>> NICK: HISTORIC WINS.

>> PEOPLE WANTED CHANGE.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN THEIR LIFE.

>> PAINFUL LOSSES.

>> I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WORK, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> NICK: WE UNPACK YOUR CHOICE TESS BALLOT BOX THIS WEEK AND ASK WHAT HAPPENS NOW, PLUS DROPPING THE MASK MANDATE IN KANSAS CITY.

ARE YOU GIDDY OR ALARMED?

AND TRACKING THE NEXT BATTLE OVER VACCINES FROM OUR UNIVERSITIES TO OUR SCHOOLS TO OUR POLICE.

AND REMEMBERING A KANSAS CONGRESSMAN.

>> THIS IS NOT BEING RECORDED NOW, IS IT?

>> WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY, DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS, BOB AND MARLEY SCORELY, THE COURTNEY S. TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN H. MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA NA, COTRUSTEES, AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> NICK: WELCOME.

I'M NICK HAINES, YOUR HOST AND GUIDE FOR THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL, CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES.

ON THAT JOURNEY WITH US THIS HALF HOUR IS KMBC 9 CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER MICHEAL MAHONEY, LYNN HORSLEY FROM THE KCUR NEWS, KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND ALWAYS ON CALL FROM THE KANSAS CITY CALL, ERIC WESSON.

DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS AN ELECTION THIS WEEK.

VOTERS IN MISSOURI AND RAYTOWN TO PARKVILLE WERE VOTING ON A VARIETY OF LOCAL TAX ISSUES.

DID YOU SEE THIS COMING?

TYRONE GARNER OUSTING DAVID ALVEY.

HE IS NOW THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS HISTORY.

>> PEOPLE WANTED CHANGE.

THEY WANTED SOMEBODY THAT IS QUALIFIED, SOMEBODY THAT HAD A CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, FACEBOOK THAT THEY COULD TRUST AND BELIEVE IN AND SOMEBODY THAT WAS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND PUT THEM FIRST.

>> I'M DISAPPOINTED.

I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WORK, OBVIOUSLY.

>> ALL RIGHTY, LYNN HORSLEY, WHAT DID DAVID ALVEY DO SO WRONG AND WHAT DID TYRONE GARNER DO SO RIGHT?

>> I THINK IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR INCUMBENTS.

DAVID ALVEY, HE WAS THE MAYOR DURING COVID.

ON ELECTION NIGHT, AFTER HE HAD LOST, HE SAID HE THINKS THE VOTERS ARE IN A FOUL MOOD, ANGRY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, AND PART OF THAT MAY BE JUST THE NEGATIVE NATIONAL POLITICS, BUT DAVID ALVEY RAN ON A PLATFORM THAT THINGS WERE GOING PRETTY WELL IN THE COUNTY AND THAT HE HAD BROUGHT A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECTS.

AND TYRONE GARNER, I THINK TAPPED INTO THE SENSE THAT TAXES AND UTILITY BILLS ARE STILL TOO HIGH, STILL A LOT OF DISINVESTED AREAS, NEGLECTED NEIGHBORHOODS, SMALL BUSINESSES STRUGGLING.

HE JUST TAPPED INTO THE DISCONTENTMENT AND HE BROUGHT A VERY ENERGETIC AND ANIMATED CAMPAIGN AND SAID HE WOULD BE A MORE PROACTIVE LEADER.

>> NICK: YOU SAID THAT PEOPLE WERE ANGRY THIS TIME DURING THIS YEAR, BUT ARE THEY ANGRY ALL OF THE TIME IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY?

I WAS AMAZED BACK IN 2017, MICHEAL MAHONEY, MARK HOLLAND LOSES, DAVID ALVEY, HE'S JUST A ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.

HE WINS THAT RACE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A HUGE SURPRISE.

WHAT DOES THIS ELECTION TELL US?

TWO CYCLES NOW OF MAJOR DISRUPTION IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

IS IT JUST TOO DIFFICULT TO GOVERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY?

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS HARD.

