WHY IS GOVERNOR KELLY BEING CALLED A TRAITOR AND A POLITICAL COWARD AND THAT'S FROM PEOPLE IN HER OWN PARTY THE MAYOR HEADS TO THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE NEWS ECLIPSED BY AN EXPLOSION OF HOMICIDES BACK HOME SURPRISING NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PLAZA AND A NEW WAR OF WORDS AS THE POLICE CHIEF HEADS OUT THE DOOR THOSE STORIES AND THE REST OF THE WEEK'S NEWS STRAIGHT AHEAD WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N.A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HI I'M NICK HAINES AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN ON OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING STORIES MAKING NEWS IN KANSAS CITY ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW BUS WITH US THIS WEEK FROM OUR DIGITAL NEWSROOM FLATLAND KC MARY SANCHEZ JOINS US ALONGSIDE KMBC 9 POLITICAL ANALYST MICHAEL MAHONEY PETE MUNDO FROM KCMO TALK RADIO AND FROM THE KANSAS CITY CALL NEWSPAPER REPORTER AND MANAGING EDITOR ERIC WESSON NOW GUESS WHO WAS BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN THIS WEEK HAS HE RACKED UP MORE AIR MILES THAN ANY OTHER MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY QUINTON LUCAS IN WASHINGTON JOINING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT A ROSE GARDEN CEREMONY TO ANNOUNCE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING GHOST GUNS THIS IS THE GUN ANYONE CAN ORDER THE MAIL OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PAYING THE PRICE AND WE'RE ACTING TODAY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS MAKING IT ILLEGAL FOR A BUSINESS TO MANUFACTURE ONE OF THESE KITS WITHOUT A SERIAL NUMBER ILLEGAL THIS CROWD SHOT BUT LUCAS WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE MAYORS INVITED TO THE EVENT BUT WAS THE NEW STORY OVERSHADOWED BY A GRISLY NEW WAVE OF HOMICIDES BACK HOME FOUR MURDERS IN 24 HOURS INCLUDING THE STABBING DEATH OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE RESTROOM OF NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PETE BY THE TIME THE MAYOR GOT BACK TO KANSAS CITY DID PRETTY MUCH ANYONE FORGET ABOUT THE BIG WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT WELL I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FORGOT I THINK THAT THE QUESTION IS WHAT WHAT DOES IT ACCOMPLISH AND YOU KNOW I ASKED THE MAYOR THIS WEEK ON MY SHOW I SAID YOU KNOW YOU'VE HAD BACK-TO-BACK YEARS OF RECORD-SETTING HOMICIDES HOW MANY GHOST GUNS WERE USED AND THERE'S NO ANSWER HE DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER SO IT SEEMS TO ME YOU GOT A PROBLEM IF THIS IS THE ANSWER YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF DATA TO BACK UP WHY IT'S THE ANSWER AND THAT DOES NOT EXIST RIGHT NOW IT FELT LIKE YOU KNOW POLITICS AS USUAL AND I GOTTA GIVE THE KANSAS CITY STAR SOME CREDIT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HERE THE STAR DID HAVE AN EDITORIAL HERE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TALKING ABOUT HOW JACKSON COUNTY SHOWS TOO MUCH LENIENCY FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS IF I WAS THE MAYOR I'D BE LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE FAR MORE THAN I'M LOOKING AT UH WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH GHOST GUNS WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN POINT TO THE DATA BEHIND IT SPECIFIC TO KANSAS CITY AND WE ALSO FOUND OUT IN THE NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL STORY THAT IF YOU'RE REALLY INTENT ON COMMITTING VIOLENCE UM YOU CAN FIND A WAY AROUND THAT WAS A SCHOOL THAT HAD METAL DETECTORS RIGHT YOU HAD TO EVEN HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS AND STILL AND IT STILL HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO THE UH THE METAL DETECTORS THE MAGS THAT WERE AT THE SCHOOL IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY THOSE DEVICES ARE SET ON NOW THEY MAY HAVE BEEN SET REALLY LOW AND ALLOWED A KNIFE TO GO THROUGH AS OPPOSED TO BEING