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>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER ADDICTI EDITION OF DONNYBROOK AND THE NORMAL CROWD IN THE HOUSE.

>> AND BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

>> THERE LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS.

>> WENDY WIESE.

>> BILL MCCLENDON.

AND RAY HARTMANN FROM ROSS STORY AND KT RC AND THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN WHERE HE EDITS THE NEWS, ALVIN REID.

>>> THERE ARE COLLEGES WINNING BIG AWARDS ON THIS VERY DAY.

IT IS THE MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD.

WE WANT TO CELEBRATE KAY, AND ELLIOTT DAVIS FROM FOX 2, AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON DONNYBROOK.

THERE'S A THEME.

THERE'S A THEME.

>> GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE ON THIS PANEL.

>> WYLIE PRICE.

>> AND MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FOLKS BEHIND LIVING ST. LOUIS HERE AT 9 PBS.

>> JIM, KAREN, BROOKE, AND RUTH, OUR DIRECTOR, ANNE MARIE BURGER [APPLAUSE.]

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WILL SPLIT THAT 5 MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE.

>> I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT ANNE MARIE TO THE END.

>> EMERSON ELECTRIC, IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1890, SOLD FOR 14 BILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO DOING, IT SOLD ITS EXECUTIVE RETREAT CENTER.

AND LOOKING FOR NEW HEADQUARTERS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN ST. LOUIS.

WHAT IS YOUR ANALYSIS OF THIS ONE?

>>> I DON'T THINK THEY WILL LEAVE.

I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE.

THEY ARE STAYING HERE AND I FELT LIKE EMERSON WAS APART OF ST. LOUIS AND WANTS TO REMAIN PART OF ST. LOUIS.

WHETHER IT IS A SIGNAL THAT THE WHOLE THING IS FALLING APART.

MAYBE I'M BEING POLL YANNE-IS POLLYANNE-I POLLYANNE-ISH.

>> THINK EMERSON WILL STAY AND ENTINE WILL STAY.

I THINK EMERSON WILL TAKE OFF TO GREENER CLIMATES.

>> WHEN I WAS READING THE ARTICLE, I WAS REMINDED, I WAS REMINDED OF THE SAM KRON KRONKE ERR I.

WE HAD A GOOD ONE.

IT IS TIME FOR ME TO LOOK FOR GREENER FIELDS.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR GREATER VISIBILITY, AND GREATER PROFITABILITY IN LARGER MARKETS AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE SEEING THE LARGER MARKETS.

I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> WHO SPENT THE 14 BILLI?N >> THEY SOLD IT.

>> THEY WERE UP A BILLION DOLLARS.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS, THE LAST PRIORITY FOR THEM ANYMORE IS WHERE THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS EVEN THE LAST THING BEYOND THAT IS WHERE THEIR HEADQUARTERS ARE.

THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND IN CENTI CENTINE'S CASE, WE MADE IT CLEAR.

THEY ARE NOT EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS STUFF.

THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE SAYS OR WHAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE ACTIVISTS AND INVESTORS.

>> ALL I SAID WAS I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO STAY AND I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M IN THE SHA SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.

>> I HOPE YOU ARE.

TO THE POST DISPATCH TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY PUT A LIST OF MERGERS, COMPANIES THAT LEFT SINCE 2010 AND IT IS 38.

AND THEY ARE BIG COMPANIES.

LIKE EMPERERSON IS ATTRACTING THE TOP TALENT TO ST. LOUIS.

THE KID WHO GOES TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND YALE, HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FREE ZOO.

THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE HERE.

>> MY DAUGHTER GOES TO BRONX.

IT IS GREAT, YANKEE STADIUM AND THE BEST GARDENS, BUT FOR OURS.

A LOT OF NICE MAMENITIES.

NO ONE WANTS TO MOVE TO THE BRONX.

>> AND THE AIRPORT IS A HA BEEN E CAP--HANDICAP TO THE CITY.

>> WE HAVE GONE TO A BRANCH OFFICE TYPE OF TOWN.

>> YEAH.

>> WE NEED AS COMMUNITY TO REORGANIZE THE WAY -- THERE WAS A TIME, ARGUING ABOUT CIVIC PROGRESS HERE, IT WAS OKAY TO ASSUME THE CORPORATE LEADERSHIP, THE CORPORATIONS WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS.

WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER PARADIGM AND DOING DECISIONS AS A COMMUNITY.

