CAN WE DIAL UP THE OUTRAGE METER ANY HIGHER WHY THIS LOCAL POLITICAL AD IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF A NATIONAL CONVERSATION PLUS IT FEELS GREAT YES IT DOES THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD JUST DAYS AFTER KANSAS CITY FINDS OUT THE WORLD CUP IS COMING TO TOWN THE CITY NOW PRESSING TO CONNECT THE STREETCAR TO THE STADIUMS IN TIME FOR THE GAMES BUT CAN IT REALLY BE DONE KANSAS MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONTENTIOUS FIX TO THE WORST TEACHER SHORTAGE IN HISTORY AND AS THE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR A GAS TAX HOLIDAY WHY GAS TAXES ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP NEXT WEEK WHERE WE LIVE 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 HELLO AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON OUR WEEKLY JOURNEY THROUGH KANSAS CITY'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES BACK IN THE STUDIO WITH US THIS WEEK FROM 41 NEWS ANCHOR REPORTER DEAR WALL FROM KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO FROM KMBC 9 CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST MICHAEL MAHONEY AND FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING HUNTING RHINOS WAS ONE OF THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HUGE EXOTICS AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO IT'S A NEW AD FROM FORMER MISSOURI GOVERNOR ERIC GREITENS IN HIS LATEST 30-SECOND CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL GREITENS WHO'S NOW RUNNING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN MISSOURI IS SEEN STORMING A HOUSE WITH SOLDIERS IN SEARCH OF WHAT HE CALLS REPUBLICANS IN NAME ONLY I'M ERIC GREITENS NAVY SEAL AND TODAY WE'RE GOING RHINO HUNTING THE RHINO FEEDS ON CORRUPTION AND IS MARKED BY THE STRIPES OF COWARDICE JOIN THE MAGA CREW GET A RHINO HUNTING PERMIT THERE'S NO BAGGING LIMIT NO TAGGING LIMIT AND IT DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL WE SAVE OUR COUNTRY THIS IS THE CAMPAIGN VIDEO THAT'S BECOME PART OF A NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVERSATION THIS WEEK WHILE THERE'S LOTS OF OUTRAGE ISN'T THIS THE KIND OF OVER-THE-TOP AD THAT PROPELLED GREITENS INTO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN THE FIRST PLACE MICHAEL MAHONEY WHEN HE WAS SEEN IN CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS WITH AN ASSAULT WEAPON BLOWING THINGS UP YEAH AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE THIRD OF THREE VIDEOS THAT GREITENS HAS DONE ALONG WITH THIS THE MACHINE GUN BACK IN 2016 THEN HE WAS IN A RAPID FIRE SHOOTING CONTEST WITH DONALD TRUMP JR NOT TOO RECENTLY AGO AND THEN THIS ONE AND THIS SPEAKS TO ERIC GREITENS UH BEAN AND HIS AND HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM BEING REALLY GOOD AT BEING PROVOCATIVE AND THEY'VE GOT OVER 3 MILLION VIEWS I SAW THIS LAST MONDAY MORNING ABOUT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN THIS IS GOING NATIONAL RIGHT AWAY THE QUESTION IS IS IS IT GOING TO HELP HELP OR HURT HIM WITH REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF DEMOCRATS DON'T LIKE IT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF NATIONAL REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE IT OR THEY DO LIKE IT IT IS HOW IS IT GOING TO PLAY WITH A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTER IN MISSOURI AND THE POLLS SUGGEST HE'S IN THE LEAD BUT THE POLLS ALSO SUGGEST 27 PERCENT OF FOLKS THAT SAY THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE IN THIS PRIMARY ARE STILL UNDECIDED AND OTHERS ARE INDICATING THEY'RE PERSUADABLE SO IT'S A BIG GAMBLE OUT THERE IT'S PROVOCATIVE AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES IT'S ALSO ALREADY HAD SOME OTHER POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS WELL PETE HE WAS ON YOUR PROGRAM THIS WEEK AND HE SAYS IN FACT THIS IS HUMOROUS WE SHOULDN'T BE TAKING THIS UH TOO SERIOUSLY BUT HASN'T HE GOT THE REACTION HE WANTED THAT EVERYBODY'S NOW TALKING ABOUT HIM ABSOLUTELY I MEAN THIS THIS WAS THE PLAN THIS WAS THE GOAL I THINK IT EXCEEDED THE CAMPAIGN'S EXPECTATIONS AND LET'S NOT FORGET TOO IF HE'S IN A IN A PRIMARY WITH ONE OTHER REPUBLICAN AND ERIC SCHMIDT OF VICKI HARTZLER