SET REALLY HIGH THAT WOULD REQUIRE EVERY KID TO TAKE OFF THEIR BELT UH THEIR WALLET THEIR PURSE ALL THAT STUFF THE SENSITIVITY OF THOSE THINGS IS VARIABLE MAY LUCAS THIS WEEK MICHAEL MAHONEY SAYING THESE AREN'T THINGS MORE ENFORCEMENT MORE MONEY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE SOLVED AND WOULD HAVE STOPPED SO WHAT IS HIS SOLUTION I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIS SOLUTION IS BUT I MEAN HE DOES SIT ON A CRIME COMMITTEE FOR THE U.S CONFERENCE OF MAYORS THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS AT THAT WHITE HOUSE EVENT AND TO PETE'S POINT ABOUT THE MAYOR UH COMPLAINING ABOUT UH THE THE SENTENCES IN JACKSON COUNTY THE MAYOR HAS NO CONTROL OVER THAT I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT'S NOT A PROBLEM BUT HE'S THE MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY HE'S NOT THE UH HE HE'S NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WELL MY POINT IS SIMPLY THIS THE MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY GOD BLESS HIM HAS THE OPINION ON EVERYTHING RIGHT WHICH IS GREAT FOR US IN MEDIA I'M JUST SAYING HE DOESN'T HAVE AN OPINION AND HE'S NEVER WILLING TO GO AFTER THE PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT'S IT I KNOW HE CAN'T FIX IT BUT HE'S GOT AN OPINION ON EVERYTHING AND THAT'S COOL IT'S GOOD FOR US IN THIS BUSINESS BUT HE DOESN'T TOUCH THAT WITH A 10-FOOT POLE BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER GHOST GUNS YEAH BUT HE ALSO TALKS THIS WEEK ABOUT MORE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH UH WE CAN USE SOME OF OUR PANDEMIC MONEY WE'RE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO WORK ON THOSE KINDS OF UH PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE BUT AREN'T THESE THINGS WE'VE ALL HEARD BEFORE MARY WELL ABSOLUTELY BUT WE'VE UM THESE ARE ONGOING PR OBLEMS I MEAN I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT IS NEW IS THE ISSUE WITH THE GHOST GUNS AND WE PROBABLY DO NEED TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT AN OVERRIDING ISSUE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE VIOLENT CRIME THAT OCCURS IN KANSAS CITY OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS NATION THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN 40 MURDERS IN THE GREAT IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA THIS YEAR THERE WERE TWO OF THEM THAT INVOLVED A KNIFE TWO ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THREE OTHER INVOLVED A FIREARM SO FOR MYSELF I MEAN I THINK IT YOU KNOW GHOST GUNS ARE INTERESTING TO PEOPLE AND BUT IT'S A AND IT'S A GOOD ENTREE POINT TO TALK ABOUT THESE BROADER ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH MOST CERTAINLY KEEPS COMING UP IT IS NOT A NORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR TO GO OUT AND MURDER SOMEONE ELSE WHETHER YOU'RE A 14 YEAR OLD OR SOMEONE MUCH OLDER OUTGOING POLICE CHIEF RICK SMITH GOT BLASTED THIS WEEK FOR HIS FIX TO THE HOMICIDE PROBLEM HE ANNOUNCES HE HAS DISBANDED THE MISSING PERSON'S COLD CASE UNIT AND REASSIGNED ALL ITS OFFICERS TO THE HOMICIDE SQUAD WHICH MEANS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WITHIN THE URBAN CORE WHO ARE LONGING FOR ANSWERS WHO CANNOT GET THESE ANSWERS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT IT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR THE CURRENT POLICE CHIEF OR FOR KCPD SO HOW DID PEOPLE WITH MISSING LOVED ONES FEEL ABOUT THAT DECISION THEN ERIC THEY WERE PRETTY UPSET THEY THOUGHT THAT THE COLD CASE SQUAD WAS ACTIVELY WORKING ON THEIR CASES UH YOU KNOW BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP IS LIKE THIS IS A TEXTBOOK EX AMPLE OF WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND SHOW THEM THE DOOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET AND INCLUDING THE MAYOR IT WAS PRETTY DISTURBING IF YOU ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THOUGH PETE WOULDN'T THEY SAY THE HOMICIDE IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE TO FIX AND PUTTING MORE RESOURCES INTO THE HOMICIDE SQUAD IS A BETTER USE OF RESOURCES WE DO KNOW TO BE A FACT AND WHAT THE CHIEF UH DID CLARIFY ON MY SHOW THIS WEEK IS THAT THE PLAN IS TO TAKE THESE SIX PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX EMPLOYEES ON THE COLD CASE SIDE AND TRANSITIONING THE WORK ON THE RECENT HOMICIDES RECENT ASSAULTS BUT IF THEY RECEIVE A TIP ON A COLD CASE THEY WILL ACTIVELY GO AFTER IT THEY JUST WANT TO HAVE A GUY WALKING INTO WORK ONE DAY AND PULLING A COLD CASE OFF THE SHELF AND SAYING WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS CASE TODAY I THINK THAT NUANCE IS IMPORTANT ALSO THIS IS TEMPORARY AS THEY TRY TO YOU KNOW BUILD THE STAFFING NUMBERS BACK UP THEY DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE THIS FOREVER UH THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY THING TO WORK ON AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT FOUR HOMICIDES IN 24 HOURS THAT SEEMS LIKE THE PRIORITY I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT THE WORD THE CHIEF DID USE PRIORITY BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS IN THE INTERIM AT LEAST AND RICK SMITH HAS ONLY GOT JUST DAYS TO GO MARY BEFORE HE HANGS UP HIS BADGE NEXT FRIDAY WILL BE HIS LAST DAY OF WORK AND THIS WEEK WE HAD THOSE FINAL COMMUNITY HEARINGS ON PICKING A NEW POLICE CHIEF WHAT KIND OF QUALITIES WE WANT IN THAT PERSON YOU EVEN MODERATED A BIG PANEL WITH OUR FRIENDS AT AMERICAN PUBLIC SQUARE ON THESE ISSUES TOO IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID IN ANY OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USED TO HELP PICK WHO THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF IN KANSAS CITY IS GOING TO BE WELL WE HAVE PROMISES THAT PEOPLE WERE LISTENING AND WE CAN SAY THAT DEFINITELY THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS THERE WERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS BISHOP TOLBERT WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS SAID AT ONE TABLE THAT I WAS SITTING AT THAT YES THEY ARE TAKING ALL THIS IN IT WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TIME WILL TELL ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOOD NONE OF IT IS ALL THAT SURPRISING OF WHAT WAS SAID THERE WAS ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT MANY OF THE MEETINGS AND SAT AT THE ROUND TABLES WITH PEOPLE AND LISTENED WHAT I HEARD WAS MOSTLY THAT THEY WERE LISTENING AND YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL GOOD SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE THIS PROCESS TO CHOOSE A NEW CHIEF COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO REISSUE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BECAUSE THEY ONLY GOT ONE AGENCY UM THAT ONE RESEARCH FIRM TO APPLY SO THEY'RE REWRITING IT THEY'RE GOING TO RESEND IT OUT THIS WILL BE A LONG PROCESS AND THAT IS A GOOD THING BEST PRACTICES SAY THAT IT CAN TAKE UP TO A YEAR TO CHOOSE A NEW CHIEF ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING OUTSIDE OF YOUR EXISTING DEPARTMENT AS MANY PEOPLE WANT AND RICK SMITH PACKING UP THE BOXES RIGHT NOW MICHAEL MAHONEY UH WILL HE BE INVITING QUINTON LUCAS TO HIS RETIREMENT PARTY NEXT WEEK NOW I'LL BET HE DOES SIMPLY BECAUSE LUCAS IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS UH I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL HAVE A LONG FRIENDLY CHAT THEY MIGHT YEAH I THINK MAYOR LUCAS'S UH INVITE TO RICK SMITH'S RETIREMENT PARTY MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN LOST IN THE MAIL WITH THE KANSAS CITY STARS I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE WHY IS LAURA KELLY BEING CALLED A TRAITOR AND A POLITICAL COWARD THIS WEEK AND THAT'S FROM PEOPLE IN HER OWN PARTY THE KANSAS GOVERNOR ANGERED A VOCAL WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY SIGNING INTO LAW A NEW REPUBLICAN-CRAFTED MEASURE THAT BANS SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES IT PUTS CITIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ON NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCIES THE NEW LAW ALSO PROHIBITS GIVING NON-CITIZENS MUNICIPAL IDS LIKE THE ONES RECENTLY APPROVED IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY FOR THE MOST PART DEMOCRATS HAVE SIDED WITH UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS THEY'VE TRIED TO PRESENT REPUBLICANS AS LACKING COMPASSION WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION SO WHEN GIVEN A CHOICE THIS WEEK WHY MICHAEL MAHONEY DID LAURA KELLY SIGN RATHER THAN VETO THIS LEGISLATION IT WAS POLITICS UH NICK FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE CERTAINLY THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON NUMBER ONE IT LOOKED LIKE THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS HAD A VETO PROOF MAJORITY HAD SHE VETOED THAT UH THEY WOULD HAVE OVERRIDDEN THAT VETO IT WAS AN EFFORT BY I BELIEVE THE KELLY ADMINISTRATION AND THE KELLY CAMPAIGN TO TAKE THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IF NOT OFF THE TABLE IN THE UH RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST UH UH DEREK SMITH AND CERTAINLY PUSH IT BACK UH AWAY FROM THE TABLE A LITTLE BIT AND THE OFFSHOOT ON THIS I BELIEVE IS THAT UH THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A VOTER ENTHUSIASM PROBLEM FOR UH LAURA KELLY WHO WILL NEED EVERY DEMOCRATIC VOTE AND EVERY INDEPENDENT VOTE YOU CAN FIND IN A REPUBLICAN STATE LIKE KANSAS THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE STRONG FOR IMMIGRATION RIGHTS VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE UH BY THIS DECISION TO SIGN THIS BILL IN LAW AND THEY BELIEVE THAT UM SHE CUT A DEAL AGAIN AGAINST THEIR WISHES AND IT MAY BE HARD FOR ORGANIZERS TO GO INTO UH SAY HISPANIC COMMUNITIES OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND SAY THIS IS THE WOMAN WE SHOULD HAVE AS OUR GOVERNOR BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS OUR ISSUES WHEN SHE VETOES THIS AND VOTER ENTHUSIASM IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN KANSAS AND UH IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN HER RACE BY VIRTUE OF THIS IT WAS WYANDOTTE COUNTY UH MARY SANCHEZ THAT PASSED THE SAFE AND WELCOMING ACT THAT ALLOWS FOR MUNICIPAL IDS FOR PEOPLE INCLUDING UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS SO THEY CAN WELL CAN YOU REMIND US AS TO WHY THEY WANTED THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE WELL BECAUSE A POLICING EVEN SAYS YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T NOTED OF WHO THEY ARE IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO EVER HAVE JUST AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT IS SET ASIDE TO ITSELF AND ALLOWED TO BE SOMEWHAT UNDERCOVER THAT'S WHAT THE MUNICIPAL ID WAS DEALING WITH IT WAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY FUNCTION IN SOCIETY AND THAT WOULD ALLOW UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS FOR INSTANCE TO BE ABLE TO CASH A CHECK TO GET OUT OF THE LIBRARY CAN'T PICK UP UH PICK UP YOUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL YOU KNOW ONE OF THE UH ONE OF THE SUBJECTS AT THE BREAKFAST SPOTS IN THE IN KCK IN THE DOT IS NOT THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE BUT IN THE COMMERCIALS HE'S SITTING THERE WITH DONALD TRUMP NOW THAT WAS A BIG TURNOFF AMONG DEMOCRATIC VOTERS BUT I REALIZED SHE'S GOT TO REACH ACROSS AND GET SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE REPUBLICANS BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE HEARD SAY SOMETHING HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT COMMERCIAL BUT DEMOCRATS THIS WEEK CALLING THE GOVERNOR A TRAITOR A HUGE SLAP IN THE FACE I CAN'T IMAGINE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE FOR HER OPPONENT DEREK SCHMIDT IN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER PETE THEY'LL STAY AT HOME WELL THEY MAY WE'LL SEE UH YOU KNOW BUT AS YOU SAID YOU GOT A BINARY BINARY CHOICE IN POLITICS OFTENTIMES AND THEY MAY STAY HOME BUT IN THE END I MEAN LAURA KELLY'S GONNA NEED REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR I MEAN THAT'S JUST THE NAME OF THE GAME SO SHE PUTS HERSELF YES IN A COMMERCIAL WITH DONALD TRUMP BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THIS I MEAN DONALD TRUMP GOT 38 OF THE HISPANIC VOTE MITT ROMNEY GOT 27 IN 2012 AND A NEW POLL CAME OUT THIS WEEK FROM QUINNIPIAC SHOWING JOE BIDEN 28 POINTS UNDERWATER WITH LATINO VOTERS SO MAYBE THIS IS THIS IS NOT THE CORE ISSUE EVERYONE'S GOING TO VOTE ON THIS NOVEMBER I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING IMMIGRATION IS NOT EVERY POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS THAT IMMIGRATION IS NOT THE TOP ISSUE FOR LATINO VOTERS IT'S EDUCATION IT'S THE ECONOMY THEY ARE VERY ATTUNED TO THIS AND LAURA KELLY SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP AND SAID THE RIGHT THING AND EXPLAINED HERSELF A LITTLE BIT BETTER IT IS JUST RIDICULOUS THAT WE ALLOW IMMIGRANTS TO BECOME JUST THIS PUMMELING TOOL EVERY ELECTION THAT'S WHAT IS DISGUSTING IT MAY BE AN ELECTION YEAR BUT GOVERNOR KELLY ISN'T AGREEING TO EVERYTHING THAT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE THROWING AT HER PAPER PLASTIC IT DIDN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION BUT THIS WEEK KELLY VETOED A MEASURE THAT NOW PREVENTS CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM BANNING LIMITING OR EVEN TAXING PLASTIC BAGS STRAWS AND FOOD CONTAINERS AND SHOWING HER DISPLEASURE THE KANSAS GOVERNOR TOLD REPORTERS SHE IS A MAJOR LOCAL CONTROL ADVOCATE THAT PUZZLED MORE THAN A FEW PEOPLE THIS WEEK WHY LOCAL CONTROL FOR PLASTIC BAGS BUT NOT LOCAL CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO CITIES DECIDING WHETHER THEY WANT TO WORK WITH IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES OR NOT MICHAEL CLAPTON BAGS DON'T VOTE NOT AND NOT ANYWHERE I I KNOW ON THIS UM AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE DILEMMA OF THE OF THESE TWO MEASURES NUMBER ONE ESPOUSING LO CAL CONTROL ON THE BAGS ISSUE AND THEN STANDING WITH LEGISLATORS THAT ARE STRIKING DOWN PRIMARILY A BILL AIMED AT A LOCAL ORDINANCE IN IN KCK WYANDOTTE COUNTY IS THE MOST DIVERSE AREA OF THIS ENTIRE REGION AND THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AS THEY SHOULD BE SO THIS WAS KIND OF A REAL SLAP BY LAURA KELLY TO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PROMOTED IT WAS A SLAP TO WIND ON AND THAT'S JUST SHE SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP FOR THEM IS THIS A MAKE IT OR BREAK IT WEEK FOR FORMER MISSOURI GOVERNOR ERIC GREITENS HIS EX-WIFE SAYS SHE'S READY TO RELEASE PHOTOS THAT SHOW HOW GREITENS ABUSED HER AND THEIR KIDS SHEENA GREITENS IS CURRENTLY LOCKED IN A CUSTODY BATTLE FOR THE CHILDREN THE FORMER MISSOURI FIRST LADY CLAIMS SHE CAN DOCUMENT THE ABUSE WITH IMAGES OF HER SON WITH A SWOLLEN FACE BLEEDING GUMS AND LOOSE TOOTH AFTER HE CLAIMED HIS FATHER HIT HIM SHE SAYS SHE ALSO HAS DENTAL RECORDS TO PROVE HER CLAIMS VIDEOS AS WELL IF SHE NOW RELEASES THOSE PHOTOS AND EVEN SNIPPETS OF VIDEO DOES IT END ERIC GREITENS CAMPAIGN FOR U.S SENATE PETE WELL IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY UH TRENDING DOWNWARD FASTER THAN MANY EXPECTED I TALKED TO MISSOURI REPUBLICANS THIS WEEK AND THEY SAID THEY WERE SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY THE BULLS HAVE CHANGED AGAINST GREITENS AND THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE MAYBE A FEW WEEKS IT TOOK ALL OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR HIM TO GO FROM GIVE OR TAKE 30 PERCENT TO NOW LOW TO MID-20S SO IT'S HAPPENING FAST OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW HE WILL SAY NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUT THAT HE'S GOING TO STAND BY HIS STORY AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE VOTERS TO UH EITHER BUY IT OR NOT BUT I THINK AS TIME GOES ON