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LET'S INTRODUCE THE PANELS.

STARTING WITH WENDY WEIS FROM THE BIG 550.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF EUCLID MEDIA RAY HARTMANN FROM "RIVERFRONT TIMES."

ALVIN REID JOINING US FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

ALVIN, THERE WAS SHOCKING NEWS TODAY, UNEXPECTED NEWS THAT TIM LOHMAR, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR ST. CHARLES COUNTY RESIGNED ABRUPTLY.

LITTLE STRANGE, DON'T YOU THINK?

>> YES, HE SAID HE WANTED -- DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE ENERGY TO PUT FORTH TO THE JOB.

BUT YOU DID IN NOVEMBER DURING REELECTION.

HE HAD MISSTEPS.

HE WAS CHARGED WITH A DWI.

THERE WAS A INCIDENT WITH A FORMER GIRLFRIEND.

IT LEADS ITSELF TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT WELL, WHAT'S KIND OF REALLY GOING ON?

HE DIDN'T ANNOUNCE IT.

YOU HAVE A PROSECUTOR IN ST. CHARLES WHO IS LEAVING HIS JOB AND THEN ONE IN ST. LOUIS WHO'S FIGHTING TO KEEP HER JOB.

IS NOT GOING TO LEAVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

>> THE FACT THAT ST. CHARLES COUNTY SAID WE WILL NOT COMMENTING FURTHER.

THAT TELL YOU HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE TRYING TO MOVE AHEAD.

THAT WILL BE A REAL SHOCKER.

>> I KNOW LOT OF PEOPLE HOPING THAT THE PRECEDENT SET BY LOHMAR MIGHT BE SOMETHING OTHER PROSECUTORS GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> I WILL SAY, TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS HE FILED IN 2021.

IT'S THOUSAND MORE THAN KIM GARDNER.

>> HE WAS TIRED?

>> WHAT I'M SAYING.

STATISTICALLY MORE CRIME IN THE CITY THAN THERE IS IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY.

>> HE WAS STILL -- >> HIS OFFICE WAS CHURNING OUT MORE PROSECUTION.

>> THERE'S NO QUESTION.

IT'S THE COMPARISON THAT IMMEDIATELY JUMPS TO LOT OF PEOPLE'S MIND.

HAD KIM GARDNER BEEN CHARGED WITH A DWI OR ACCUSED OF STALKING SOMEONE, WE'D HAVE A ENTIRELY DIFFERENT REACTION TO IT.

AS I SAY, ALVIN'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

IN FAIRNESS TO TIM LOHMAR, HE'S NOT ALONE.

YOU WANT TO CAN THAT QUESTION.

WERE YOU AWARE YOU HAD A FAMILY.

>> KIM GARDNER WAS CHARGED WITH ABUSES AND IT WENT TO SUPREME COURT.

>> IT WAS COVERED WITH GREAT INDIGNATION.

IN THIS CASE, THERE'S NO QUESTION.

>> TIM LOHMAR WAS ONE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS SAID SHE SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY THE STATE.

>> REMEMBER, HE SAID HE OFFERED TO HELP.

>> LET'S SEE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

SARAH, METROLINK GOT $7.4 MILLION, FEDERAL DOLLARS.

PEOPLE FROM MAINE TO MALIBU WILL PAYING FOR THE STUDY IF METROLINK EXPANDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

MAY BE FROM DOWNTOWN TO NGA SITE AND NORTH COUNTY AND SOUTH COUNTY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK UNTIL WE GET OUR BUS SERVICE FIXED, UNTIL WE GET ENOUGH RESOURCES TO GET PEOPLE ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, IT SEEMS CRAZY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING WHAT COULD BE LIKE $100 MILLION A MILE IN ORDER TO PUT A TRACK INTO THE GROUND.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN FLUIDLY SHIFT WHEN THE POPULATION DOES.

THIS IS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THERE'S A CERTAIN CLASS OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY LIKE, THEY LIKE TAKING IT TO THINGS LIKE BUSCH STADIUM.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT GETS PEOPLE TO THEIR JOBS.