>>> OKAY, RAY, LET ME REQUEST YOU; WHO IS GOING TO BE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE?

THE FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN SAM PAGE AND MARK MANTAVANI WAS TUESDAY NIGHT.

WHAT IS YOUR THE TAKE?

>> YOU HAVE THE BIAS GOING ON.

>> YOU DON'T LIKE SAM PAGE?

>> NO [LAUGHTER.]

>> YOU HAVE THE BIAS GOING IN WILL EFFECT IN ANY DEBATE WHO YOU PERCEIVE WHO WON.

I THOUGHT MARK MANTAVANI CRUSHED HIM IN THE DEBATE.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO THE VOTES.

>> I THOUGHT MANTAVANI AND I HAVE SAID BEFORE, HE MADE IT CLEAR.

IT IS A NON PARTISAN JOB.

I THOUGHT HE WAS SOLID AND HIS CLOSING HOW ST. LOUIS WAS IN HIS BLOOD AND IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PARTISAN STUFF WAS A GREAT STATEMENT.

AND SAM PAGE'S CLOSING STATEMENTS SAID IT ALL.

I'M A LIFE LONG DEMOCRAT.

IT IS GREAT, IF I WANT -- >> IF HE WAS VOTES.

>> HE [ALL TALKING AT ONCE].

>> HE DIDN'T HAVE A CASE TO BE MADE AS THE JOB HE DID AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

HEY, I'M A DEMOCRAT.

I WOULD BE MORE HIM.

>> I THINK MANTAVANI IS GOING TO WIN.

THERE'S A SENSE IN ST. LOUIS GOOD THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HAPPENING UNDER SAM PAGE AND WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING NEW.

>> WHEN THE POST DISPATCH, POST POLICE UNIONS, WHEN THERE IS THIS MUCH AGREEMENT ON A REPUBLICAN, THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE COUNTY.

>> AND I THOUGHT THAT I -- AND I AGREE WITH RAY -- OBVIOUSLY, YES, I HAVE BEEN TOUGH ON SAM PAGE.

I DO LIKE MARK MANTAVANI.

WE HAVE TO HAVE BOLD LEADERSHIP AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.

AND SAM PAGE IS A, AT LEAST ON CAMERA, HE COMES ACROSS VERY THOUGHTFUL.

HE IS SOMEWHAT SOFT-SPOKEN.

I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THAT WAY.

THAT'S THE LOVELY WAY TO BE.

I THINK RIGHT NOW THE ENERGY THAT MARK MANTAVANI IS AND THE ENERGY HE DISPLAYED IS WHAT WE NEED.

>> MARK MANTAVANI IS NOT A REPUBLICAN.

>> NEITHER WAS DONALD TRUMP.

>> HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING IN THE DEBATE THAN WHAT HE SAID AT THIS TABLE.

IT IS THE SAME MESSAGE.

I DIDN'T THINK HE HAD ANY CHANCE THE DAY AFTER HE SAID HE WAS RUNNING.

I THINK NOW HE HAS A CHANCE.

I THINK SAM PAGE WILL PREVAIL.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL SHOW UP TO VOTE.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS BLUE, INCREASINGLY BLUE ALL OF THE TIME AND THE STATE IS RED.

BUT, UNLIKE TRUDY BUSH VALENTINE, I THINK MARK MANTAVANI CAN TURN THIS ON ITS EAR.

>> IT WAS CONFIRMATION -- >> CONFIRMATION.

>> I DON'T HAVE AN EAR PHONE.

IT IS SLOWER THESE DAYS.

CONFIRMATION.

THE WORDS DON'T COME QUITE AS QUICKLY.

>> GREATER ST. LOUIS INC.

REPRESENTING BUSINESSES HAS COME OUT WITH A WHITE PAPER LOOKING AT WHAT MAY BE DONE WITH THE 512 MILLION DOLLARS WITH INTEREST, IT SHOULD BE NORTH OF 512 MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW, THAT THE REGIONAL STADIUM AUTHORITY AND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY GOT AFTER A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WITH STAN.

ONE OF THE THREE OPTIONS IS TO HAVE AN ENDOWMENT AND AT 5 PERCENT INTEREST, THAT COULD BE 25-35 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I NEED A THESAURUS TO READ THE PROPOSAL.

IT WAS JASON HALL'S PROPOSAL.WHEN YOU USES WORD LIKE CORPUS, CATALYTIC, WE HAVE ALL BEEN SCREAMING THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT THERE SHOULD BE AND THE SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY.

