCAL PEOPLE AS PART OF THAT P IF YOU OPEN IT TO BIDS, YOU MIGHT BE OPEN TO RESTRICT IT TO COMPANIES BIDDING ON IT.
AS FAR AS THE PORTAL I'VE ALL FOR UP UNTIL NOW THE PROCESS OF GETTING PUBLIC RAMS' MONEY BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PORTAL AND SOM WILL BE AUGUST NEXT YEAR, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I THINK FOR THE MONEY THAT, MAKES SENSE.
I THINK THE SPIRIT OF IT IS GREAT.
MOTIVES BUT THE CITY HAS THAT REALLY CAN'T WAIT UNT NEXT SUMMER THAT THE RAMS' MONEY COULD APPLY TO, AND THE MAYOR AND THE ALDERMEN, THEY'RE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
WE SHOULD ENTRUST LIKE WHETHER IT'S 911 OR WHATEVER AND IT'S $288 MILLION I THINK IT IS SITTING THERE SINCE LAST NOVEMBER.
I JUST THI AGAIN, I'M FOR THE CONCEPT THE PUBLIC INPUT BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME ACTIVITY ON THIS RAMS -- > THAT -- I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COUNTY DOES BUT AS SLOW AS IT'S TAKEN THE CITY, AREN'T THEY A ST DOME AUTHORITY?
BE ANYTHING.
>> THE COUNTY'S 911 SYSTEM ISN'T, THEY NEED TO LOP OFF A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND OPEN IT UP TO PUBL >> I THE GOVERNMENT FIGURED OUT HOW TO DIVIDE IT UP, YOU'RE REALLY WE'RE GOING ON ALMOST THREE YEARS BY THE TIME ANY OF THIS MONEY IS SPENT AND THAT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY >> THE CLOCK HAS TO START WHEN THEY SAY THIS IS T I CAN'T HOLD IT AGAINST THEM.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT.
>> IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OUR GOVERNMENT 11 MONTHS TO DIVIDE IT UP AND SHOULDN'T TAKE US ANOTHER YE >> WENDY WIESE, OF THE RAMS MONEY SHOULD SOME OF IT BE SPENT ON AIR CONDITIONING FOR TROLLEY?
BECAUSE IT'S NOT AIR CONDITIONE JUDY GARLAND DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING GOING CLANG CLANG DOWN SPINKER BOULEVARD.
>> HOTTER THAN WHAT?
>> HADES.
>> BECAUSE I HAD NEVER TROLLEY -- THIS IS TOM SULLIVAN, CORRECT?
>> T CONDITIONED.
CONDITIONED.
INDICES THIS WEEK AND IT'S NOT AIR CONDITIONED.
IT COSTS IN EXCESS EXCESS OF $50 MILLION.
WHY SHOULD WE EXPECT IT TO BE AIR CONDITIONED.
IT SHOULD HAVE I SHOW IN MY OPINION.
>&g BILL, YOU CAN' THE CABLE CARS IN SAN FRANCISCO ANYMORE.
TIME'S CHANGED.
>> YES.
>> T >> I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
>> DID >> HE SAID IT WAS VINTAGE.
PEOPLE WERE HANGING OFF AND SHALL IT -- >> 1940 WITHOUT AI PEOPLE TOOK THE TROLLEY.
>> CHARLIE PARK.
>&g WE ARE SNOWFLAKES.
>> THERE YOU ARE!
>> EVEN IF YOU HAD AIR CONDITIONING NOBODY WOULD BE GOING IT.
>> THEY WOULD BE LIKE -- SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG THING, THIS OPEN-AIR TROLLEY DOESN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.
>> WHY DOES IT HAVE HEAT?
>> IT DOES HAVE HEAT?
>> I THI >> I DON'T THINK SO.
&g >> WITH A BEN FRANKLIN &g t;> I'M NO SNOWFLAKE.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE -- JUDY GARLAND PASSED AWAY, THOUGH?
LOUIS.
>> TALKI CORRECTIONS OFFICER IN THE JAIL.
WHAT ABOUT A 40-SOMETHING PITCHER FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARD NALD CONTINUES TO PITCH BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GET 200 PITCHES LIFETIME.
TO WATCH HIM ON THE DAY HE PITCHES.
HE WANTS TO MAKE 200, IT'S NOT LIKE THE CARDINALS ARE IN A PENNANT RACE.
I'D LET HIM GO OUT.
MY DAUGHTER WENT TO A GAME LAST YEAR AND I RAISED HER TO BE A CUBS FAN, BUT SHE SAID TO ME, "DAD, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A CARDINAL FAN" SHE WAS SITTING ON THE FIRST BASE S SHE SAID THAT WHEN WAINRIGHT AND PUJOLS AND MOLINA AND THE FANS WERE TAKING PICTURES SHE SAID IT WAS EMOTIONAL.
MA RETIRED THEN.
IF HE WANT FOR HIM.
> YOUR CARDINAL TIE TO MAKE THAT.
THAT'S MAGNANIMOUS OF YOU AS A CUBS FAN.
PA YING ATTENTION TONIGHT TO CUB FANS BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING YOUR RIVAL.
THAT HURTS.
THAT?
JIM BROWN, THE GREAT RUNNING BACK WAY BEFORE ANYONE STARTED QUESTIONING HIS AB >> BECAUSE MONEY MAKING MOVIES.
THIS GOES AGAINST EVERY INGRAINED SENSE OF WHY I LIKE SPORTS BUT I'M WITH BILL ON THIS.
TO LOSE.
THE GUY IS TRYING TO G EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING FOR.
I UN HE'S PITCHING AGAINST ARE IN A PENNANT RACE AND MAYBE NOT FAI TO THEM IF HE CONTINUES TO PIT POORLY, AND SENTIMENTAL, BILL, MAN, THE OTHER NIGHT THE CUBS HIT A LATE NINTH-INNING HOME RUN AND THE PEOPLE WERE SINGING "GO CUBS, GO" AND STANDING IN FRONT OF MY TV SAYING MAN, THAT KIND OF SEEMS >> I THINK IF YO THINK, SORRY -- >> NO, >> I'M ONE OF THEM THAT OUGHT TO BE THINKIN AND AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING TO LOSE, ARE THE PEOPLE LIKE MYSE WHO ARE IN THE STANDS IN 2006, WHEN HE WAS OUR CLOSER IN THE WORLD SERIES.
>> RIG >> HE HAS HAD AN CAREER WITH ONE TEAM AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY MUCH.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
TH IS IS, YOU GUYS ARE ALL WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE ST. LOUIS MEDIA SPORTS.
YOU'RE TOO SENTIMENTAL, IN PHILLY N BOSTON.
> ABOUT THE PERSON -- >> THE PEOPLE WHO THROW LI BOTTLES AT SANTA CLAUS, THIS IS A CARDINAL THING TO DO.
>> IT'S NEWS TO THE OR GANIZATION.
BAND.
ROUSING MUSIC FROM THE BAND IN THE CORN EARN AND THEY GET PEOPLE GOING AS PEP BANDS DO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AT MAJOR COLLEAGUES, RIGHT, EVEN SOME SMALL ONES, TOO.
AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE DISSENSION ROCKING THE BOAT AT THE SLU TH QUIT EARLIER SAYING THEY'RE OVERWORKED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED AND THE NEW DI CROSSING THEIR FINGERS THINGS.
DO YOU THINK THE UNIVERSITY HAS DONE ENOUGH?
PE OPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS ALL OF THE T THE NUMBER ONE COMIC THIS WEEK PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE SLU PEP BAND.
TOMMY SAID I'M A QUESTION.
YOU SEE THE STORY ABOUT THE SLU PEP BAND?
HE S IS THAT AN A STORY?
IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME PEOPLE HAVE REACT YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, AND YEAH, I'M SOUNDING LIKE THE 73-YEAR-OLD IN THE PREVIOUS, IT WAS A LONG TIME MAN, WE ALL DID A LOT OF THINGS AND I WORKED FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND I DID THIS AND IN A FRATERNITY AND WE RAN WILD AND ANY CHANCE TO GO OUT O STAY IN A HOTEL.
WE USED TO GO TO INVOLVED ATHLETICS AND GET TO GO TO THE CHANCELLOR'S HOUSE.
WE WERE THERE IN SO I DON'T GET THIS PUSHBACK AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS BUT MAYBE IT SHOULD JUST BE STUDENTS AND THOSE ARE STUDENTS OUGHT TO BE STANDING UP SAYING L TO DO EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THIS SHO CUT LOOSE.
>> H THEY USED TO GET $250 NOW IT'S ZERO.
AT OHIO STATE YOU GET $3,000.
THEY USED TO HAV CALLED PEP BAND.
COULD YOU TAKE IT AND GET CREDIT AN AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
SAY YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
PRE-MED MAJORS, THEIR TIME IS LIMITED SO YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY'RE SUCH A WONDERFUL PART OF THE -- DID -- WE WERE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES OF UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
THEY NEED TO FINED THEM MONEY AND THEY'RE JUST AS ELIGIB ATHLETE.
DO.
>> IF YOU PUT THEM IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT YOU COULD BE SUBJECT TO SOME TYPE OF -- >> STIPEND.
> STIPEND.
>> I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT.
>> IT IS I S BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OLDER PEOPLE IN IT.
THAT'S A C CONTINUE ON IN THE PEP BAND BU IT'S A STRANGE SITUATION.
I THINK THEY SHO OUGHT TO GET PAID.
>> RAY'S DAD WROTE THE FIGHT SONG FOR WASHINGTON >> I DON'T THINK HE GOT PAID.
>> 20 SECOND.
>> THE POLIT ALL THE TOPICS WE COVER IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I LOVE WHAT ALVIN SAID BUT I DON'T KNOW THEM.
I JUST DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.
WE FOUND A TOPIC THAT QUIET.
THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> SOMETHING GOING ON WITH HIS DAD, THE "TOP GUN" THING.
LIVING IN HIS DAD'S SHADOW.
IMAGINE THE HEADLINE, FORMER WORKOUTS IN NORTH ST. LOUIS CONVERTED INTO MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY CE ONGOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITH HEALTH, WELL PREVENTATIVE CARE, YOUTH EDUCATION, INCLUDING TUTORING, TRAINS, WORKSHOPS, ATHLETIC AND RECREATIONAL CONCEPTS.
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