OUR LOW INCOME ST. LOUISANS ARE BEING FAILED BY OUR BUS SYSTEM.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT 500, ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE BUSINESS JOURNAL IN JANUARY, THEY WERE USING DATA FROM THE USPS THAT 500 BUSINESSES HAVE LEFT THIS DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS AREA IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THAT MAKES THIS MONEY EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT KIND OF COST.

>> THERE ARE OFFICES PEOPLE GOING TO ALL AROUND THE METRO AREA.

IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY GOES INTO DOWNTOWN.

>> AT HOME.

EVEN MORE SO.

>> IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT THIS FIXED TRACK IN THE GROUND WHEN THE COST WHAT IT IS.

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FUNCTIONAL BUS SERVICE.

>> HAVING A LIGHT RAIL IS ALL IMPORTANT PART.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVENNING UP ON OURSELVES AS A METROPOLITAN REGION.

I DON'T THINK IT'S CLASSLESS.

I THINK PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ECONOMIC STRATA -- I ADMIT, I'M A FAN OF BI-STATE.

THEY GOTTEN LOTS OF RECOGNITION OVER THE YEARS.

THEY RUN A GOOD BUS SERVICE.

>> THEY CUT THE -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> NOT ONLY DID HE CUT CALL A RIDE.

WHAT IS POOREST OF THE POOR AMONG US, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY.

BUT THE VERY POPULAR RED BIRD EXPRESS, WHICH TOOK ALL FANS FROM ILLINOIS TO DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS FOR THE CARDINAL GAME.

IT WAS JAMMED.

MEANWHILE, BI-STATE IS FUNDING THE LOOP TROLLEY WHICH HAS NO RIDERSHIP WHATSOEVER.

THAT'S OUR DOLLARS.

>> THEY ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

>> I DO BELIEVE, IF I CAN ASK THEM 12 128,000, WOULD SAY, IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THIS LIGHT RAIL, I UNDERSTAND YOU TRYING TO GET PEOPLE FROM NORTH, SOUTH.

YOU SAYING LIKE THE BUSS DO THAT.

DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO RIDE THE TRAIN OR NOT.

RUN THE TRAIN, EAST, WEST.

PEOPLE WILL RIDE THE TRAIN.

THAT WILL LEAD TO MORE LIGHT RAIL AND MORE SUCCESS AND MORE BUSES.

>> WE CONTINUE TO GET BACK IN THE CYCLE OF CART BEFORE HORSE.

IF 500 BUSINESSES LEFT MY CITY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE REASONS WHY THOSE BUSINESSES LEFT THE CITY BEFORE I START LAYING -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> IF AL'S SHOE SHINE LEAVE -- IT'S CRIME.

>> ST. CHARLES DOESN'T HAVE METROLINK.

IT'S THE ONLY COUNTY GROW.

THE NUMBERS CAME OUT.

SINCE THE METROLINK BEEN IN THE CITY, THE POPULATION HAS DECLINED.

SAME TRUE FOR BOTH COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS.

>> IT'S VERY BAD FOR THE REGION THAT THE FOLKS IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY, NARROWLY, WE WILL BE A LOT BETTER OFF OUR AIRPORT WILL BE BETTER OFF IF WE HAD METROLINK.

IT'S SO EASY TO SIT HERE AND SAY -- >> THIS ARGUMENT HAS BEEN MADE IN VIRGINIA IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA.

>> IT'S CROWDED THERE.

>> TAMMY DUCKWORTH WANTS IT TO GO TO MID-AMERICA.

>> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BAD PLANNING.

YOU OKAY WITH SPENDING BILLION ON THAT PAGE AVENUE EXTENSION THAT ALMOST NEVER CROWDED.

IT WASN'T NEEDED.

THE POINT IS THIS, NOBODY MINDED THE COST OF THAT.

THE POINT ABOUT ALVIN MADE, YOU THINK IT'S OUR MONEY TOO.

>> GOOD.