THIS HAS TO BE BASIC MR. AND MS.

POTATO HEAD LANGUAGE.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SPENDING IT ON AND HERE ARE OUR NEEDS.

I THOUGHT IT LOOKS LIKE A PERSPECTIVE FOR WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND INSTEAD OF A WISH LIST FOR A CITY THAT IS IN TROUBLE AND NEEDS IMMEDIATE HELP.

>> IT IS TIME TO MOVE OUR CORPUS.

[LAUGHTER.]

>> IT IS TIME.

>> CAN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BEING STOLEN.

THERE IS A PROBLEM.

>> ENDOWMENT IS NOT A BAD IDEA.

IT IS AN OPTION.

>> I THINK THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT.

NO, YOU ARE MESS WITH THE GENERAL IDEA, WE HAVE GOT THIS MONEY, LET'S SPEND IT WISELY.

PUTTING IT IN THE BANK IS NOT AN OPTION.

>> RIGHT.

>> I'M SHOWING MY AGE.

REMEMBER WHEN MAD MAGAZINE WOULD DO WHITE PAPERS AND LAMPOON SOMETHING.

THEY CALLED IT GRAY PAPERS.

THIS IS A WHOLE WHAT?

THIS DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

IT NEVER GOT TO THE -- >> IT CAME ACROSS AS -- >> THE PHRASE YOU USED, WENDY, WE NEED BOLD LEADERSHIP.

THIS WAS NOT KIND OF NOT THAT, FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.

BLESS THEIR HEARTS.

THEY FINALLY SPOKE UP.

ALVIN IS RIGHT WE NEED TANGIBLE THINGS.

THE IDEA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEALTH CLINICS.

SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T DO WITH THE EXISTING GOVERNMENTS THAT IS TANGIBLE THAT YOU CAN FUND.

BUT I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I THINK -- >> WELL -- ENDOWMENT.

>> NO.

>> WHY NOT?

>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ESTABLISH IT.

THE CLINIC WAS A LITTLE PART OF THAT THING.

IT IS NOT THE ULTIMATE THING.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONFIRMATION.

>> NO -- [ALL TALKING AT ONCE].

>> NONPROFIT AND FOR PROFIT IS A LITTLE BIT BLURRED.

>> THAT'S ANOTHER ROUND.

>> I THINK HE IS RIGHT.

>> I THINK THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I GOT THIS FEELING THAT THE GREATER BUSINESS COMMUNITY DIDN'T READ THAT THING.

WE NEED TO BE MORE CONCISE WITH WHAT WE ARE SAYING.

>> SAM PAGE ADDRESSED THIS IN THE DEBATE AND CRITICIZED FOR NOT SPENDING IF -- HE SAID IT WAS POLITICAL RHETORIC.

I DON'T THINK IS IT.

HE DIDN'T SAY WHERE IT IS GOING TO GO.

MAKE HE KNOWS WHERE IT IS GOING TO GO AND NOT TELLING PEOPLE UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.

>> MARK MANTAVANI CRITICIZED HIM FOR THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

>> IT IS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

>> HE BROUGHT UP THE MAYORS.

>> YOU ARE NOT JUST MESSING UP THE INTEREST, HE MADE THE POINT -- >> BUT THIS IS NOT MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE ARE GETTING FROM A GUY THAT IS GIVING US MONEY.

YOU SPEND THIS MONEY.

THAT IS MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

YOU INVEST IT OR WHATEVER.

>> THIS IS SPENDING -- >> BELL MCCLELLAN.

WESLEY BELL HAS SPENT -- THIS IS JUST WEEKS AFTER HE WENT HAT IN HAND TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL, 700 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HIRE FOR PROSECUTORS.

HE TOOK MONEY OUT OF THE FUND TO BUY TWO AUTOMOBILES, 130 THOUSAND.

ONE WAS 69 AND THE OTHER WAS 60 THOUSAND AND CHANGE.

ONE WAS DECKED OUT WITH LEATHER SEATS.

DO YOU THINK IN THESE DIFFICULT TIME DO YOU THINK THE CAR SHOULD BE MORE SPARTAN?

>> I DON'T THINK ANY OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE ANY CAR, FRANKLY.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS APART OF YOUR JOB.

YOU MAKE ENOUGH MONEY.

I'M NOT UPSET THAT WESLEY BELL IS GETTING HIMSELF A GOOD CAR.

BOB MCCULLOUGH HAD A SIMILAR CAR.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE PEOPLE MAKING A BIG SALARY NEEDS A PUBLICALLY PURCHASED CAR ON TOP OF IT.

>> I THINK IT IS HATING ON BELL.

I DON'T THINK IT IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON THE CAR.

ONE OF MY CARS IS NOT 69 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE HAVE A FORD EXPLORER AND IT IS NOT THE CHEAPEST THING IN THE WORLD.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A SCANDAL THAT IS NOT THAT THERE.

>> MY FIRST REACTION THAT IT WAS FROM A FUND THAT WAS DESIGNATED TO FIND POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES AND PROSECUTORS FOR HIS OFFICE.

BECAUSE WE NEED AS MANY PROSECUTORS AS WE CAN HAVE THIS THE COUNTY AND CITY.

I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE DRIVING AROUND IN A YUYUGO.

>> HYUNDAI.

>>> AND -- AND THEY GAVE ME A FREE PASS TO THE TROLLEY HERE AT CHANNEL 9.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 69 THOUSAND DOLLAR CARS.

>> I'M SORRY, THESE STORIES, IT IS DOUBLE STANDARD WITH WESLEY BELL.

>> NO, IT IS NOT!

>> WE WENT AFTER MS. CARPENTER FOR SPENDING AND OTHERS FOR SPENDING THE PUBLIC'S MONEY.

>> THE POST HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, NOT JUST THE POST, BUT FOCUSING ON SYMBOLIC THING.

>> LIKE PUBLIC SPENDING?

>> NO.

IT IS NOT RATIONAL.

>> WHEN THEY COME AROUND ASKING FOR A TAX INCREASE, I WILL SAY RIDE METRO AND TRADE IN YOUR CAR.

IF THE METRO IS SO IMPORTANT, WHY NOT HAVE THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS RIDE IT.

>> IT IS MORE TO THE CARS FOR THE AVERAGE PROSECUTOR.

IF HE HAD TO BE FOUND, IT HAS EVERY TRACER, BULLET-PROOF CLASS.

>> IS THIS COLOMBIA?

>> YES.

>> I UNDERSTAND.

>> ARE THERE ATTEMPTS ON THEIR LIVES.

>> I UNDERSTAND -- [ALL TALKING AT ONCE].

>> WHEN I LIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS, BARNEY FRANK WAS A MEMBER AND HE TOOK THE TROLLEY SO DID THE GOVERNOR, MICHA MICHAEL.

>> AND SO DID NANCY PELOSI'S HUSBAND.

>> GIVE ME A BREAK.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE RACE.

THE SECOND BETWEEN JACK COTAR AND MEGAN GREEN.

WHO IS THE BETTER PRESIDENT?

THE BOARD ALTER MEN, THE THREE THAT OVERSEES THE BUDGET.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT JOB.

>> I'M SITTING IN OF ST. LOUIS.

I LIVE A MILE FROM THE CITY.

MY VIEW IS MEGAN GREEN.

I THINK SHE WILL DO A BETTER JOB SEEING THE FIELD.

I DON'T JACK COTAR IS A NICE GUY.

THIS IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR THE VOTERS IN THE CITY.

JACK IS MUCH MORE PRO-DEVELOPMENT AND IF THAT -- >> THAT'S A BAD THING.

>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

IT IS A BALANCING ACT.

MEGAN GREEN -- I DON'T THINK SHE IS ANTI-DEVELOPMENT.

SHE HAS A PERSPECTIVE THAT I THINK WOULD BE BETTER SERVED.

AGAIN, IT IS A GOOD CHOICE.

THEY ARE BOTH GOOD CANDIDATES AND GOOD CHOICE KIND OF WHAT YOUR CONFIRMATION IS.

>> I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO GO FOR JACK COTAR WHO TALKS ABOUT POTHOLES, COPS AND PICKING UP THE GARBAGE.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE CITY NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

HE WILL BE -- IF I LIVE A HALF OF BLOCK TO THE EAST INSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, I WOULD BE VOTING.

>> BUT YOU DON'T.

JUST REMEMBER YOU DON'T.

>> I DON'T EITHER.

THE CITY NEEDS THOSE THINGS.

WHAT THE CITY DOESN'T NEED IS MORE TURMOIL.

HE IS RUNNING ON I'M THE ANTI-TISHAURA JONES.

THE CITY DOESN'T NEED IT.