OF BILLY LONG HE DOESN'T RUN THIS AD HE NEEDS 25 TO 27 TO WIN THIS THING IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT A LARGE PORTION OF THE UNDECIDEDS HE GOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EARNED MEDIA THIS WEEK YOU CAN DEBATE GOOD BAD DOESN'T MATTER FROM GETTING 25 TO 27 OF THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORATE TO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR HIM HE ACCOMPLISHED HIS GOALS AND THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE END RESULT THAT'S WHAT HE GOT OUT OF IT I WAS INTRIGUED BY ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR FROM A READER OF THE STAR THIS WEEK HE SAID IMAGINE IF ERIC GREITENS WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THREATENING HIS PEERS WITH A RIFLE WOULD HE HAVE BEEN HAULED OFF IN HANDCUFFS AND THAT'S THE ISSUE RIGHT IT DOESN'T THIS ISN'T A DEBATE RIGHT THIS IS AN ACUTE CONVERSATION THIS IS SOMEBODY LITERALLY A PROMINENT POLITICAL CANDIDATE WHO THINKS IT'S APPROPRIATE TO JOKE ABOUT HUNTING DOWN SOMEBODY YOU POLITICALLY DISAGREE WITH WITH AN ASSAULT WEAPON WHEN WE'RE BURYING CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND SO I THINK I DON'T WANT TO LIKE LITIGATE SOMEBODY'S MORALITY BUT WHAT'S THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO AND I THINK WHEN WE TRY TO ACT LIKE THIS IS STRICTLY A POLITICAL CONVERSATION THAT DOES NOT HAVE CONSEQUENCE THAT'S WHAT WE MISS RIGHT AND SO FOR ME I THINK IT'S WHOLLY INAPPROPRIATE IS IT POLITICALLY EFFECTIVE MAYBE HIS CAMPAIGN THINKS SO BUT AS A MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG KIDS AS I MEAN I ECHO THE CONCERNS OF A LOT OF PARENTS YOU SEE WE IMMEDIATELY GO TO YOUNG PEOPLE THERE MAY BE YOUNG MEN IN THIS COMMUNITY LOOKING AT THIS AD WHO POLITICALLY AGREE WITH ERIC GREITENS WHO SAY OKAY THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO DO THIS IS THE WAY IT'S DONE DAVE WELL I I THINK THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE AD ARE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION NICK THAN THEY WOULD BE IN THE PRIMARY WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT IN THE PRIMARY IT'S VERY CLOSE I THINK THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT REMAINS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THAT RACE IF IT'S GREITENS I THINK GREITENS WILL WIN IF IT'S SOMEONE ELSE THEN IT BECOMES A GREITENS VERSE WHOEVER THE VERSUS WHOEVER THE TRUMP UH ENDORSEE IS AND SO WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THE PRIMARY BUT THE GENERAL ELECTION IS THE ISSUE HERE IF GREITENS ISN'T THE NOMINEE WHO CARES IF HE IS THE NOMINEE HE'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO SUBURBAN WOMEN ACROSS MISSOURI WHY A PERSON CREDIBLY ACCUSED BY HIS EX-SPOUSE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HER AND HER CHILDREN WHO RESIGNED IN DISGRACE AFTER ALLEGED VIOLENCE AGAINST A WOMAN NOT HIS WIFE WHOSE OWN RECORD IN THE NAVY SEALS IS SUBJECT TO SOME DISPUTE HE ISN'T A NAVY SEAL BY THE WAY WHICH IS WHAT HE SAYS IN THE AD THAT WILL ALL BECOME FODDER FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION AND IF JOHN WOOD GETS INTO THE RACE LET'S TALK ABOUT LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT LET'S NOT JUMP THE GUY BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THAT FORMER MISSOURI SENATOR JACK DANFORTH IS NOW TRYING TO PUSH SOME BIG NAMES INTO LAUNCHING AN INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN FOR THE SENATE SEAT HIS MAIN TARGET IS THIS MAN THE LEAD INVESTIGATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE JANUARY SIXTH SELECT COMMITTEE HIS NAME IS JOHN WOOD AS DAVE HELLING POINTS OUT HE'S FROM MISSOURI AND SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DURING THE GEORGE W BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS THE FACT THAT DANFORTH NOW WANTS TO SEE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE JOIN THIS RACE EVIDENCE MICHAEL MAHONEY THAT LEADING REPUBLICANS NOW BELIEVE ERIC WRIGHT GREITENS HAS THIS PRIMARY IN THE BAG THIS IS UH WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO TO THE OTHER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS ON THIS THOUGH THE WOOD BUBBLE