>> IT'S NOT GOOD.

>> THAT WAS YOUR ARGUMENT FOR LOOP TROLLEY.

HOW DID THAT WORK OUT FOR YOU RAY?

>> LET ME GO TO WENDY ON ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.

THAT'S KIA, WHICH IS BEING SUED BY BOTH THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND ATTORNEYS DOWD BENNETT.

4000 CARS HAVE BEEN STOLEN IN THE CITY SINCE MAY.

GOOD LAWSUIT?

>> I JUST LONG FOR THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE CYCLE OF RESPONSIBILITY WAS HOLD THE PERPETRATOR RESPONSIBLE.

NOT THE MANUFACTURER WHATEVER THE PERPETRATOR DESIRE IS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CRISES.

I ALMOST DIED WITH WHEN MAYOR JONES SAID THE CITIZENS OF ST. LOUIS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF NEGLIGENCE.

IT'S OKAY IF WE'RE DEALING WITH NEGLIGENCE IN OTHER SECTORS OF THE CITY, BUT NOT -- LET'S HOLD THE CARS RESPONSIBLE.

JUST GO ALONG WITH.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST KIA.

I GET THAT.

LET'S HOLD THE PRE THE PERSON RAYTORS RESPONSIBLE.

>> THESE ARE KIDS.

THESE ARE LIKE 14 AND 15-YEAR-OLDS.

THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH KIM GARDNER.

IT HAS TO DO WITH, THESE MADE THESE WAY TOO EASY TO STEAL.

THEY ARE NOT SEEING THIS GIANT SPIKE WITH AUTO THEFT WITH OTHER BRANDS.

>> YOU CAN BE FOR A PROSECUTING PEOPLE.

BUT THE POINT IS, THIS IS NOT NOTHING TO DO WHETHER YOU WANT TO PROSECUTE OR HOLD RESPONSIBLE THE PERPETRATOR.

>> THEY'RE NOT ALL 14 AND 15.

>> I DON'T CARE HOW OLD THEY ARE.

>> YOU CAN BELIEVE TWO THINGS AT ONCE.

YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR THE CRIME SAKE.

TWO, THAT IN FACT, PEOPLE -- CAR MAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN IRRESPONSIBLE AND NEGLIGENT CREATING A SITUATION, YOU CAN DO BOTH.

>> SAY AN INDIVIDUAL STEAL THESE CARS.

THEY ARE EASY TO STEAL, IT'S ONLINE.

EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS.

IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

14 AND 15 YEARS OLD, WHATEVER.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THIS CAR, YOU ARE NOW A HAZARD TO THE PEOPLE OF ST. LOUIS AND WHEREVER THIS CAR GOES.

IF A CAR HAD A TENDENCY TO CATCH FIRE WHILE IT WAS SITTING ON A PUBLIC STREET, YOU WOULD DEMAND ACTION BY THE MANUFACTURE.

BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS.

IF YOUR CAR IS EASILY STOLEN BY PEOPLE WHO PUT OTHER PEOPLE IN DANGER, THEN I THINK YOU'VE GOT A RIGHT TO SAY LIKE -- >> IN BOSTON, CAR THEFTS ARE DOWN.

THE NUMBER ONE CAR STOLEN THERE IS HONDA.

ALL NEW NEW ENGLAND STATES EXCEPT CONNECTICUT, CAR THEFTS ARE DOWN.

SAME IS TRUE IN PHOENIX.

IT'S NOT A KIA PROBLEM.

IT'S A KID OR A THIEF PROBLEM.

>> I GET THE FACT THAT 22 STATES AND SO MANY OTHER ARE FILING LAWSUITS.

IT'S JUST THE OPTICS.

>> THEY >> ALVIN, I WANT TO ASK YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE PROUD OWNER OF RUBEN.

NOW, THE STATE IN ITS WISDOM HAS TOLD CITIES AND TOWNS, THEY CANNOT PASS LAWS THAT PREVENT PROHIBIT, THE DECLINE OF FELINES.