I THINK LYNN IS RIGHT THAT THERE IS SOME VOTER DISCONTENT THERE, AND I'M BEING MILD WHEN HE SAY THAT.

PEOPLE ARE TICKED OFF IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY.

THEY THINK THEIR TAXES ARE TOO HIGH.

THE SENSE I GOT WAS THIS WAS GOING TO BE A FISTFIGHT, GOING TO BE CLOSE AND ALVEY WAS IN TROUBLE FROM THE GET-GO.

>> COULD WE QUIT SAYING, ERIC WES SON, BY THE WAY, THAT THIS IS -- ERIC WESSON, THAT THIS IS THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY B, KANSAS, FIRST WOMAN MAYOR WHICH BOSTON, FOR INSTANCE.

HAVE WE COME TO A POINT THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SAY THOSE THINGS ANYMORE?

OR IS THIS TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY THIS WEEK?

>> GIVEN THE HISTORIC VALUE OF IT, I THINK IT'S STILL PROPER TO SAY THAT THEY ELECTED THEIR FIRST BLACK MAYOR.

BUT THEN THEY'VE GOT A BLACK DISTRICT ATTORNEY OVER THERE.

THEY'VE GOT A BLACK CHIEF OF POLICE OVER THERE.

THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT IS BLACK, FEMALE AS WELL.

I THINK WE CAN STILL SAY.

THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD IN TALKING TO PEOPLE OVER IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS WITH ALVEY IS, ONE, THE LACK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT WITH COVID, BUT THERE WERE STILL SOME THINGS THAT HE STILL COULD HAVE DONE THAT WEREN'T DONE, AND PEOPLE WERE KIND OF DISGRUNTLED ABOUT THAT.

THE LACK OF VIABLE GROCERY STORES OVER IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS IS STILL A -- THEY CONSIDER A FAMILY DOLLAR STORE A GROCERY STORE, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT IS, SO THEY WERE STILL KIND OF DISGRUNTLED ABOUT HIM NOT BRINGING VIABLE GROCERY STORES TO THAT AREA.

>> NICK: MICHAEL.

>> I THINK IT'S PROPER TO TAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN KCK, AND THE THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS IS WHAT MAKES KCK DISTINCTIVE IN THIS REGARD.

THIS IS A CITY THAT AT LEAST DEMOGRAPHICALLY IN TERMS OF RACE IS DIVIDED BY THIRDS.

IT'S ONE-THIRD WHITE.

IT'S ONE-THIRD AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND IT'S ONE-THIRD LATINO.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.

AND ERIC IS RIGHT ON THIS.

A LOT OF DISSATISFACTION ESPECIALLY INSIDE OF 635, IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KCK WHERE THEY HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS, LOTS OF POOR HOUSING, LOTS OF VACANT LOTS, LOTS OF TRASHY HOUSES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN KEPT UP.

AND THERE'S BEEN A FEELING THERE THAT THE INSIDE OF KCK, INSIDE OF 635 HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AT THE SPENCE OF THE LEGENDS.

>> NICK: WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT DAVID ALVEY SAID FOUR YEARS AGO.

IT SEEMS A REPEAT OF THAT LOOP.

TYRONE GARNER WAS ONE OF THE TOP PEOPLE IN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HIS ONLY CREDENTIAL IN ELECTED OFFICE WAS AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THERE, LYNN.

IS IT GOING TO BE A HUGE TASK FOR HIM TO GET UP TO SPEED NOW AND LEAD THAT COUNTY?

>> HE KNOWS THE COUNTY WELL, AND EVEN COMING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK HE KNOWS IT WELL.

BUT YES, I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LEARNING CURVE FOR HIM AS FAR AS RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT AND ON ELECTION NIGHT, HE SAID HE'S GOING TO NEED THE COMMISSIONER'S HELP, THE STAFF'S HELP.

HE PROMISED -- HE MADE SOME PRETTY AMBITIOUS PROMISES.

SO HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> NICK: BY THE WAY, I ALWAYS GET SAD FOR THE CANDIDATES WHO LOSE, MICHAEL.

I JUST SAW THE CLIP THERE ABOUT DAVID ALVEY SAYING HE HAS TO FIND A JOB RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS HIS FUTURE?

WHAT KIND OF JOB WILL HE HAVE?

>> WELL, HE CAN GO BACK TO ROCKHURST AND CONTINUE TO BE AN ADMINISTRATOR.

I BELIEVE HE WAS A COUNSELOR AT ROCKHURST.

I'M SURE THEY WOULD WELCOME HIM BACK.

I'M ALWAYS REMINDED THE BEST CONSOLATION SPEECH I EVER HEARD FROM A CANDIDATE, DAVEY CROCKETT WHEN HE WAS SAID TO HAVE LOST HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS, AND NEXT DAY, HE WENT TO ALL THE SUPPORTERS AND WENT, DAVEY, YOU'RE A LEGEND HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO TEXAS, AND THE REST OF YOU CAN GO TO HELL.

THAT'S A CONCESSION SPEECH.

>> NICK: I'VE BEEN ON THE SHOW FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST DAVEY CROCKETT REFERENCE WE'VE HAD.

>> GARNER'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ARE VERY AMBITIOUS.

>> NICK: THIS WITH A NO LANDSLIDE FOR GARNER.

HE WINS BY ABOUT 300 VOTES.

THE SAME IS TRUE IN JOHNSON COUNTY, WHERE THE CITY COUNCILMAN CURT SKOOG WAS ELECTED THE NEW MAYOR OF OVERLAND PARK.

JUST 500 VOTES AND CHANGE SEPARATED HIM FROM HIS OWE POINTENT MIKE CZINEGE.

>> WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF WASHINGTON D.C. OR THE GUIDELINES OF TOPEKA.

WE ARE OVERLAND PARK.

>> NICK: WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THAT ELECTION THIS WEEK?

>> I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED IS THE FACT IS MIKE CZINEGE IS SOMEONE WHO HAD NO INTEREST IN POLITICS UNTIL ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO.

HE WAS KIND OF DRAGGED INTO THIS RACE BY THE JOHNSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HE DID RUN AS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN, BUT IT WAS THE ISSUES THAT HE RAN ON THAT I BELIEVE CONNECTED.

HE WAS NOT RUNNING ON NATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES.

HE WAS RUNNING ON OVERDEVELOPMENT, ON POORLY DEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ISSUES THAT PEOPLE IN OVERLAND PARK CARED ABOUT.

>> WHY DIDN'T HE WIN THEN IF HE WAS RESONATING WITH VOTERS WITH THAT?

, THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOSE ISSUES?

>> HE DIDN'T WIN BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A SENSE THAT THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN BRAND THAT HE ATTACHED HIMSELF TO WAS A TURNOFF TO PROBABLY TOO MANY MODERATES IN OVERLAND PARK.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 500 VOTES.

>> THE FACT THAT THAT WAS SUCH A CLOSE RACE AT LEAST TO ME REVEALS THERE ARE SOME VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS ABOUT HOW OVERLAND PARK SHOULD GO FORWARD.

THE OTHER THING WAS LATE IN THAT CAMPAIGN, THERE WERE SOME REPUBLICANS THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE CZINEGE CAMPAIGN THAT THOUGHT HE MADE A MISSTEP WHEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT VACCINES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE SAFE AND IN A CITY WITH A PRETTY HIGH RATE OF VACCINATION, AND A VOTER BASE, MUNICIPAL ELECTION, THAT'S GOING TO SKEW A LITTLE OLDER.

THEY THINK THAT WAS A STRATEGIC MISTAKE.

>> LYNN.

>> CURT SKOOG RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WAS A VERY CLOSE RACE, AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTS TO BE THE MAYOR FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MANY PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM.

I DO THINK IT'S ALSO A SIGNAL THAT THERE'S GROWING SKEPTICISM IN OVERLAND PARK ABOUT INCENTIVES.

DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES HAVE BEEN A VERY HOT TOPIC, AND ALSO THE PROLIFERATION OF LUXURY APARTMENTS.

OVERLAND PARK HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS.

DO THEY WANT TO BE A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY OR AN URBAN CENTER, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF THREAD THAT NEEDLE.

>> NICK: WHAT WOULD WE SEE AS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE NOW THAT HE REPLACES KARL GERLACH AS MAYOR?

THE FACT THAT KARL GERLACH AND THE GUY BEFORE HIM BOTH ENDORSED CURT SKOOG.

DOES THAT MEAN WE WON'T SEE MUCH OF A CHANGE?

>> NO.

I DO THINK CURT SKOOG IS GOING TO FACE MORE KEPT SIMPLE ABOUT INCENTIVES.

OBVIOUSLY KARL GERLACH AND EVEN ED EILERT BEFORE THAT, THEY RELIED HEAVILY ON INCENTIVES TO GET DEVELOPMENTS GOING.

>> I THINK A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS, SKEPTICAL ABOUT TAX ABATEMENTS AND SOME INCENTIVES.

>> WHAT HAVE OFTEN BEEN CONSIDERED LOW KEY BOTTOM OF THE BALLOT RACES FOR SCHOOL BOARD WERE GETTING SOME SURPRISING AMOUNTS OF ATTENTION.

DIVISION OVER MASK MANDATES AND THE TEACHING OF RACE IN SCHOOLS FUELED INTEREST FROM OUT OF STATE POLITICAL GROUPS IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHILE ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS REFLECTIVE NEWS SITE, 7 OF THE 10 CANDIDATES IN OUR AREA WHO HAD CAMPAIGNED AGAINST MASKS AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY WERE REWARDED WITH SEATS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THERE COULD BE AN 8th.

THAT RACE IN OLATHE STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THOSE ELECTION, PETE?

>> WE LEARNED THAT PARENTS WHO FELT LIKE THEIR VOICES HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS ARE BEING HEARD, AND THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT IT'S THIS GROUNDSWELL OF CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS.

I WOULD CALL THEM MORE TRADITIONAL CANDIDATES.

THEY'RE FOLKS THAT WANT THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOLS, THAT DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT 5 AND 6-YEAR-OLDS AND 7-YEAR-OLDS IN THE CLASSROOM NEED TO BE MASKED, AND THE ATTENTION AND THE PASSION WAS ON THE SIDE OF FRUSTRATED PARENTS OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS.

>> NICK: MICHAEL.

>> I'M NOT DISMISSING PETE'S POINT ABOUT FRUSTRATED PARENTS, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE CAMPAIGNING IN KANSAS ON THE -- FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WHICH IS NOT TAUGHT IN KANSAS.

THAT WAS A TALKING POINT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND THAT'S NEW IN SCHOOL BOARD POLITICS, THIS NATIONWIDE PACT INVOLVED.

MIKE POMPEO, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, HE EVEN ENDORSED A CANDIDATE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ANDOVER, KANSAS.

IT GOT THAT NATIONAL.

>> NICK: BUT THESE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS ARE STAGGERED ELECTION, LYNN, SO EVEN IF YOU GET 2 OR 3 SEATS, ONE IN THAT RECALL, IT DOESN'T OVERWHELM THE BOARD.

BUT DOESN'T THIS PUT A PRESSURE ON ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF NOW WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON NOTICE TO PERHAPS BE FAR MORE CAUTIOUS IN HOW THEY DEAL WITH ISSUES LIKE RACE IN THE FUTURE?

>> I DO THINK SO.

I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DELIBERATION AMONG ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AND A RECOGNITION THAT PARENTS DO HAVE A VOICE.

THEY ARE FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES, SO THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A RESPONSIVENESS TO THAT, AND THERE DOES NEED TO BE A HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY THAT RECOGNIZES RACE AS A BIG FACTOR.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WASH THAT AWAY FROM THE TEACHINGS.

>> BUT LET ME ASK THEN, ERIC WESSON, LYNN SAYS THAT, BUT OVER THE DECADES IN THE UNITED STATES IN SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE'VE SAID THAT SEX EDUCATION IS OFF LIMITS.

RELIGION IN MANY RESPECTS IS OFF LIMITS.

IS RACE NOW GOING TO BE AN OFF-LIMITS CONVERSATION FOR SCHOOLS?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY TENSION, BUT IT'S A PART OF HISTORY.

SO WHY NOT TALK ABOUT IT?

WE TALK ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF HISTORY.

COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AN OCCUPIED LAND.

PEOPLE WERE HERE WHEN HE GOT HERE.

BUT WE LEARNED THAT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT COLUMBUS DISCOVERED IT.

SO WE LEARN THAT.

WE SHOULD LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT RELATES TO IT.

>> NICK: HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT, PETE?

ARE WE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE SAY LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT SLAVERY OR JIM CROW IN THE FUTURE?

>> I INTERVIEWED A LOT OF THESE CANDIDATES ON OUR SHOW.

I NEVER HEARD ONE OF THEM SAY DON'T TEACH SLAVERY.

DON'T TEACH ABOUT THE RACIAL ISSUES THIS COUNTRY HAS.

THAT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES EVER SAID ON THE SHOW.

WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, WHETHER YOU WANT TO CALL IT CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, WHICH MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SHAWNEE MISSION BEING ONE, SPENDS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON EVERY YEAR.

IT WAS THE NOTION THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A THANKSGIVING THEMED CELEBRATION AT THE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY SAY IT'S ABOUT SUPPLY CHAINS AND AN INTERNAL MEMO SHOWED THAT IT'S ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION THAT THEY NEED TO REEVALUATE.

IS THAT HOW FAR IS THIS GOING TO GO?

IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT TEACHING THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, IT'S HOW FAR ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IT IN THE CLASSROOM?

>> NICK: ON ELECTION DAY, WE ALSO LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF KANSAS CONGRESSMAN DENNIS MOORE.

BEFORE THERE WAS A SHARICE DAVIDS OR KEVIN YODER, DENNIS MOORE REPRESENTED THE KANSAS THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR 12 YEARS IN WASHINGTON.

SINCE LEAVING OFFICE, HE BATTLED ALZHEIMER'S AND CANCER.

HE WAS 75 YEARS OLD.

WHAT IS MOORE'S LEGACY, MICHAEL?

>> A LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

HE WAS A BLUE DOG DEMOCRAT ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW DEMOCRATS IN THIS CAUCUS.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THESE PROGRAMS?

IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR A LONG TIME.

>> DAVE: HE'S ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HIS UNUSUAL APPROACH TO CAMPAIGNING, THAT INCLUDED APPEARING FOAKY AND STRUMMING A GUITAR.

HERE IS ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN ADS FROM 2010.

>> COUNTRY, MY PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS WILL MAKE YOU KICK UP YOUR HEELS.

ROCK, WE NEED TO MAKE SOCIAL SECURITY SOLID AS A ROCK.

AND FINALLY PICKING, I HOPE YOU'LL BE PICKING DENNIS MOORE FOR CONGRESS.

THANK YOU.

♪ >> NICK: HAVE OUR POLITICIANS LOST THAT SENSE OF PLAYFULNESS AND FUN TODAY?

I THINK ABOUT ERIC GREITENS BLOWING THINGS UP IN HIS ADS.

IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME, LYNN.

>> HE WAS ALSO GOOD NATURED.

AND IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT.

HE WAS A GOOD GUITARIST.

WE ALL REMEMBER BILL CLINTON PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE ON LATE NIGHT TV.

UNFORTUNATELY, BRINGING A GOOD NATURED, FRIENDLY ATTITUDE AND KIND OF A BIPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE DOES SEEM IN SHORT SUPPLY RIGHT NOW.

>> WE DON'T SEE THAT SORT OF PLAYFULNESS OF PEOPLE PLAYING GUITARS IN THEIR ADS TODAY, PETE.

>> NO, AND I'M NOT AN OVER PAID POLITICAL ADVISOR, BUT IF I WERE, I WOULD NOT SUGGEST DOING THAT IN 2020.