YOU WILL HAVE AAL ALTERNATIVE TER MAN WILL BE THERE AND ALTERMAN.

ELECTRICI ELECT SOMEONE AND I'M HERE TO MESS UP THE FLOW.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT IS HIS BE ALL, END ALL.

IT WILL CREATE AN ANTAGONISM THAT THE CITY DOESN'T NEED.

>> THEY WILL DO THIS AGAIN IN MARCH.

AND LOUIS REED WILL BE SPENDING HIS DAYS AT THE GRAY BAR HOTEL.

AS A RESULT, THEY WILL HAVE A PRIMARY IN MARCH AND THEY COULD FINISH ONE, AND THEY WILL SEE EACH OTHER IN APRIL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO WHAT YOU SAID, ALVIN, THE CITY DOESN'T NEED THE TURMOIL.

THEY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND IF THE CITY WAS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND GOING WELL.

I DON'T BLAME THE MAYOR.

BUT THE CITY IS NOT GOING WELL.

>> I KNOW.

>> AND MAYOR JONES GOT THE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS.

I THINK THE CITY IS SLIDING DOWN.

>> I THINK SHAKING THINGS UP IS NOT BAD.

>>> ONE MORE TOPIC, WE HAVE HISTORIC AMENDMENT IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, ALVIN REID, LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.

I'M LURED BY THE OPPOSITION.

YOU HAVE THE GOVERNOR, THE NAACP, THE SHERIFF'S, BISHOPS, PROSECUTORS ALL AGAINST IT AND THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW THAT ARE FOR IT ARE THE FOUR PANELISTS THAT ARE AROUND THIS TABLE.

NOT ME.

>> YOU LEFT THEM OUT, THE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AGAINST IT.

THE PEOPLE ARE FOR IT.

THANK YOU.

THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY, LEGALIZE MARIJUANA?

A BIG YES.

OKAY?

AND THE MAYOR INCLUDED.

THIS IS GOING TO PASS, I MIGHT AS WELL SAY -- >> SAY, NO, I'M NOT.

>> YES.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH INCARCERATED PEOPLE, ARE THEY GOING TO LET THEM GO?

IT WILL BE HANDLED.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE OF OF THE PEOPLE IN PRISON.

>> I'M SORRY -- >> NO, GO AHEAD.

>> PEOPLE HAVE THE PRECONCEIVED IDEA OF POT.

CONFIRMATION BIAS.

>> CONFIRMATION BIAS.

>> YES.

[LAUGHTER.]

>> THAT'S ON OUR NEXT COFFEE CUP.

>> THERE ARE HUGE REASONS TO BE FOR THIS.

ONE, IT WILL GENERATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TAXABLE REVENUE THAT IS BEING SPENT NOW FOR POT NOT BEING COLLECTED AND TAXED LEGALLY.

IT IS A BOONE TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO FREE UP RESOURCES TO FOCUS ON VIOLENT CRIMINALS RATHER THAN POT CASES.

THAT TWO ARE HUGE.

AND THE OTHER POINT, PEOPLE SAY THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS.

WHAT MAKES YOU THING TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE'LL HAVE THIS MIRACLE -- >> I DON'T THINK THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON POT RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T THINK IT.

THEY DON'T PROSECUTOR THE POT -- >> CITY WIDE -- >> COUNTY WIDE.

>> WHEN YOU PUT IN INTO AN EXECUTIONAL AMENDMENT, AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, IT IS THOUSANDS OF PAGES AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX.

>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

>> YOU HAVE THE HANCOCK AMENDMENT.

>> THE ONLY PEOPLE SPENDING ON THAT WILL GET FINANCIAL BENEFIT LIKE THIS ONE.

IT WILL NEVER BE CHANGED.

>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

THE MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION WAS GOING DOWN THE LAUNDRY LIST OF ALL OF THE DANGERS.

NOT ONCE DID THEY SAY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE USING POT LESS AND LESS NOW THAT IT IS LEGALIZED LIKE PLACES LIKE COLORADO.

THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT UNDER-AGE DRINKING.

IT SPEAKS TO ME.

>> I KNOW.

>> MICHELE INTERVIEWED DOCTORS AND OTHERS WHO HAD SKEPTICISM.

>> THEY NEED TO MOVE THEIR CORPUSES OUT OF THE WAY.

>> LET'S TELL FOLKS HOW THEY CAN CONTACT US IF THEY WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

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