SHOULD ST. LOUIS CITY OR COUNTY, BE ABLE TO MAKE UP ITS OWN ORDINANCE BANNING DECLINE OF CATS?

>> THEY'VE NEVER BEEN DECLAWED.

I DON'T THINK THAT A STATE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE YOU CAN'T TELL MUNICIPALITY WHAT TO DO.

I DO BELIEVE THAT A MUNICIPALITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, WE'RE NOT HAVING PIT BULLS HERE.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU ALL CAN HAVE LIONS OR EXOTICS.

WOULD THE STAY NOW BE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT IF I WANT TO HAVE A MOUNTAIN LION ON KINGSHIGHWAY.

>> ALL THESE DOUBLE NEGATIVES ARE CONFUSING.

[ LAUGHTER ] I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ADMITTING THIS ON TELEVISION.

THE CATS THAT WE HAVE, THE LAST CAT THAT WE HAD WAS WITH US FOR 16 YEARS.

HE WAS A VERY HAPPY CAT.

UP UNTIL JACK AND INCLUDING JACK, THE VETERINARIANS ENCOURAGED DECLAWING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW.

I DETECTED, NO ONE HEARD FROM OUR KITTY WHO WAS JUMPING AND PRANCING, THAT HE WAS PSYCHOLOGICALLY SCARED BY IT.

[ LAUGHTER ] HE DIDN'T TELL ME THAT.

HE WAS REALLY HAPPY CAT.

HE LOVED US.

>> YOU WOULD NOT DECLAW THIS CAT.

NOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW.

I THINK THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, THEY CAME IN WITH SOME GOOD RESEARCH.

I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS GOOGLING, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE IN ST. LOUIS.

THEY WRITTEN THIS BILL, IT'S LIKE, THEY CAN STILL BAN ANIMAL ABUSE.

THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THIS BILL WOULD TELL YOU THIS IS ANIMAL ABUSE.

>> EXACTLY.

WAKE ME UP WHEN CONCERNED ABOUT PREEMPTING THE JUDGMENTS OF SMALL TOWNS ALL OVER THE STATE.

THE STATE WILL SAY -- IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE PARTY THAT USED TO BE ABOUT GOVERNMENT CLOSE TO HOME.

IT'S ALWAYS DOING THE SAME THING.

I'M CAT AND DOG LOVER.

I HAVE BOTH IN MY FAMILY.

I WAS TOLD -- WE WERE ADVISED TO DO IT AT ONE POINT.

I THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN -- >> NO ONE TOOK THE CLAWS OFF YOU AS YOU STARTED YOUR NEW COLUMN.

YOU WROTE ABOUT GREATER ST. LOUIS IN THE BIG UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION ENCOMPASSING LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.

IT'S GIVING MONEY TO MICHAEL BROWNING WHO'S CHALLENGING TINA PEEL FOR HER NEW SEAT.

TINA PEEL HAS BEEN ON RECORD AS BEING AGAINST SUB-CITIES FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES INCLUDING CORTEX.

YOU SAY THAT'S WHY GREATER ST. LOUIS INC. IS SUPPORTING HER OPPONENT, MICHAEL BROWNING.

>> TINA PEEL IS NOT ANTI-DEVELOPMENT.

SHE STUDIED DEVELOPMENT AT MIT.

THE POLITICAL SIN THAT SHE COMMITTED BEING NIGH OVER-- NAIVE, SHE EXPECTED CORTEX TO PLAY BY THE SAME RULES.

THEY DECIDED -- THEY EXPIRED.

CORTEX BECAUSE THEY'RE WASH-U DECIDED THESE RULES DON'T APPLY TO THEM.

THEY WERE GIVEN RENEWAL OF THOSE WITHOUT SPECIFYING WHAT THEY WILL BE USED FOR.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

I I DIDN'T REALIZE, THE GREATER ST. LOUIS HAS A POLITICAL PACK.

WHAT'S THE BIGGER STORY TO ME, I THINK, JUST HOW OUTRAGED IT IS THAT THE GROUP THAT PROCLAIMS ITSELF AS THE UNIFIED VOICE OF ST. LOUIS.