HERE STARTED BEFORE THE GREITENS AD HIT OKAY BUT IT GOT A LOT MORE OXYGEN A LOT MORE AIR BECAUSE OF THE GREITENS AD NOW JACK DANFORTH YOU YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE CALL THE FATHER OF THE MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH SOME FAIRNESS I I THINK UH RECRUITED JOSH HAWLEY IN UH UH TO DEFEAT UH CLAIRE MCCASKILL UH HE'S SORT OF REPUDIATED UH HAWLEY SINCE THEN BECAUSE OF THE JANUARY SIXTH ELEMENT LIKE THIS BUT UH DANFORTH HAS A POLITICAL PACK THERE'S FIVE MILLION BUCKS IN IT THAT HE IS WILLING TO PUT ON THIS THERE'S A CONSULTANT BY THE NAME OF STEVE KRIM THAT'S GOT A WEBSITE UP FOR UH FOR WOOD AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE AND THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN REALLY QUICK IT'S EITHER IF WOOD IS GOING TO GET IN HERE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST THE 2ND BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN HE HAS TO COLLECT THE SIGNATURES TO GET ON THE BALLOT HE NEEDS TO GET ABOUT 10 000 OF THEM THAT'S NOT A LOT OF NOT NOT A LOT OF NAMES ESPECIALLY IF HE'S GOT MONEY BUT IF WOOD IS GETTING IN AS A THIRD PARTY REPUBLICAN CENTRIST AS AN INDEPENDENT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN REAL QUICK AND IT'S A LONG SHOT THE KEY IS IS DOES A REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT TAKE VOTES AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE BIGGEST THING THOUGH RIGHT NOW THAT CAMPAIGN AD PEOPLE ARE RUNNING IT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NAME RECOGNITION REALLY MATTERS ERIC GREITENS FROM THE MINUTE HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS RUNNING ALL THE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE THEIR PULSE ON POLITICS HAVE SAID THIS IS SOMEBODY YOU GOT TO WATCH AND SOMEBODY HAS A REAL SHOT TO WIN THIS THING IN THE PRIMARY YEAH YOU HAVE OTHER QUALITY CANDIDATES BUT HE HAS THE NAME RECOGNITION AND PEOPLE REALLY LIKE HIM I THINK AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THAT AD TOO THE MISSOURI GOP TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAS YET TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE JOHN WOOD DOESN'T HAVE MUCH NAME RECOGNITION AND IS NOT VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI PETE MUNDO AND THE FACT THAT HE IS PART OF THAT JANUARY 6 SELECT COMMITTEE AS THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR ON THAT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TOUGH FOR HIM TO SIPHON OFF ANY TRUMP VOTERS AGAINST ERIC GREITENS IF HE WINS YES IT WILL BUT UH HE DOESN'T NEED TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF DIE-HARD TRUMPERS HE NEEDS KIND OF THAT THAT MORE MODERATE VOTE BUT THE PATHWAY REALLY IF JOHN WOOD GETS IN WITH GREITENS AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY DEPEND HOW MUCH GOES INTO A JOHN WOOD CAMPAIGN WILL BASICALLY OPEN UP THE DOOR TO A DEMOCRAT WINNING I MEAN JUST DO THE BREAKDOWN IF DEMOCRATS COME OUT FOR THEIR CANDIDATE WHOEVER IT IS LUCAS KUHN SUB BUSH VALENTINE THEY GET 40 OF MISSOURI AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 60 LEFT YOU COULD EASILY SEE 40 32 28 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOU KNOW A DEMOCRATIC U.S CENTER OUT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI WE MIGHT HAVE A SCENARIO LIKE WE HAD IN KANSAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINEE LITERALLY GOT OUT OF THE RACE IN FAVOR OF GREG ORMAN THE INDEPENDENT WHO WAS RUNNING AGAINST PAT ROBERTS AS YOU RECALL AND ORMAN LOST THAT RACE ROBERTS WON COMFORTABLY WITH 10 PERCENT OF THE VOTE WHETHER THAT SAME DYNAMIC WOULD EXIST WITH GREITENS AS THE NOMINEE IS AN OPEN QUESTION THAT'S WHY THE GUN THING NICK WHICH IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOES CHASE AWAY THE POTENTIAL OF LANDING VOTES FROM SUBURBAN VOTERS PARTICULARLY SUBURBAN WOMEN WHO WATCH THE COVERAGE OF UVALDE AND SAY LOOK MY SCHOOL AND MY KIDS ARE AT RISK DO WE WANT A SENATOR WHO GLORIFIES THE USE OF WEAPONS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT GIVEN HIS RECORD I THINK THAT'S AN OPEN MIND OKAY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACKING THIS BEFORE ELECTION DAY MICHAEL OKAY QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY IS INSIDE OF THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY AN ABG ELEMENT HOW BIG IT IS WE DON'T KNOW YET ANYBODY BUT GREITENS THAT'S WHAT THAT WOOD CANDIDACY WOULD BE ABOUT LOTS OF OTHER TOPICS UH IN THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK A DELEGATION OF SPORTS AND CIVIC LEADERS IN KANSAS CITY ARE IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK TO MEET WITH FIFA OFFICIALS THEY WANT TO GET MORE DETAILS ON WHAT HOSTING THE WORLD CUP IN 2026 WILL MEAN FOR KANSAS CITY IN A SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT SAYS IN ADDITION TO MAKING CHANGES TO ARROWHEAD STADIUM AHEAD OF THE GLOBAL TOURNAMENT THE CITY IS NOW WORKING ON TAKING THE STREETCAR OUT TO THE STADIUMS BY THE TIME THE GAMES BEGIN IN JUNE 2026.

WE ARE VERY SERIOUSLY EXPLORING RUNNING THE STREETCAR OUT TO THE STADIUMS FOR THIS THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT FIFA UH REQUIRES IS TRANSIT ACCESS TO STADIUMS NOW IS THIS REALLY POSSIBLE I WAS DIGGING THROUGH MY NOTES AND FOUND THAT THE VOTE ON THE STREETCAR EXTENSION DOWN TO THE PLAZA IN UMKC TOOK PLACE IN 2017 IT IS NOT SET TO OPEN UNTIL 2025 THAT'S AN EIGHT-YEAR PLANNING PROCESS DEAR WAR WHY DOES KANSAS CITY THINK IT CAN PULL OFF A ROUTE THAT IS TWICE AS LONG AND IN HALF THE TIME OKAY THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS AT PLAY HERE ONE JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO NUMBER TWO IT TAKES MORE TIME WHEN YOU WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR IT RIGHT IF YOU NEED FEDERAL SUBSIDIES IF YOU NEED STATE FUNDING IF YOU NEED TO BRING IN ALL THESE MONEY SOURCES RIGHT THE THING ABOUT THE HOST COMMITTEE FOR HOSTING MATCHES IN THE WORLD CUP THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO GO OUT KNOCK ON THE DOORS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE POCKETS MUCH DEEPER THAN ALL OF US THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE THE FUNDS SO I THINK PART OF IT COULD BE SOME OF THAT MONEY RIGHT COULD BE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING TRANSIT SYSTEMS SOME OF THAT MONEY AS HE TALKED ABOUT OR AS YOU TALKED ABOUT WILL GO TOWARD IMPROVING THE STADIUMS IS IT LIKELY I HAVE NO IDEA I MEAN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THE AMOUNT OF ROAD YOU GOT TO JACK UP AND DO ALL THAT STUFF IT TAKES A LOT BUT I'MA TELL YOU IT'S LIKE PLANNING A WEDDING YEAH YOU WANT QUALITY YOU WANT TIME OR DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THE MONEY YOU CAN'T DO ALL THREE SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT FORWARD THE MONEY AND YOU WANT TO DO IT FAST THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT DEAR SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK I AGREE IT'S UNLIKELY ABSOLUTELY ALTHOUGH THE THE CITY KNOWS THAT THEY ALMOST THEY SNUCK IN ON THIS BID I MEAN THEY THEY WERE THEY WERE THE UPSET IN IT AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR KANSAS CITY IN ITS APPLICATIONS AND NOW TO HOST THESE GAMES IS GOING TO BE TRANSIT AND YOU CAN TALK TO ALMOST ANYBODY WHO COMES INTO KANSAS CITY FROM ANYWHERE FOR ANYTHING AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY GETTING FROM THE AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN OR WHEREVER THEY NEED TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS TRANSIT PUTTING A STREETCAR LINE OUT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE TIME FRAME IN THIS AND WHAT THEY MAY HAVE TO DO IS SHIFT THEIR PRIORITIES AND MAYBE NOT DO OTHER ALTERNATIVE LINES THAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT IN ORDER TO CONCENTRATE ON GETTING SOMETHING TO THE SPORTS COMPANY AND THE LINE THEY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING IS GOING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL ON THE KANSAS SIDE DOWN 39TH STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE STADIUMS WHICH IS TWICE THE ROUTE OF THE PLAZA ROUTE THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER EXPANSION RIGHT NOW DAVE HELLING BUT SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE HERE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER STATE INVOLVED AND YOU'VE GOT ENGINEERING YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AND RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION IT'S A AN EXTRAORDINARY MESS TO TRY AND CONTEMPLATE BUILDING A LINE OUT TO THE STADIUMS AND IT PROBABLY A BILLION DOLLARS MINIMUM TO GET IT DONE WITHOUT FEDERAL HELP IT JUST WON'T BE BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND TOO NICK WOULD YOU BUILD A STREETCAR TO THE STADIUMS IF YOU WEREN'T SURE THE CHIEFS AND ROYALS WOULD BE THERE AFTER YOU OPEN IT UP THAT'S STILL AN OPEN QUESTION AND THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD BUILD OUT TO THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX WITHOUT IRONCLAD GUARANTEES THAT THE REGULAR TEAMS ARE GOING TO STAY THERE SEEMS FAR-FETCHED IN THE EXTREME I JUST DON'T THINK IT'LL HAPPEN NOW SPEAKING OF THE WORLD CUP PETE A STORY IN THE STAR ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE BIG TOURNAMENT CAUGHT MY EYE IT CLAIMED THE PRICE FOR A SEAT INSIDE ARROWHEAD STADIUM TO SEE THESE INTERNATIONAL SOCCER MATCHES IS QUOTE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 300 RANGE WOW SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING MOST OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WITNESS IN PERSON LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THIS BEST POINT I'VE HEARD DAVE MAKE ON THIS SHOW RIGHT NOW OH COME ON THAT'S RIGHT THERE IT WON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT ALL RIGHT AND I'M SAYING THAT WAS THE BEST POINT HE'S EVER MADE ABOUT THE CARS GO THE STREETCAR IS GOING OUT THERE IT IS A WASTE OF TIME A WASTE OF MONEY A WASTE OF RESOURCES ANYWAY TO YOUR POINT NO I MEAN NONE OF THIS IS LOOK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AVERAGE PERSON IN KANSAS CITY TRYING TO GET A BETTER BUS ROUTE FROM POINT A TO POINT B TO MAKE 15 BUCKS AN HOUR ISN'T GOING TO THE GAME ISN'T GETTING ON THE STREETCAR TO GO TO A CHIEFS GAME OUT THERE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THIS THEY WANT A ROUTE THAT GETS A BUST TO THEM MORE THAN ONCE EVERY 30 60 MINUTES THAT'S WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT THIS IS IS ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE IN TOWN BUREAUCRATS BIG MONEY FOLKS POLITICIANS FEEL GOOD UM THEY GOT SOME RAH-RAH OUT OF IT MAYBE THERE'S SOME ECONOMIC MONEY COMING THROUGH IT BUT OH EUROPE'S GOING TO SEE KANSAS CITY ON THE WORLD STAGE AND THEN THEY'RE ALL GOING TO MOVE HERE SPARE ME PLEASE YEAH COME ON BROTHER LET'S REWIND WE WE CAN ALL I THINK AGREE EXPANDING THE STREETCAR AND PUSHING IT OUT THERE'S GONNA BE REALLY EXPENSIVE REALLY TOUGH PROBABLY NOT WORTH IT RIGHT THE CHANCE THAT THE CHIEFS ARE GONNA LEAVE THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX THE PALACE LAMAR HUNT BUILT GET OUT OF HERE THE ROYALS I WOULD SAY ARE PROBABLY AS GOOD AS GONE WE'LL GET INTO THAT ANOTHER DAY BUT AS FAR AS THE TICKETS MAYBE I COULD GET THERE IF THE CHIEFS WEREN'T SOLD OUT EVERY GAME AND SO MY POINT IS YOU GOT FOUR YEARS TO SAVE BUT THE CHIEF SAID OH THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE FAIR YEAH BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS A ONCE IN EVERY FOUR YEAR EVENT YOU HAVE FOUR YEARS TO PLAY IN YOU CAN'T GO TO THE SUPER BOWL FOR 300 SO CART HORSE LET'S JUST ROLL IT BACK THROW THE BAG NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT AT THE TICKET TO THE WORLD CUP GAME IS GOING TO BE 300 BUCKS AND THEN NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF TICKETS LOCAL OPEN FOR FOR THE LOCALS EVERY BIG EVENT LIKE THIS THE SUPER BOWL THE WORLD SERIES NBA FINALS ALL THAT STUFF YOU LOOK AROUND THOSE ARENAS IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THEM IT'S ALL PEOPLE WITH AN INSIDE TRACK FROM CORPORATIONS OR THE LEAGUES THAT ARE GETTING THE GOOD SEATS IF THERE ARE TRUE FANS THEY'RE UP ON THE NOSEBLEED SECTION A LOT OF CASES UNLESS THEY'RE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS AND THEY'RE LAYING DOWN SERIOUS BUCKS FOR THAT TO BE UH BEGIN WITH SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE MANY OF US THAT GET TO SEE THIS STUFF IN PERSON AND THEN THE KEY IS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GAMES ARE GOING TO BE IT COULD BE THAT WAS MY LAST