TIME IS NOT HELPING ERIC GREITENS HERE THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S DEFINITIVE I THOUGHT PEOPLE SAID ON THE SHOW A FEW WEEKS AGO ERIC THAT UM ERIC GREITENS WOULD NEVER GET OUT OF THIS RACE YEAH BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THE THE THREAT OF THE PICTURES AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS CAME UP YOU KNOW HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS SMOOTH SAILING INTO THE PRIMARY BUT HE'S GOT A VERY SERIOUS BUMP IN THE ROAD AND I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF SHE RELEASES SOME VIDEO OR SOME PICTURES HE MIGHT AS WELL PACK IT UP AND GO BACK TO WHEREVER HE CAME FROM I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ERIC GREITENS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EVOLVE OUT OF THIS THING DROPS OUT OF THIS RACE IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN HIS DNA WHEN HE WAS ON PETE'S SHOW A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO EARLIER EARLIER THIS WEEK UH HE WAS STILL SOUNDING VERY DEFIANT HE'S ALSO SAID TO TOLD PETE THAT HE IS STILL DOMINATING THIS RACE WELL HE'S NOT DOMINATING THE RACE ANY LONGER HE'S IN A AT LEAST A THREE-WAY FIGHT NIGHT I'D SAY A FOUR-WAY FIGHT WITH WHEN YOU INCLUDE VICKY HARTZLER ERIC SCHMIDT AND UNDECIDED WHICH IS IN THE HIGH DOUBLE DIGITS 18 19 AND 19 AND ANOTHER POINT TO BACK THAT UP THAT THE GREITENS CAMPAIGN OR THE ORGANIZATION FEELS LIKE THEY'VE THEY'VE TAKEN SOME HITS HERE IS THE A GROUP CALLED TEAM PAC WHICH IS A THIRD PARTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING ERIC GREITENS JUST PUT UP THEIR SECOND HIT SPOT ON VICKI HARTZLER IN THIS RACE AND WHEN AN ORGANIZATION DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT TARGETING FOR ANOTHER OPPONENT IT MEANS THAT THEY THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY UH THEY'VE GOT AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM WITH THAT CANDIDATE AND THEY NEED TO KNOCK IT DOWN SO TEAM PACKS PUT UP TWO SPOTS NOW AGAINST VICKY HARTZLER ONE AGAINST ERIC SCHMIDT SO YOU KNOW THIS IS A WIDE OPEN RACE RIGHT NOW WHO IS THE BIGGEST WINNER IN THIS THEN UH PETE THE BIGGEST WINNER RIGHT NOW UH APPEARS TO BE VICKY HARTZLER SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S MOVING UP IN THE POLLS HERE AS OF LATE BUT KEEP AN EYE ON BILLY LONG I MEAN HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT TRUMP SAID ANYTHING ABOUT OFFICIALLY NOT ENDORSING BUT HE SAID MISSOURIANS SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AND BILLY ALSO SAID THIS WEEK ON THE SHOW THAT UH ANYTHING THAT MAY COME FROM TRUMP PROBABLY WON'T COME UNTIL AFTER THE MAY PRIMARIES OF NORTH CAROLINA PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT IN THIS THING THE OTHER THING REAL REAL QUICKLY IS THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS UH TAKING A LOT OF FLACK RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF DR OZ IN THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE UH OF AN APPETITE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO ANOTHER VERY CONTROVERSIAL ENDORSEMENT IN A MISSOURI RACE I REALLY DETEST TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE OVER AND OVER AGAIN WEEK AFTER WEEK ON THIS PROGRAM THAT'S WHY I DELIBERATELY HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP REDISTRICTING ALL THE NEW SPORTS STADIUM SAGA BUT EVEN THOUGH WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK THERE ARE SOME COMPELLING NEW DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING ONE OF OUR METRO'S MOST ICONIC DESTINATIONS THIS WEEK NORDSTROM FINALLY CONFIRMS WHAT HAS BEEN RUMORED FOR WEEKS IT'S DEFINITELY NOT COMING TO THE PLAZA AND WOULD BE STAYING PUT AT OAK PARK MALL AND THE BUSINESS JOURNAL IS REPORTING THE TARGET HAS NOW ENTERED TALKS TO TAKE OVER THE NORDSTROM SPACE THEY WILL JOIN DILLARDS IN COMPETING FOR THE SPOT ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PLAZA AT THE SAME TIME A NEW FEUD IS DEVELOPED