WHAT IT PICKING CANDIDATES FOR IN LOCAL RACES?

THEY REPRESENT THE WHOLE REGION.

MY POINT IS, THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING THIS.

>> I DID THINK THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD COLUMN.

I WOULD STAY TO PEOPLE, THIS IS WORTH PAYING FOR SUB STACK FOR.

I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I DON'T THINK TINA PEEL SIN WAS SHE OPPOSED TO SUB CITY FOR CORTEX.

IT'S VERY HARD TO GET THINGS MOVING WITH HER.

PEOPLE FEEL, THE PERCEPTION IS THAT SHE'S VERY DISORGANIZED.

IT'S HARD TO GET A YES OR NO.

IT SLOWED DOWN A TON OF PROJECTS.

MICHAEL BROWNING IS TO THE LEFT OF HER.

THEY ARE THROWING THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND HIM.

THEY ARE SAYING, THIS IS AT LEAST SOMEBODY WHO WILL GIVE US THE APPROVALS WE NEED.

EVERYTHING WAITS FOR THE OLDER PERSON TO ACT.

YOUR COLUMN WAS GREAT.

I THINK IT'S A BIT OF OVER SIMPLIFY MSIMPLESIMPLIFICATION.

>> WE'LL SEE.

MY GUESS IN TWO YEARS, THEY'LL PROBABLY GOING TO SUPPORT HER.

I WANT TO HEAR THAT I GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH THIS.

LOT OF WAYS, LOT OF THE SAME PAGES.

WHILE THEY AREN'T OUT TO GET THE ALDERWOMAN THERE.

IF SHE WERE TO LOSE AND MICHAEL BROWNING WERE WIN, THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM IN WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.

>> I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CANNOT GET DONE THE AGENDA THEY NEED TO GET DONE.

THAT'S PROBABLY A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT FOR THEIR AGENDA WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE.

>> CORTEX, ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY GOT TREATED SPECIALLY.

LIKE NO OTHER DEVELOPER GETS TREATED.

IT'S A WONDERFUL ASSET.

IT'S NOT -- THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.

>> THEY ARE MAXING HIM OUT, TWICE.

THEY'RE ALL BEHIND HIM.

SOME OTHER FOLKS.

LET'S CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION IN MISSOURI.

STATE CAPITOL, THEY WANT TO BAN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPOSALS.

ARE YOU FOR IT OR AGAINST IT?

>> I'M A CHRONIC TEXTER WHILE DRIVING.

WE NEED THIS LAW.

THE ROADS ARE SO DANGEROUS OUT THERE.

STATISTICALLY, MISSOURI IS NUMBER FOUR IN DEATHS PER CAPITA ACROSS THE U.S. ON THE ROADWAYS.

ACROSS THE U.S., WHEN DEATHS BEGAN TO SPIKE, WHEN WE HAD THESE LITTLE FASCINATING COMPUTERS IN OUR POCKETS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHEN WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE ROAD.

>> I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS.

YOU CAN'T TEXT AND DRIVE UNLESS YOU'RE OVER 21.

I'M JUST AS DEAD OR INJURED IF A 57-YEAR-OLD HITS ME AS I AM IF A 21-YEAR-OLD IS DISTRACTED AND HITS ME.

>> I THINK POLICE OFFICERS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE AND OTHER PROGRAMS, THERE COMES TO ZOOMING WHILE DRIVING OR PET ON YOUR LAP.

THEY HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY.

>> THEY CAN STILL FRY THE FISH.

IF THEY CATCH A TEXTER OR SOMEBODY PUTTING ON MAKE-UP OR ZOOMING, WE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.

IT'S A START.

>> IT'S THE SAME THING.

EVERYTHING IS ONE OR THE OTHER.

DISTRACTED DRIVING IS NOT OKAY.

I SAY THAT -- I'M A HYPOCRITE.

I HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY MY 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO'S A MODEL DRIVER.

I STOP DOING IT BECAUSE OF HER.

SHE GOT IN MY FACE ALL THE TIME.

THE FACT IS, TO YOUR POINT, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE.

IF I'M DOING IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

DRIVING WHILE DISTRACTED IS NOT OKAY.

>> YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE ALL THE TIME TALKING?

>> YOU WILL NOT SEE ME ON A PHONE.

IT'S ALL HANDS FREE.

>> YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD.

>> I GOT CITED FOR THIS WHEN I LIVED IN LOS ANGELES.

I WAS SCARED STRAIGHT FOR THREE YEARS.

I MOVED TO MISSOURI AND WENT BACK TO MY DAD BAD HABITS.

I NEED TO BE STOPPED.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE -- LAST WEEK, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ST. BERNARD IN YOUR LAP WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING.

>> EXACTLY.

>> CALEB LOVE IS GOING TO THROUGH THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

HE'S GOING TO FIND ANOTHER UNIVERSITY.

YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THAT IN THIS WEEK'S ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

CAN HE POSSIBLY GO TO MIZZOU.

I REMEMBER MIKE LOVE OF THE BEACH BOYS SAY BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?

>> THOSE DAYS ARE - GONE.

>> MISSOURI, KANSAS AND ARIZONA WAS ONE OF THE FINAL FOUR SCHOOLS.

HE CHOSE NORTH CAROLINA.

IT COULD HAPPEN.

K.U., FIVE KIDS GOING ELSEWHERE.

EVERYBODY WILL BE FINE.

>> HE HAS NO RIGHT TO GO TO K.U.

HE'S OURS.

THE GUY IS A GREAT PLAYER.

TO TALK ABOUT LIKE, BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL, IT'S ABOUT AS OUTDATED AS YOUR WALL PHONE.

IT'S LIKE WORRY ABOUT TRIPPING OVER THE CHORD.

OF COURSE, THE TRANSFER PORTAL HAS BEEN A GREAT THING FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND COMPETITIVENESS.

IT'S FREEDOM FOR THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

WHERE THE LOYALTY FROM ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS AND BOOSTERS AND COACHES.

THE COACHES GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THEY GET MORE MONEY AND THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> IN COLLEGE, YOU'RE ROOTING FOR YOUR SCHOOL.

YOU LOVE THE GUYS AND GALS, YOU'RE ROOTING FOR YOUR SCHOOL.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BATTLE HAWKS.

THEY TRAIN THIS DALLAS AND THEN FLY HOME.

>> ARE YOU GOING ON RECORD AS BEING CYNICAL ABOUT OUR BATTLE HAWKS?

>> BY THE WAY -- >> I WISH I DROVE -- I'M SERIOUS.

>> THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THE TOPICS.

WE HAVE TIME FOR THE LETTERS YOU WROTE ABOUT LAST WEEK'S SHOW.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS ON THE RFT ABOUT THE FIRING.

HE'S BEEN A CORNERSTONE FOR THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY, RADIO STATION.

I ENJOY YOUR PROGRAM, REALIZED THERE ARE MORE PRESSING TOPICS.

THAT'S FROM SCOTT OF FENTON, MISSOURI.

WE HEARD FROM DEAN IN GALLAGHER.

I HOPE IS HE OKAY?

YES, DEANNA.

THERE IS RUBEN.

THANKS FOR YOUR INQUIRY.

WE HEARD FROM RAY GREENFIELD WHO WROTE, ALWAYS A DELIGHT WHEN SARAH FENSKY IS PART OF THE PANEL.

WE LOVE THOSE E-MAILS.

AND THOSE TWEETS.

YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE LINE, (314)992-9094.

THANKS TO SARAH FENSKY FOR SITTING IN FOR THE VACATIONING BILL McCLELLAN.

IN JUST A MOMENT, RAY AND WENDY WILL TALK TO DR. KEN HALLER ABOUT KIDS AND THEIR MENTAL STATE.

THAT'S NEXT ON "NEXT UP."