WITH WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THERE IS ANGER WINNING OUT THE DAY RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING IN 2022 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.

PLAYING A GUITAR IS NOT GOING TO WIN YOU ANY CAMPAIGNS IN 2022, I PROMISE YOU THAT.

>> AND YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THAT CAMPAIGN AND THAT ADD, WHICH DENNIS MOORE WAFFLED ABOUT DOING UP TO THE LAST MOMENT ON THAT, THAT WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

THAT'S A LONG TIME, AND THINGS DO CHANGE, AS PETE NOTES.

>> NICK: IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU HEAD TO THE COFFEE SHOP, RESTAURANT OR GROCERY STORE IN KANSAS CITY, YOU'LL NO LONGER HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

THE CITY COUNCIL VOTING TO END THE MASK MANDATE AT LEAST FOR ADULTS.

KIDS AND STAFF IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL STILL HAVE TO WEAR THEM.

THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED ON SCHOOL BUSES.

NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY THAT GROWNUPS NO LONGER HAVE TO WEAR THEM BUT KIDS DO.

WHY THE DISTINCTION AT ALL, MICHEAL MAHONEY?

>> THE LUCAS ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAY THEY'RE OVERRIDING GOAL ON THIS IS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS STAY OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOSE KIDS TO QUARANTINE.

GOOD LUCK ENFORCING THAT.

>> NICK: TALKING ABOUT DISTINCTION, ERIC, WHY IS JACKSON COUNTY VOTING THIS WEEK TO EXTEND ITS MASK MANDATE RIGHT UNTIL ALMOST LATE NOVEMBER AND KANSAS CITY IS REMOVING IT FOR ADULTS.

IS THE SCIENCE SO DIFFERENT A FEW MILES AWAY IN THE REST OF JACKSON COUNTY?

>> JACKSON COUNTY HAS ITS OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS ITS OWN METHOD OF HOW THEY ARE GAUGING HOW THE PROGRESS IS VERSUS KANSAS CITY, WHO HAS ITS OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

>> NICK: LYNN.

>> THEY'RE PRESSURED BY THE BUSINESSES.

MANY BUSINESSES WANT THIS MASK MANDATE DONE N JACKSON COUNTY, RON FINLEY NOTED PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING, THE HOSPITALS ARE STILL CROWDED.

>> WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM 14 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD TO NOW NO ONE CAN DIE OF COVID.

I JUST FIND OF DISTOPE A TO WALK INTO CROWN CENTER TO SEE ADULTS HAPPILY WALKING AROUND WITH 5-YEAR-OLDS IN MASKS.

THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE COMICAL, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY.

I THINK IT SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.

I SAY THIS AS A VACCINATED PERSON, BUT I THINK IT SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT TO FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SIT THERE AND SAY THE KIDS HAVE GOT TO WEAR THEM UNTIL WHEN?

A VACCINATION RATE OF CHILDREN?

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.

MAYOR LUCAS SAID ON MY SHOW HE WANTS TO GIVE FOUR WEEKS FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED TO GET THE VACCINE, AND THEN HE HOPES IT'S GONE FOR GOOD.

CONSIDERING THE WAY THIS THING HAS EBBED AND FLOWED TO PUT IT POLITELY, I'LL BE SURPRISED IF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

>> SPEAKING OF RATES, KANSAS CITY'S RATE IS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN THE VACCINATION RATE FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

KANSAS CITY IS AT 48%.

STATE OF MISSOURI IS AT 49%.

AS LYNN SAID, NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

>> NICK: IN OTHER NEWS, THE CLASH OVER VACCINE MANDATES HITS KANSAS THIS WEEK.

THE STATE'S BIGGEST UNIVERSITIES ARE NOW REQUIRING ALL WORKERS AND FACULTY TO BE VACCINATED OR BE FIRED.

ADMINISTRATORS AT KU, K-STATE AND WICHITA STATE SAY THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE FROM A NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION POLICY THAT BLOCKS SCHOOLS FROM RECEIVING FEDERAL RESEARCH MONEY IF EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE COVID SHOT.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH IS HOW KANSAS LAWMAKERS RESPOND.

IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THEY'RE GOING TO PUNCH BACK AND START CUTTING OR ELIMINATING FUNDING FROM THESE UNIVERSITIES IF THEY PUT THESE VACCINE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE, PETE?

>> NO.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH IS KIND OF MY UNDERSTANDING IN TALKING TO ATTORNEY GENERAL AND GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DEREK SCHMIDT.

>> PETE, A QUESTION FOR YOU HERE.

HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT THERE ARE LEGISLATORS IN TOPEKA NEXT JANUARY AND THROUGH THE SESSION THAT START RATTLING SABRES OVER THIS AND THREATENING THE BOARD OF REGENTS WITH BUDGET CUTS BECAUSE THEY THINK THINGS ARE STEPPING OUT OF LINE IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM?

>> OH, THEY'LL BE THERE, BECAUSE THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY BE GETTING MEDIA ATTENTION OUT OF THAT AS WELL.

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW, THEY'LL BE THERE MICHAEL, BUT WHETHER IT'S JUST A LOT OF LOUD NOISES OR ACTUALLY COMES TO SOME FORM OF LEGISLATION I THINK REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

>> NICK: IS THE NEXT BATTLEGROUND ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW THAT THE CDC HAS SIGNED OFF ON KID SIZED COVID SHOTS ON CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11, KANSAS CITY AREA PARENTS CAN START BRINGING THEIR KIDS IN FOR THE JAB STARTING THIS WEEKEND AT CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL AND MANY AREA PHARMACIES.

BUT JUST BECAUSE THE VACCINE IS AVAILABLE DOESN'T MEAN PARENTS WILL TAKE THEIR CHILD TO GET IT.

A POLL CONDUCTED BY THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION FINDS ONLY 34% OF PARENTS WOULD VACCINATE THEIR KIDS RIGHT AWAY.

AND WILL THERE BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE KIDS GET THE SHOT TO ATTEND SCHOOL?

IS THERE ANY SCHOOL IN OUR METRO THAT'S TAKEN THAT POSITION, LYNN?

>> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

>> I DON'T KNOW ANY EITHER, BUT I MEAN LET'S REMEMBER THAT LOTS OF KIDS ARE REQUIRED TO GET A NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS BEFORE THEY START SCHOOL.

SO THE PRECEDENT IS OUT THERE.

>> NICK: IS THAT THE BIG BATTLE FOR NEXT YEAR THEN, PETE?

>> I HOPE NOT, BECAUSE TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS OR HAS THE APPETITE TO MANDATE IT FOR CHILDREN.

IF YOU LOOK AT TWO-THIRDS OF PARENTS WHO ARE SAYING WE'RE NOT DOING THIS THING RIGHT AWAY, AT LEAST, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

>> NICK: I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN NEWS STORIES NOW IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK CITY OF POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS CALLING IN SICK ENMASSE TO PROTEST REQUIREMENTS THEY BE VACCINATED.

IF THEY'RE REALLY UNHAPPY, JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF CALVIN HAYDEN HAS A PLACE FOR THEM.

HE'S DECLARED HIS OFFICE A SAFE HAVEN FOR OFFICERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE BEING PUSHED OUT BECAUSE THEY WON'T GET VACCINATED OR FEEL THEY'RE NOT BEING APPRECIATED BY THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT SOMEBODY, NOT THAT WORRIED ABOUT A BUG.

>> ARE WE SEEING MOVING TRUCKS COMING IN FILLED WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WANTING TO COME TO JOHNSON COUNTY?

>> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF EITHER ON THAT, NICK, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HAYDEN MAY NOT HAVE A GIG FOR THEM SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IT PUTS HIM LOOKING LIKE ANTIVAX, BUT YOU CAN BE PRO-VAX, ANTIMANDATE.

>> I GUESS I WOULD SAY IF I CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I WOULD WANT THE PEOPLE RESPONDING TO BE VACCINATED OR WEARING A MASK.

>> THE WHOLE THING TO ME SOUNDS LIKE WINDOW DRESSING.

I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE ANY MAJOR CHANGES IN HIS STAFF.

>> WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK, YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY STORY, GRABBING THE HEADLINES, WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED?

>> FINALLY A WIN.

THE CHIEFS STOP THE SKY FROM FALLING, AND INTRODUCING KANSAS CITY'S NEWEST SPORTS TEAM.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE CURRENT?

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST ITEMS YOU CAN HAVE IN KANSAS CITY.

>> A NEW BRANDING FOR OUR WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM.

THE CURRENT IS AN NOD TO THE MISSOURI RIVER.

THE TEAM ANNOUNCED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW STADIUM LAST WEEK.

HE NEVER SEEMS TO BE OUT OF THE NEWS, NOW NEW CALLS FOR AARON COLEMAN TO RESIGN.

HE WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE.

AS WORLD LEADERS MEET FOR THE U.N.

CLIMATE SUMMIT.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STRIKE TO SIGNAL HOW MUCH THEY'RE CHANGING.

KANSAS CITY ANNOUNCING PLANS TO BUILD THE LARGEST SOLAR FARM IN THE COUNTRY ON A SITE NEXT TO THE AIRPORT.

>> IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO POWER MOST OR ALL OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN ALL OF KANSAS CITY.

AND THIS MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, BUT JUST A REMINDER, YOU GET AN EXTRA HOUR IN BED SUNDAY MORNING.

DO WHAT YOU WILL TO YOUR CLOCKS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE SET BACK AN HOUR AS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS.

ALL RIGHTY, ERIC WESSON, DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?

>> I CHOSE THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY OR BEGINNING FOR THE POLICE BUDGET, AN ADDITIONAL $70 MILLION THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING, BUT REVENUE IS DOWN FOR THE CITY OR IS FLATLINED, SO WHY DO YOU ASK FOR MORE MONEY WHEN THE CITY IS NOT MAKING THAT MUCH MORE MONEY?

>> LYNN.

>> TWO QUICK THINGS.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

ALTHOUGH, THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION IS REDRAWING OR RECOMMENDING NEW BOUNDARIES FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY PRICED AS HOW MUCH THE DISTRICTS WILL HAVE TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF POPULATION GROWTH.

>> NICK: AND PETE.

>> WELL, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT APPLIES NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, BUT IT'S THE OVERALL THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRATS TO RUN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN THIS 2021 OFF-YEAR ELECTION, AND I DON'T SEE THAT GETTING ANY BETTER IN 2022 GIVEN THE GUY IS NOT THE PRESIDENT AND NOT ON THE BALLOT.

SO CURT SKOOG USED IT A LITTLE BIT IN OVERLAND PARK AND OBVIOUSLY WAS A BIG PART OF THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S RACE.

SHARICE DAVIDS HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN HER TWO ELECTIONS, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP.

SHE'S GOING TO NEED A NEW STRATEGY IN 2022.

>> MICHAEL.

>> TRUMP WILL BE ON THE BALLOT CERTAINLY IN THE MISSOURI SENATE PRIMARY AS A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES TRY TO SEE WHO IS CLOSEST TO TRUMP AND TRY TOP WHOO VOTERS LIKE THAT.

I WANT TO EXPAND ON WHAT LYNN TALKED ABOUT.

IT'S NOT JUST REDISTRICTING THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI COUNCIL.

IT'S REDISTRICTING THE BOUNDARIES FOR ALL THE LEGISLATORS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

THIS WILL BE COMING TO A HEAD IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN BOTH OF THESE STATES AND IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON.

>> NICK: AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.

OUR THANKS TO CHANNEL 9'S MICHEAL MAHONEY, KCUR'S LYNN HORSLEY, THE CALL'S ERIC WESSON, AND 6 TO 10 WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO, PETE MUNDO.

I'M NICK HAINES.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS, BE WELL, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.

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