ON THE PLAZA ROVER PLANS TO DEMOLISH THIS CHURCH AND BUILD A NINE-STORY TOWER WITH MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS AND HIGH-END CONDOS TO THE DISMAY OF SOME MAYOR LUCAS SAYS HE SUPPORTS CHANGING HEIGHT RULES TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT HE SAYS WE HAVE A GIGANTIC DIRT HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA RIGHT NOW THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR KANSAS CITY SO IS IT NOW GREEN LIGHT TIME FOR ANYTHING ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA UH MARY I DON'T THINK IT IS BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO STEP BACK A LITTLE AND ADMIT THAT AS A CITY WE'VE HELD ON TO THIS LONGING FOR WHAT THE PLAZA USED TO BE AS OPPOSED TO YOU KNOW SEEING REALITY OF HOW RETAIL HAS CHANGED AND I SAY THAT EVEN AS A DAUGHTER OF SOMEONE WHO WORKED AS A CHEF ON ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE PLAZA FOR YEARS PUTCH'S 210 WAS WHERE MY FATHER WORKED BUT IT IS NOT THAT ERA THAT HIS ERA IS LONG GONE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A TARGET I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT I WANT THE PLAZA TO MAINTAIN SOME SENSE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AS TERMS OF A UNIQUE SHOPPING DINING AREA BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LET GO OF SOME OF THESE OLD IDEAS THAT FRANKLY JUST AREN'T COMING BACK PEOPLE DON'T FUNCTION IN SPACES THE WAY WE USED TO ONE OF OUR GOOD VIEWERS YOLANDA REACHED OUT TO ME THIS WEEK AND SAYS YOU KNOW I ALWAYS THINK OF THE PLAZA AS KANSAS CITY'S RODEO DRIVE ERIC BUT FORGET UH DILLARD'S FORGET TARGET ARE WE GONNA GET A DOLLAR STORE NEXT WE MIGHT IF IT IF IT'LL FILL THAT HOLE UH I THOUGHT THE DESIGN THAT THEY PRESENTED YOU KNOW WAS DOABLE BUT AS FAR AS FITTING INTO THE THE THE ANTIQUISNESS I GUESS IS THE WORD I WANT TO USE OF THE PLAZA I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT BUILDING FIT BUT IF IT WAS SOMEPLACE ELSE LIKE ON JOHNSON DRIVE AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS I THINK THAT THAT CONCEPT THAT THEY HAD WOULD BE GREAT PETE YOU KNOW AS SOMEBODY WHO IS GAUGING THE PUBLIC MOOD EVERY SINGLE WEEKDAY ON YOUR PROGRAM ON KCMO TALK RADIO WE FIXATE OF COURSE IN THE MEDIA OVER THE PLAZA DOES THE PUBLIC CARE ABOUT THIS IN THE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO TACKLE UH IN OUR COMMUNITY NO I I DON'T THINK IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST I THINK A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW WE'VE TACKLED ALREADY ON THIS SHOW UH CRIME HOW TO STEM THAT CERTAINLY SUPERSEDE ANYTHING LIKE WHAT'S ON THE PLAZA BUT YOU KNOW I THINK YOU LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AND IT'S A IT'S A PLETHORA OF FACTORS I MEAN YOU KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CRIME CONCERNS I HEAR YOU KNOW PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RENT PRICES RETAIL HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS EVEN PRE-PANDEMIC NOW IT'S ESCALATED POST PANDEMIC IT'S ALL THAT BOTTLED INTO ONE AND UH CITY'S GOT TO GET CREATIVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT THEY'VE GOT 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 IT WAS THE WEEK OF THE BIG KU VICTORY PARADE AND BREAKING NEWS MIZZOU WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DISC GOLF WILL THERE BE A PARADE FOR THEM AND FREEDOM FOR KEITH CONS AFTER 18 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR A KANSAS CITY MURDER HE SAYS HE DIDN'T COMMIT KHANS WALKS OUT OF PRISON A FREE MAN HIS CONVICTION OVERTURNED BY THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT THE FIRST LADY BACK IN OUR AREA SHE TRAVELS UP THE ROAD TO VISIT THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY FAMILIES STATIONED AT WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE INDEPENDENCE MOURNING THE DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITY COUNCILWOMAN AND A TOUGH WEEK FOR THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF A STABBING DEATH THE NEWS OVERSHADOWS A DIRE NEW WARNING FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT UP TO 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND UP TO THREE HIGH SCHOOLS MAY SOON HAVE TO CLOSE DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT OLATHE SCHOOLS ALSO WARNING OF POSSIBLE SCHOOL CLOSURES 140 MORE STAFF MEMBERS BEING CUT AMID A DECLINE IN STUDENTS OVERLAND PARK ANNOUNCING IT'S CLOSING SOME OF THE CITY'S POOLS THIS SUMMER THEY CAN'T FIND THE LIFEGUARDS AREA STUDENTS WALK OUT AND TAKE TO THE STREETS THEY'RE PROTESTING A SERIES OF MISSOURI BILLS TARGETING TRANSGENDER YOUTH DO WE NOW HAVE TO CANCEL EVERYTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA DEMANDS GROWING TO CANCEL A FAMED RUSSIAN PIANIST PERFORMING AT THE FOLLY THEATER NEXT WEEK AND MOVE OVER EGGS AND BUDDIES CAN WE CALL THIS THE HOLIEST WEEK OF THE YEAR AS LOCAL MUSLIM FAMILIES CONTINUE TO MOCK RAMADAN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CELEBRATES PASSOVER AND IT'S EASTER WEEKEND WILL KANSAS CITY CHURCHES SEE ATTENDANCE HIT PRE-PANDEMIC HIGHS NOT EVERYONE HAVING TO PUT ON THEIR SUNDAY BEST THE CITY OF LENEXA INVITING FAMILIES TO PUT ON THEIR SWIMSUITS FOR AN UNDERWATER EASTER EGG HUNT ALREADY PETE MUNDO DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR DID YOU PICK SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT I'M GONNA RE-LABEL THE SEGMENT NICK IF YOU DON'T NOT MIND UH BIG STORY I'M GLAD WE MISSED AND THAT'S KU BECAUSE AS A VILLANOVA ALUM I'M STILL LICKING MY WOUNDS HERE SO I APPRECIATE YOU NOT BRINGING IT UP UH BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS CONGRATS TO KU LOCAL KIDS LIKE BAJI CHRISTIAN BROWN WINNING A NATIONAL TITLE AND TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY HOW WORTHLESS THE NCAA IS THEIR PRESIDENT CALLED HIM THE KANSAS CITY JAYHAWKS DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE TEAM IS THERE YOU GO ERIC FREE LUNCHES FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES FOR KIDS THEY'RE GETTING RID OF FEDS ARE GETTING READY TO CUT THAT SO PARENTS IN THE AREA ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START BUYING THEIR SCHOOL LUNCHES MARY IS CHILDREN'S MERCY UM PUTTING OUT MORE OF A CALL ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST A CAREGIVER SO MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE STRUGGLED BY NOT BEING IN SCHOOL IN PERSON THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT SO I APPLAUD THAT EFFORT AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO WATCH AS IT GOES FORWARD MICHAEL ANOTHER STORY COMING OUT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY WITH POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR KEEP YOUR EYE ON UH JUDGE UH WILLIAM CLAPPER'S COURTROOM HE MAY ISSUE HIS RULING IN THE UH KANSAS REDISTRICTING CASE THIS COMING WEEK THIS TRIAL WRAPPED UP THIS PAST WEEK AND WHATEVER HE SAYS WILL BE APPEALED IN FACT HE TOLD THE BOTH PARTIES AT UH CLOSING ARGUMENTS ENJOY YOUR TRIP TO THE SUPREMES MEANING THAT THIS WILL BE THIS WILL BE APPEALED AT THE APPELLATE LEVEL AND THEN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE KANSAS STATE SUPREME COURT THIS IS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SETTLE THE MAP ON WHERE THE CONGRESSIONAL BOUNDARIES ARE IN KANSAS FOR THIS YEAR IT INVOLVES WYANDOTTE COUNTY BECAUSE THIS GETS SPLIT IN TWO IT ALSO INVOLVES LAWRENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING THAT OUT IN A WESTERN KANSAS DISTRICT THE BIG FIRST KEEP YOUR EYE ON IT THAT RULING MIGHT HAPPEN AS SOON AS THIS WEEK AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS FROM CHANNEL 9 MICHAEL MAHONEY FROM OUR KANSAS CITY PBS DIGITAL NEWSROOM MARY SANCHEZ FROM THE CALL ERIC WESSON AND SIX TO TEN WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND I'M NICK HAINES WHETHER YOU'RE MARKING RAMADAN PASSOVER OR EASTER FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON