Donnybrook
Donnybrook: March 23, 2023
Season 2023 Episode 21 | 27m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER "DONNYBROOK."
WE'LL TALK TO BOB.
LET'S MEET THE PANEL.
WENDY WEISS, JOEL HOLLEMAN, WITH STL TODAY.COM AND THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH.
RAY HARTMAN, FOUNDER OF THE RIVER FRONT TIMES AND FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN WHERE HE EDITS THE PAPER AND WRITES A COLUMN, ALVIN REED.
WE'LL START WITH YOU, RAY.
THERE'S NEWS FOR OUR VIEWERS.
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR COLUMN.
YOU'RE MAKING A SWITCH.
NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR COLUMN ON SUB STACKER.
RELATIVELY NEW FORUM.
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL FIND EUROPE PRINTED WORD EVERY WEEK.
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DONE A COLUMN IN ONE FORM UP THROUGH WHEN I SAW THE PAPER.
I'M NO LONGER WILL WRITE A WEEKLY COLUMN.
I WON'T BE DOING A COLUMN.
I WILL TRY TO SUB STACK.
IT'S A SITE I STARTED IT 2017.
>> HOW DO WE FIND IT?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE RFT TOMORROW -- >> GOOD FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREW BAILEY WAS WRITING THIS TIME A 100 PAGE ADDENDUM TO HIS PREVIOUS WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE PETITION HE'S USING TO TRY TO REMOVE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY KIM GARDNER.
HE ADDED LOT OF FACT AND STORIES INCLUDING ONE THAT SAID THAT ONE MURDER CASE, KEY WITNESS WAS TOLD, DON'T SHOW UP FOR TRIAL.
SHE DIDN'T.
WHEN IT CAME TO TRIAL, THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY'S ASSISTANT SAID WE CAN'T GO TO TRIAL, THE WITNESS DIDN'T SHOW UP AND THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES.
THERE ARE LOT OF STORIES LIKE THAT.
DO YOU THINK THIS SPELLS DOOM FINALLY FOR KIM GARDNER?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THE NICE THING FOR ANDREW BAILEY BAILEY, HE WINS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO -- WHETHER HE WINS IN COURT MEANS NOTHING.
WE WINS BY FILING IT.
IT'S A POLITICAL WIN FOR HIM.
THAT'S THE WORM WE LIVE IN.
IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
KIM GARDNER IS AN EASY TARGET.
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WELL SHE RUNS THE OFFICE.
THAT'S FINE.
THE ATTORNEYS I TALKED TO SAY THAT ISN'T THE CRITERIA THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL USE.
FOR THE QUO WARRANTO PROCESS, IT HAS TO BE ACTIVE MALFEASANCE, BAD INTENT, SIMPLY NOT DOING YOUR JOB WELL.
IT'S SOMETHING THE VOTERS MIGHT DECIDE.
THAT'S NOT THE LAW.
I THINK THAT HE'S GOING TO GET HIS WIN BY HAVING FILED IT.
WHATEVER COMES TO THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT KIM GARDNER IS GOING ANYWHERE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF A LEGAL BATTLE WILL BE.
I DISAPPOINT WITH WITH THE POINT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH NOT DOING YOUR JOB WELL.
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH EXTRANEOUS THINGS.
IT DID INCLUDE -- THAT WHOLE PROCESS IS SORT OF A KITCHEN SINK APPROACH.
IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT, THE SAD INCIDENT WITH THE YOUNG LADY FROM TENNESSEE.
THAT IS MAY BE THE REASON IT CAME TO A HEAD.
WHAT IT DOES, IT TAKES IN YOUR OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB.
THE IDEA OF TRIALS GETTING MISSED, PEOPLE BEING RELEASED ON BOND AND NOT COMING BACK, WITNESSES BEING TOLD DON'T SHOW UP, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A CASE.
YOUR PROSECUTOR SAYS WE CAN'T GO FORWARD BECAUSE THAT WITNESS ISN'T HERE.
THOSE THINGS DO GET TAKEN IN.
IT IS ABOUT HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB.
IT ISN'T ABOUT -- I KNOW SOME DEFENSE OF KIM GARDNER SAYING, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HER IN OFFICE.
I THINK IT GOES WELL BEYOND THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT FIRST WHAT WAS BASICALLY 100-PAGE INITIAL FILING AND ANOTHER 100 PAGE ADDITION.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS, IT'S SOMETHING WE SORT OF KNOWN FOR THE LAST SIX AND A HALF YEARS.
NOW YOU HAVE IT ALL IN ONE COMPACT, COMPILED LIST OF EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE.
THERE'S ALL OF THESE THINGS.
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
SADLY, THE WEIGHT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT SHE IS HAVING ON OUR REGION AT THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU READ ONE ALLEGATION AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE KIM GARDNER.
I WOULD BE LEAVING OFFICE TO SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY AS FAST AS I POSSIBLY COULD.
>> I WILL SAY TO THAT, SHE COULD BE HAVING A MAGNIFICENT ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SHE MAY NOT BE HAVING A DIME IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY YOU CAN PROVE THAT.
YOU COULD HAVE A SPOTLESS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
IT COULD BE A LOT.
IT COULD BE NOTHING.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO DOWN THERE.
NEVER MIND WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF KIM GARDNER AND WHETHER YOU LIKE ME OR NOT.
SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL VOICES IN LAW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI OF FELLOW PROSECUTORS.
THEY ARE RED MEAT CONSERVATIVES.
SAY, NO.
WE ARE NOT WITH THIS.
THIS IS GOING SOME PLACE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ANYBODY ELSE, I LISTEN TO THEM.
>> INTERESTING.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT CORI BUSH.
YOU WROTE ABOUT HER, THE NEW CONGRESSWOMAN FROM ST. LOUIS.
SHE'S NOT.
SHE'S BEEN THERE -- SECOND TERM.
ABSOLUTELY.
SHE RECENTLY GOT MARRIED.
WE WISH HER THE BEST.
SHE HIRED AND MARRIED HER BODY GUARD.
NOW SOME OF HER CRITICS SAYING, WELL, SHE PAID THIS GUY $60,000.
HE'S IN HER FAMILY.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A SECURITY LICENSE EITHER IN MISSOURI OR WASHINGTON D.C. SHE'S ALSO SPENT MORE THAN $300,000 ON SECURITY.
IS HE REALLY SECURITY GUARD?
WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?
>> THE ONLY STORY THAT I WAS WRITING SHE GOT MARRIED AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS ON HER PAYROLL, WHICH I THOUGHT HER BEING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL THAT'S WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT.
I WROTE THAT.
TWO CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION SAYING THAT IT'S ILLEGAL, IMPROPER.
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS ALLOWS FAMILY MEMBERS TO WORK FOR CAMPAIGNS.
LET ME STOP RIGHT HERE AND SAY, HE IS NOT BEING PAID BY THE U.S. CONGRESS.
HE IS NOT A CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER.
HE'S BEING PAID BY HER CAMPAIGN.
I THOUGHT IT WILL BE EASY STORY, REPORT THE FACTS AND GET A COMMENT FROM HER.
AFTER SENDING FOUR E-MAILS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF HER OFFICE, SHE'S NOT COMMENTING ABOUT IT.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I WAS HOPING FOR FROM HER, JUST EXPLAIN WHICH ONE IT IS IN APRIL, SHE HAS TO DO ANOTHER FILING THAT SHOWS EXPENSES FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2023.
AT THAT TIME, I WILL CHECK THE REPORT AND SEE IF HE'S BEING PAID.
>> THE ONE THING I WILL NEVER DO IS CRITICIZE A FELLOW JOURNALIST FOR DOING AN EASY STORY.
YOUR ROLE IS PERFECTLY VALID.
ASKING QUESTIONS.
IT OCCURS TO ME, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE A.G. FILING FOR A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
THIS IS EQUAL WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS, TO FILE A CAMPAIGN FINANCE COMPLAINT.
TALK ABOUT SOMETHING GOING NOWHERE.
IT'S THE BENEFIT OF FILING IT AND NOT WINNING.
I WILL SAY THAT IN TOTALLY NONPARTISAN TERM.
DEMOCRATS WILL DO THE SAME THING.
>> THIS IS THE SAME CORI BUSH THAT WAS SCREAMING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE WHILE SHE HAD A PERSONAL SECURITY DETAIL OF $100,000 PLUS?
>> I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC AGREES WITH YOU.
THEY DON'T.
>> AS SOMEONE WHO DISAGREED WITH THED PHRASE AND SAID AT THE TIME FROM THE BEGINNING.
I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH DEFUND THE POLICE.
SOMEONE CAN TAKE THAT SLOGAN, WHICH IS A BAD SLOGAN, WHAT IT MEANS WE NEED MORE ATTENTION TO FIGHTING THE CAUSES OF CRIME.
THAT ARGUMENT DOES NOT DIS-ENENTITLE THEM.
>> DIDN'T ERIC GREITENS HAVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE?
NOW CORI BUSH IS ACCUSED OF IT, OH, IT'S JUST POLITICS.
>> THE MISSOURI ELECTION ETHICS COMMISSION -- >> CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
>> THAT'S NOT A PARTISAN ORGANIZATION FILING A COMPLAINT.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S -- I DON'T THINK SHE'S IN ANY SERIOUS DANGER.
>> HERE'S THE CONCERN, OKAY, SOME POLITICIAN IS HIRING A FAMILY MEMBER AND CALLING HIM A SECURITY GUARD WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE SECURITY GUARD CREDENTIALS.
THERE SHE GOT MARRIED IN FEBRUARY.
>> UP UNTIL THAT TIME THERE WAS NO LAW BEING BROKEN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS.
OKAY, FILE IT.
WHATEVER.
IF I WERE ELECTED OFFICE, I WAS A CONGRESSPERSON, ROCCO AT MY FRONT DOOR MIGHT BE KIDNEY T -- KIND TO ME.
I KNOW ROCCO WILL WATCH OUT FOR ME.
>> IF YOU GET A CALL FROM A JOURNALIST, ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> I AGREE.
>> HOW DO YOU PREVENT -- I'M NOT SAYING THE WOMAN DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
WHAT'S TO PREVENT SOME POLITICIAN TAKING CAMPAIGN MONEY SAYING, THAT GUY IS MY SECURITY GUARD AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FRIEND.
>> FIRST COUSIN.
>> IF THEY'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICE -- >> THE OTHER FIRM WAS PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
SHE BOUGHT $300,000 SECURITY.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY STATUE THAT SAYS ALL SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LICENSE.
>> IN THE BOTTOM LINE IS, REGARDLESS OF WHO FILED THE COMPLAINT, THE FEC WILL LOOK AT THE ISSUE AND MAKE A RULING.
IN THAT TIME, I WILL BE WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL.
>> LET'S MOVE ON.
YOU HAD ANOTHER INTERESTING STORY.
SAM PAGE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, COUNTY COUNSEL AS WELL, THEY APPROVED $300,000 FOR AN INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO PASS A TAX MEASURE WHICH WOULD LEVY 3% ON POT SALES.
HOWEVER, THE STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT A GOVERNMENT MAY NOT SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON A CAMPAIGN.
>> YES, IT DOES.
IN SPITE OF WHAT THAT CONSTITUTION SAYS, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, YO SCHOOL BOARDS DO IT ALL THE TIME.
I PERSONALLY FIN IT HUMOROUS.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE ME COMING TO YOUR DOOR SAYING, I'M RUNNING FOR ALDERMAN.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR ME BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M ON THE BALLOT.
TOM SULLIVAN WHO CRITICIZED GOVERNMENT FOR DECADE AND ATTENDS MORE MEETINGS THAN ANY REPORTER I KNOW, HAS FILED COMPLAINTS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND PLANS TO FILE WITH THE MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION SAYING THAT THE COUNTY NOW IS SPENDING TAX MONEY TO RAISE TAX MONEY.
THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE COUNTY'S, THIS IS INFORMATIONAL.
>> HANG ON, WHAT YOU POINT OUT, THAT THE INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN IS ONLY BEING DIRECTED TO VOTERS WHO DON'T SMOKE MARIJUANA AND WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR HIM.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE IN THE COMPANY HIRED TO RUN THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH THEY ARE BEING PAID $300,000, THEY DISCUSSED WITH SAM PAGE'S OFFICE, AS TO WHO THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE TARGETED TO.
WHICH CRITICS ARE SAYING, DOESN'T REALLY SOUND LIKE AN INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TO WIN THIS AND THEY WANT THE MONEY.
THE COUNTY SAYS THEY WILL CHARGE THAT 3% IN THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ALSO PUTTING 3% ON IT.
ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO -- JOHN PAYNE AND PEOPLE WHO RAN THE AMENDMENT THROUGH.
SAYING STACKING IS NOT ALLOWED.
VERY INTERESTING STORY.
>> I THINK I HAD SOME E-MAILS WHERE I WAS AND IDIOT OR STUPID COMING FROM MR. SULLIVAN.
I GUESS I'LL GET ANOTHER ONE.
[ LAUGHTER ] I DISAGREE.
I THINK THIS IS LIKE, HEY, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE.
IF WE TAX THIS, THIS IS HOW MUCH THE MONEY COMES INTO THE ACT.
IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAW.
I'M NOT MAD AT THE COUNTY FOR DOING IT.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE OUT OF LINE.
ONE THING WE HAVE HEARD WHEN COLORADO LEGALIZED MARIJUANA.
THERE'S NOT A BLOCK IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHERE THERE'S NOT A CANNABIS PROJECT ON.
>> THIS WAS THE POINT THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
HASN'T THIS ISSUE PROVEN TO BE QUITE -- IT'S VERY LITIGATION FRIENDLY.
NOW I'M BEGINNING TO SIDE WITH MR. SULLIVAN.
IF IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THAT'S IT.
>> I AGREE.
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M A LITTLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MR. PAYNE'S ARGUMENT, WHICH IS IF IN FACT, YOU CAN'T STACK ONE TAX UPON ANOTHER, THAT SEEMS PRETTY CUT AND DRY.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
CLEARLY THE INTENTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUCCESSFULLY GOT THIS PASSED WAS TO DO THE TAXATION IN A CERTAIN WAY.
I'M KIND OF MORE TUNED INTO THAT.
>> EVERY CITY, COUNTY AND STATE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEEDS MORE OF?
MONEY.
THE COUNTY WILL PROBABLY PREVAIL.
>> BACK TO ILLINOIS.
THERE'S A PROPOSAL IN ILLINOIS THAT WOULD PREVENT DRIVER FROM DRIVING IN CARS WITH PETS ON THEIR LAPS.
THE POLICE IN ILLINOIS ARE UNDERSTAFFED.
THEY GOT ENOUGH VIOLENT CRIME AND OTHER ISSUES TO TAKE CARE OF.
DO YOU THINK WE NEED LEGISLATION TO TELL MOTORISTS THAT FIDO OR ANOTHER PET CAN'T ON THE LAP WHILE DRIVING?
>> I UNDERSTAND JIMMY SPEAKING OF HATE MAIL.
WHEN I SEE A GIANT HEAD STICKING OUT FROM BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL, IT IS DISTRACTING.
THE DOGS DON'T SIT THERE STATIONARY LOOKING AT THE STEERING WHEEL THEY MOVE AROUND.
IT SHOULD NOT BE CONDONED.
>> I'M PRO-PUPPY.
>> IT'S NATIONAL PUPPY DAY.
>> I'M IN FAVOR OF PEOPLE LOVING THEIR PUPPIES.
I RESPECT YOUR VIEW.
>> I DIG A PERSON WHO LEVELS THEIR PUPPY WOULD PUT THEM STRANGE DEVICE.
I'M WITH WENDY.
>> LIVING IN ILLINOIS BACK IN THE DAY, FIRST ROAD TRIP I CAME TO ST. LOUIS.
I HAD THE CAT WITH ME.
HE KIND OF FIGURED IN HIS MIND, HE SEEMS IT THINK IT'S OKAY.
HE JUST GOT IN MY LAP.
TWO AND A HALF LAWYER -- THIS IS NO COME ON.
>> SOME PEOPLE NEED THEIR ANIMALS FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND OTHER ISSUES.
>> THEY DON'T -- YOU'RE PRO CAT AND ANTI-DOG.
>> I'M JUST PRO PUPPY.
>> ALVIN, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF JACOB KERN'S STORY IN THE ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNALIST.
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY GET $500 MILLION IN THAT SETTLEMENT FROM SAM KROENKE WITH THE NFL LAWSUIT.
YOU GOT TO PUT THIS MONEY IN AN INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT.
HIS WORDS, WHICH WOULD HAVE RAKED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A MONTH WERE FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HALF BILLION DOLLARS SHOULD BE IN A SAVING VEHICLE.
DID THIS STORY TELL YOU THAT MAY BE SOME OF OUR LEADERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK THEY ARE DOING >> IT COULD BE THAT.
ANYONE ONE OF US CAN WALK IN THE HOUSE AND SAY I WILL MOVE.
IF YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT MAKES SENSE BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MOVE THIS MONEY -- LET'S SAY WE MOVE THIS MONEY IN THE BANK.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
MAY BE THEY WERE BEING CONSERVATIVE.
>> THAT'S.LOT OF MAY BEES.
WE KNOW WE LOST OUT ON $4 MILLION.
>> WE LOST AT LEAST $10 MILLION.
YOU HAVE $500 MILLION, LET'S SAY IT'S GETTING 3% A YEAR.
THAT'S $15 MILLION DIVIDE THAT BY ALL THE MONTHS.
>> YOU COULD HAVE DONE CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENT AT 3%.
>> I THINK YOU COULD.
>> AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO MOVE IT.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS STUFF.
I CAN'T -- I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD SINGLE OUT THE ATTORNEYS.
I'M SURE THEIR BOSSES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
IT'S EASY.
I'M BASICALLY ON THE SIDE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE.
>> AREN'T THEY IN POSITION TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS?
HE CALLED IT OVER ANALYSIS PARALYSIS.
>> YOU HAVE A HUGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
THE ONES THAT ARE IN TROUBLE NOW ARE ARE THE SMALLER ONES.
>> TOO BIG TO FAIL?
EXCEPT MY MONEY?
I DON'T THINK IT HAS.
NO ONE LOSING THEIR MONEY -- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE COVERED, IT'S THE DEPOSIT.
THEY ARE COVERING THE DEPOSITORS.
THE POINT IS, I THINK THAT I THINK DAVE IS RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF -- I THINK -- >> I DO.
THANK YOU, RAY.
LET'S FIND HOW WHAT THE VIEWERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHAT DESANTIS IS DOING IN FLORIDA.
HE FIRED THE PROSECUTOR TRYING TO COLLECT DATA.
THAT FROM JANE OF ST. LOUIS.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM DR. GARY THOMAS WHO WROTE, REGARDING KIM GARDNER.
THE STATE IS NOT THEM, IT IS US.
IT IS VITAL THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS FUNCTION PROPER.
WHEN THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OFFICE DOESN'T FUNCTION IT'S DEFAMING US AND ST. LOUIS.
GIVEN THAT SCHOOL BOARDS LIKE KIM GARDNER ARE DULY ELECTED, WHAT ALLOWS THE STATE TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF A FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT NOT FOR THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
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