POINT THE TEAMS YOU DON'T KNOW AND I'M NOT GOING TO START RIPPING ON CERTAIN COUNTRIES SOMEONE'S GOING TO SPIN IT THE WRONG WAY BUT WHAT COUNTRIES YOU GET MATTERS HERE OKAY SO IF YOU GET COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT DESIRABLE COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE BIG FAN BASES THIS IS I WAS GOING TO BE OFFENDED IF YOU WERE GOING TO MENTION WHALES THE ASSERTION THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THESE HUGE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS MONEY NO T-SHIRT VENDORS FOOD VENDORS ENTREPRENEURS A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THIS COMMUNITY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING HERE AND THESE EVENTS DO MATTER IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT LANDING AN NFL DRAFT THAT'S COMING HERE IN EARLY 2023 PLAYS A ROLE IN KANSAS CITY BEING ABLE TO EVEN BE IN THE CONVERSATION TO HOST MATCHES FOR THE WORLD CUP YOU'RE LOSING IT IT BRINGS CONFERENCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE I LOVE THIS CONVERSATION I WANT TO MOVE ON WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THEY'RE CALLING IT THE MOST SEVERE TEACHER SHORTAGE IN KANSAS HISTORY SO IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO BE A TEACHER THERE MAY NEVER BE A BETTER TIME TO GO FOR IT KANSAS IS NOW SO DESPERATE TO FIND PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE CLASSROOM THIS WEEK THEY'VE DROPPED EVERY REQUIREMENT IN FACT ALL YOU NOW NEED IS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA SO DAVE HELLING NO TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATE NO COLLEGE DEGREE IF YOU JUST GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL OR 18 CAN PASS A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK KANSAS NOW ONCE YOU IN THE CLASSROOM YEAH THIS HAS BEEN TRIED IN OTHER STATES BY THE WAY BECAUSE OTHER STATES ARE FACING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT KANSAS AND MISSOURI FOR THAT MATTER ARE IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TEACH PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE WAGES ARE SO LOW IT'S VERY VERY HARD TO MAKE A REAL LIVING AS A TEACHER PARTICULARLY IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS AND SO THERE IS AN EFFORT TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE TO THE JOB IT'S TOUGH IT'S PRESSURE FILLED IN AN ERA OF COVET IT CAN BE DANGEROUS SOME MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE THINK YOU SHOULD PACK WEAPONRY WHEN YOU GO INTO THE CLASSROOM THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS JOB AND THAT'S WHY KANSAS IS RESORTING HAVEN'T ALL PROFESSIONS RIGHT NOW BEEN RELAXING THEIR RULES WE'VE HAD MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR INSTANCE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TREAT PATIENTS WITHOUT BEING SUPERVISED BY REAL MDS BECAUSE OF COVID WE'VE HAD TRUCK DRIVERS THEY'RE TRYING TO LOWER THE AGE TO 18 AND NOW YOU DON'T EVEN NEED THE LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TEST TO BECOME AN ATTORNEY WE WANT TO RELAX THOSE RULES SHOULD TEACHERS BE IMMUNE FROM THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB WE HAVE IS TO TEACH EDUCATE INSPIRE AND UPLIFT THE NEXT GENERATION OUR CHILDREN RIGHT WAGE HAS BEEN LOW FOR A LONG TIME WE NEED TO LOOK AT COVID WE NEED TO LOOK AT THRONGS AND MOBS OF IRRATIONAL PARENTS YELLING THAT TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO INDOCTRINATE THEIR KIDS I MEAN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EDUCATORS RIGHT NOW IS EXTREMELY AWFUL RIGHT SO MOST PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PACK HEAT AND BE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE TO STOP SOMEBODY COMING IN WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLE AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING OUR EDUCATORS TO DO AND WHO THEY'RE AT THE MERCY OF I THINK THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE SO YEAH I MEAN I WILL SAY THE STATE OF MISSOURI THEY HAVE A BLUE STAR BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION RIGHT NOW THAT'S LOOKING INTO WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS MOST TEACHERS ARE GOING TO QUIT BY BY YEAR FIVE IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI ENROLLMENT IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI IS DOWN 30 PERCENT WHAT DID YOU ALL THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THIS THE INFORMATION THAT THAT PARENTS SAY THEY WANT IT'S ALREADY ONLINE ON THE PORTALS AND I'M PLEASED TO MENTION MISSOURI BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING THE SAME THING BECAUSE THIS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE MICHAEL YEAH AND THIS THIS IDEA OF LOWERING THE BAR TO A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE UH FOR TO BE A TEACHER ANYWHERE IS EXCEEDINGLY BAD AND SHORT-SIGHTED BECAUSE TEACHING IS A LOT MORE THAN JOHNNY WHAT IS TWO PLUS TWO EQUAL THEY ARE THE THEY ARE EMOTIONAL GUIDANCE UH FOLKS FOR MANY KIDS NOT JUST THE LITTLE ONES BUT JUNIOR HIGH HIGH SCHOOL KID KIDS AS WELL THERE IS A SPECIAL SORT OF PERSON THAT THAT EXCELS IN TEACHING I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD DO IT UH THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT IS INVOLVED AND TO LOWER THE BAR FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS TO UH TEACH OUR NEXT GENERATION IS JUST A DUMB IDEA THAT TURNS THAT ATTRACTS DUMB PEOPLE AND YOU END UP WITH DUMB KIDS WELL THE OTHER THING TOO THAT I WILL ADD WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT OUR KIDS WHO AR E DIFFERENTLY ABLED RIGHT KIDS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EDUCATION MATURITY TIME I'M SORRY I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS WELL I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD LOOK AT THE SALARIES OF BUREAUCRATS IN THESE DISTRICTS LOOK HOW MANY SIX-FIGURE EARNERS YOU HAVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN OUR AREA MAKING 250 TO 350 GRAND TO BUREAUCRATS ASSISTANT ASSISTANT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS I I WE ALL AGREE TEACHERS HAVE GOT TO MAKE MORE MONEY IN BOTH OUR STATES THE SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN SET UP TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO MAKE MORE MONEY IT IS INSTEAD THE BEST PEOPLE HAVE GONE INTO THE BUREAUCRATIC SIDE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IT'S HURT THE KIDS I WANT TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC HERE THIS WEEK PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLS ON CONGRESS TO ENACT A FEDERAL GAS TAX HOLIDAY BUT NEWS FLASH GET READY FOR THE TAX ON GAS TO GO NEXT WEEK WHERE WE LIVE TO GO UP NEXT WEEK WHERE WE LIVE AS PART OF A LAW SIGNED BY GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON LAST YEAR THE MISSOURI GAS TAX WILL INCREASE NEXT WEEK BY TWO AND A HALF CENTS A GALLON I THOUGHT MISSOURI LAWMAKERS MICHAEL WERE GOING TO PUT THE KIBOSH ON THAT WHAT HAPPENED WELL IT GOT PASSED OBVIOUSLY AND UH THE CHIEF AUTHOR OF THAT IS ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT IS RUNNING FOR THE MISSOURI SENATE NOMINATION IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND IT'S DAVE SCHATZ AND I TALKED WITH SHOTS LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS AND HE ABSOLUTELY DEFENDS IT HE SAYS LOOK MISSOURI IS DEAD NEAR DEAD LAST IN ROAD SPENDING THEY THE STATE HAS THE SEVENTH LARGEST ROAD SYSTEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THE ROADS ARE IN POOR SHAPE AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND HE SAID THAT IT'S A TOUGH DECISION BUT I STAND BY IT WHICH IS WHICH IS BRAVE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO GET ANY MANY ANY VOTES BUT UM IT'S IT IS IRONIC WHEN SHOTS AND THE AND THE LEGISLATURE DID THIS AND PASSED THIS THE GASOLINE PRICE SITUATION WAS RADICALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO THIS WEEK CALLING ON STATES TO ALSO RELAX REDUCE ELIMINATED SALES TAX AT LEAST TEMPORARILY ON ON THE GAS TAX IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI ANY EVIDENCE THAT GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY OR MIKE PARSON ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OH I MEAN IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR LEGISLATURES AREN'T IN SESSION SO ANYTHING THAT SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T DO IT BY HERSELF CERTAINLY NOT BY THE SUMMER AND SHE COULDN'T DO THAT UNILATERALLY IN EITHER STATE AND REMEMBER MIKE PARSON ENDORSED THE UH GAS TAX INCREASE IN MISSOURI SO HE'S ON THE SIDE OF THE THE TAX THAT'S GOING UP WHICH ACTUALLY PASSED AS WE KNOW IN 2021 THEN THE EFFORT WAS MADE THIS YEAR TO REPEAL IT BY THE WAY NICK WE SHOULD POINT OUT MISSOURI HAS A BIZARRE SYSTEM IN WHICH YOU CAN CLAIM A REBATE FOR YOUR GAS TAX INCREASE IF YOU JUST SAVE RECEIPTS FILE THE PAPERWORK AND THAT ACTUALLY STARTS NEXT WEEK WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY START THAT AND GET A REBATE CHECK STARTING NEXT WEEK HAVE YOU BEEN COLLECTING YOUR RECEIPTS DEAR YOU KNOW I GOT TWO TODDLERS I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME BUT WHAT I WILL SAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS GAS TAX IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI UH HE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD MIKE DID IT'S BEEN VERY VERY LOW FOR A LONG TIME PEOPLE AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS PASSED FELT LIKE IT WAS A NECESSARY STEP SO I KNOW IT'S LIKE TWO AND A HALF CENTS AND EVERY CENT MATTERS BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA LOOK AT SOME OLD CASH REMARKS ON THIS WELL UH BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GAS TAX HOLIDAY POTENTIALLY HAPPENING CONGRESS STILL HAS TO PASS IT AND YOU KNOW MISSOURI WERE TO DO IT YOU'RE LOOKING AT 20 CENTS A GALLON DO THE MATH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 10 BUCKS A MONTH UM NOT A HUGE SAVINGS UNFORTUNATELY BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE IT MIGHT BE 10 BUCKS A MONTH NICK COME ON ALL RIGHT I'LL GIVE YOU A WAYS TO SAVE MORE THAN TEN BUCKS A WEEK YES ALL RIGHT I GOT THE POLICY FOR YOU WE'LL DO THAT WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY BIG STORY GRABBING THE HEADLINES WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ON HEIGHTENED ALERT AFTER THE FIRST MONKEY PARKS CASE CONFIRMED IN KANSAS CITY STILL MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE DISEASE REMAINS RARE AND THE RISK OF SPREAD LOW THE FIRST OVERDOSES ARRIVE IN KANSAS CITY FOR KIDS UNDER FIVE BLISTERING HEAT IS HARD ON ALL OF US BUT IT JUST KILLED MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND COWS IN KANSAS OUR NEW WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM CUTTING THE RIBBON ON AN 18 MILLION DOLLAR TRAINING FACILITY IN RIVERSIDE THE CASEY CURRENTS NEW RIVERFRONT STADIUM SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2024 JUST DAYS AFTER ITS SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKING ITS CASE FOR CLOSING 12 SCHOOLS IN KANSAS GOVERNOR KELLY VETOED A PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS LAW NOW LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS ENACTING THEIR OWN A FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK FOR MANY OF US AS KANSAS CITY MARKS JUNETEENTH AND CLOSING THE BOOK ON A CAREER LAST DAY FOR STEVE POTTER AFTER 34 YEARS AT THE MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY MORE THAN A DECADE AS DIRECTOR HIS DEPARTURE COMES AMID FEARS BRANCHES MAY BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN AFTER THE LIBRARY BOARD FAILS TO PASS A BUDGET HERE DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT JUNETEENTH ALL DAY EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT BLACK HISTORY IT'S MORE THAN ROSA PARKS OR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PETE UH 2000 CATTLE TIE INTO THAT THE HEAT THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH HERE YOU THINK INFLATION'S BAD NOW WAIT TILL THE ELECTRIC BILL COMES IN NEXT MONTH MICHAEL COVERED FOR KILLING FOR KIDS PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT AND DAVE HELLING FOUR APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THE KANSAS CITY POLICE BOARD TWO ARE SERVING IN ON AN EXPIRED TERMS BOTH APPOINTED BY ERIC GREITENS ALL RIGHTY THAT WAS FAST THAT WAS GOOD AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO DEAR WALL FROM 41 NEWS AND MICHAEL MAHONEY FROM CHANNEL 9 6 TO 10 WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING AND I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON