MORE SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET BUT WILL THE MISSOURI SENATE FRONT RUNNER EXIT THE RACE IS THAT YOUR LONG SPAT OVER POLICE FUNDING NOW OVER IN KANSAS CITY AND CLUMPING DOWN ON AIRBNB AFTER A MURDER AT THIS 600 A NIGHT HOME IN OVERLAND PARK IS THE CITY READY TO BAN SHORT-TERM RENTALS THIS JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE IDEA OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN KANSAS GREENLIGHTING A NEW PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS YOUR CHILDREN WILL NOT HAVE THE AMAZING TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY AND PUSHING FORWARD WITH A BAN ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN GIRLS SPORTS WOMEN DESERVE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYING KICKBALL IN KINDERGARTEN ARE GOING TO BE AT RISK OF FORCED INTO GENERAL INSPECTIONS THOSE HEADLINES ARE THE REST OF THE WEEK'S BIG LOCAL STORIES AND NEWSMAKERS 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 WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES EVEN WITH MARCH MADNESS ON YOUR TV SCREENS WE ARE THRILLED YOU PICKED US THIS HALF HOUR WE PROMISE YOU JUST AS MUCH DRAMA HOPEFULLY LESS DRIBBLING BUT EVEN MORE SLAM DUNKS AS WE PICK APART OUR WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING NEWS STORIES ON A MISSION TO KEEP YOU INFORMED 41 NEWS ANCHOR AND REPORTER DEAR WALL JOINING US FROM ACROSS TOWN AT THE STUDIOS OF KMBC 9 NEWS MICHAEL MAHONEY KEEPING TRACK OF OUR LOCAL NEWS FROM BEHIND A MICROPHONE AT KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND INSIDE A PLASTIC BAG AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR DRIVEWAY DAVE HELLING OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR NOW HE RESIGNED FROM OFFICE AMID SORDID ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN BLACKMAIL NOW COULD NEW ALLEGATIONS FORCE FORMER MISSOURI GOVERNOR ERIC GREITENS OUT OF THE RACE TO BECOME MISSOURI'S NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR GREITENS EX-WIFE IS CLAIMING THAT HER FORMER HUSBAND WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TO HER AND THEIR KIDS NOW IN A CHILD CUSTODY BATTLE SHEILA GREITENS ALLEGES HER EX-HUSBAND CONFISCATED HER CELL PHONE WALLET AND KEYS SO SHE COULDN'T EVEN CALL FOR HELP OR LEAVE THE HOME SHE SAYS SHE WAS AFRAID FOR THE FAMILY'S SAFETY AND RECOUNTS HOW GREITENS ONCE HIT THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD ACROSS THE FACE WITH HIS FIST AND YANKED HIM AROUND BY HIS HAIR NOW GREITENS HAS BEEN QUICK TO LABEL ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM AS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED SO HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THESE ALLEGATIONS FROM SOMEONE DEAR WHO PERHAPS KNOWS HIM BETTER THAN ANYONE THE WOMAN HE MARRIED OH I THINK WE SAW UM IF YOU JUST READ THE FIRST STATEMENT OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THAT STATEMENT UM IT'S PRETTY APPALLING UM I DO THINK WE HAVE TO ISSUE THIS QUALIFIER RIGHT THEY'RE IN A CUSTODY BATTLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN SO A LOT OF THINGS GET SAID NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VALIDATED OR VERIFIED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT NO IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP HIM I MEAN ERIC GREITENS I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REMEMBER THE LAST ROUND OF ACCUSATIONS OF HIM TAKING ILLICIT PHOTOS OF A HAIRDRESSER HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH AND ALL KINDS OF DETAILS THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE WEEKEND REVIEW AUDIENCE BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO STOP HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE FORCED OUT OF THE RACE THE THING THAT I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH HE'S VERY POPULAR PEOPLE LIKE HIM A LOT SOME OF GREITENS BIGGEST OPPONENTS BY THE WAY IN THE U.S SENATE RACE SAY HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO WITHDRAW REAL MEN NEVER ABUSE WOMEN AND CHILDREN PERIOD END OF STORY IT'S TIME FOR ERIC TO GET OUT OF THE SENATE RACE AND TO GET PROFESSIONAL HELP ANOTHER RIVAL ERIC SCHMIDT PETE WENT FURTHER CALLING GREITENS A PREDATOR THE STATE'S JUNIOR SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY SAID GREITENS BELONGS IN HANDCUFFS MEANWHILE THE MAN GREITENS WOULD REPLACE IN WASHINGTON ROY BLUNT IS A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS SAYING THE FORMER MISSOURI GOVERNOR SHOULDN'T BE IN THE SENATE RACE IF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLAYERS INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CIRCLE ARE NOW PUTTING PRESSURE ON GREITENS TO QUIT THERE IS NICK FOR THE FIRST TIME UH THE PRESIDENT SPOKE RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THIS RACE AND THAT CAME DOWN SURPRISINGLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE SAID TO MISSOURI VOTERS IN A STATEMENT RELEASED BY KELLYANNE CONWAY WHO IS BILLY LONG'S TOP ADVISOR IN THE MISSOURI SENATE RACE TAKE A LOOK AT BILLY LONG HE SAID IT WAS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT BUT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD PUT SOMETHING OUT LIKE THIS ABOUT THE MISSOURI U.S SENATE RACE AND THIS COMES TWO WEEKS AFTER POLITICO HAD A REPORT THAT SAID THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS LOOKING AT ENDORSING ERIC GREITENS SO TO ME IF NOTHING ELSE THIS WAS A WAY FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO AT LEAST TAKE A STEP BACK FROM THE GREITENS REPORTS AND SAY HEY MISSOURI YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF SOLID OPTIONS HERE TO LOOK AT UM BEYOND ERIC GREITENS THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE BIGGER MESSAGE WAS TO ME FROM THE 45TH PRESIDENT DIA MENTIONED MICHAEL MAHONEY THAT ERIC GREITENS IS POPULAR WELL HE'S THE FRONT RUNNER IN THE RACE THE LAST POLL SHOWS HIM SEVEN POINTS AHEAD OF ERIC SCHMIDT HIS LEADING RIVAL ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH SUPPORTERS AS VICKY HARTZLER IN THIS RACE BUT SO IF A SIZABLE PROPORTION OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS RIGHT NOW HAVE DISCOUNTED ALL OF THOSE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST HIM WHEN HE RESIGNED BACK IN 2018 WHY WOULD THEY ABANDON HIM NOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS BEHIND THAT THAT POLL WAS TAKEN BACK IN LATE FEBRUARY WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOW FOUR WEEKS BEYOND THAT AND WITH THE NEW ALLEGATIONS OUT THERE ERIC GREITENS IS NOT GOING TO DROP OUT OF THIS RACE UNLESS UNLESS HIS UH UH CAMPAIGN MONEY DRIES UP I THINK THAT'S VERY VERY UNLIKELY FOR ANY OTHER NORMAL POLITICIAN UH IT WOULD BE A UH DEATH SENTENCE BUT NOT IN THIS CASE I MEAN I THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN POLITICS CHANGE REMEMBER WE ALL THOUGHT TODD AIKEN WAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THE SENATE RACE AND DID NOT UH UNDER THAT SIMILAR APPROACH I THINK ERIC GREITENS FACES DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY PETE YEAH HE'S HE'S NOT GONNA GET OUT UM AND I DO YOU KNOW I DO QUESTION HOW HOW POPULAR HE IS WE'VE SEEN THESE POLLS COME OUT SHOWING THEM AT 30 PERCENT HOW MUCH THAT IS THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW NAME ID IS THERE RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL RELATIVELY EARLY IN THE PROCESS PEOPLE KNOW THEM UM BUT I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE GREITENS QUESTION IS ALWAYS WHAT'S THE CEILING RIGHT IS IT 25 30 35 BUT THERE IS A CEILING THERE WHO BENEFITED THE MOST FROM THE NEWS THIS WEEK DAVE MAYBE VICKI HARTZLER I MEAN AGAIN I'VE SUGGESTED FOR SOME TIME THAT SHE HAS A REAL PATH TO THIS NOMINATION SHE'S A WOMAN SHE WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT DENOUNCING ERIC GREITENS BUT LOOK HERE'S THE PROBLEM THE FILING DEADLINE IS NEXT TUESDAY NICK AND I THINK THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MISSOURI THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY CANDIDATES THAT UH THE THE EVENTUAL WINNER WHOEVER IT IS IS GOING TO WIN WITH 22 OR 23 OF THE VOTE AND THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO NARROW THE FIELD NOW DOES THAT MEAN GREITENS GETS OUT OR DOES THAT MEAN THEY CONVINCED DAVID SHOTS OR BILLY LONG OR SOMEONE ELSE UH TO TO WITHDRAW THEIR UH THEIR FILING THAT QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED I'M VERY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW GREITENS IS GOING TO TRY TO PIVOT BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO KIND OF NEGOTIATE THROUGH AN AFFAIR AND MAYBE SOME LESS THAN STELLAR MORAL BEHAVIOR BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH SELL IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI IF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE FOUND TO BE EVEN REMOTELY CREDIBLE THAT SHEENA GREITENS IS PUTTING OUT THERE MICHAEL I'LL TELL YOU HOW I THINK HE'S GOING TO PIVOT ON THIS D AND THAT IS THAT HE IS GOING TO LAUNCH A MAJOR COUNTER-ATTACK AGAINST EVERYBODY WHO HE BELIEVES ARE HIS ENEMIES IN FACT HIS WIFE UH IN HER AFFIDAVIT SAYS THAT HE CALLED CENA GREITENS AN ENEMY OF HIM AND IN THIS COUNTERATTACK HE IS GOING TO TRY TO UH UH DRAW THE CONNECTION EVEN TIGHTER BETWEEN REPUBLICAN MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL BEING BEHIND ALL THIS BECAUSE HE FEARS GREITENS BECAUSE GREITENS DOES NOT WANT HIM TO BE THE NEXT LEADER OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE AND I ALSO LOOK FOR THIS CAMPAIGN WHICH I BELIEVE WAS GOING TO GET VERY NASTY ANYWAY TO ESCALATE IN ITS NASTINESS IMMEDIATELY AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINNERS COULD ALSO BE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE PETE MUNDO BECAUSE DOESN'T THIS GIVEN A BETTER SHOT OF WINNING THE SEAT NOW WELL I THINK THAT ANY DEMOCRATIC MONEY IS GOING TO HANG ON TIGHT TO SEE WINS IN AUGUST IN THE PRIMARY BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE THE STATE'S AT RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW IT'S A 15 POINT EDGE FOR REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE STATE WE SAW THAT LAST ELECTION IF CREIGHTON GETS THE NOMINATION THEN THE MONEY FLOODGATES MAY OPEN FOR WHOEVER THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS SORRY TO DISAGREE HERE UH I DON'T THINK THAT THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY INVEST IN THE MISSOURI RACE NO MATTER WHO THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS AND THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER SERIOUS FISH TO FRY THE MISSOURI FLIPPING MISSOURI IS A LONG SHOT UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BATTLEFIELD LAY OUT A STRATEGY AND ONE OF THE LAST PLACES THEY'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IS GOING TO BE MISSOURI NOW SOME ISSUES NEVER SEEM TO GO AWAY ONE IS COVID ANOTHER IS TALK OF A DOWNTOWN BALLPARK BUT IS THIS THE WEEK WE CAN FINALLY STOP TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE IN KANSAS CITY AFTER A YEAR-LONG SPAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK VOTING TO GIVE NEARLY UH 70 MILLION MORE DOLLARS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE AND AS WE RECORD THIS SHOW THIS HALF HOUR IT LOOKS LIKE MAYOR LUCAS IS WALKING BACK THAT PLAN TO WITHHOLD TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A SPECIAL ACCOUNT THAT THE CITY CONTROLLED WHAT HAPPENED DAVE HELLING DID THE MAYOR DECIDE HAVING THE POLICE MAD AT YOU IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO START HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN YES YES HE CAVED IN COMPLETELY HE SURRENDERED HE GAVE UP HE SET THE CAUSE BACK OF LOCAL CONTROL FOR DECADES BECAUSE HE FIRST BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE NICK AS YOU KNOW LAST MAY AND THEN WHEN IT CAME TIME UNDER THE JUDGE'S ORDER TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORK UH HE HE CAVED IN TO THE POLICE CHIEF INTO THE POLICE BOARD AND ANY ATTEMPT TO LOCALLY CONTROL POLICE HAS DIED PETE YOU HAD THE POLICE CHIEF ON YOUR PROGRAM THIS WEEK RICK SMITH AND HE WAS LAMENTING HOW HE HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS WHOLE FUNDING ISSUE THAT HE'S LOST SO MANY OFFICERS 88 MORE OFFICERS IN THIS IS HE IS RICK SMITH HAPPY WITH THAT YEAH I MEAN HE'S HE SEEMED UH PRETTY PLEASED AND HE WAS PRETTY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE MAYOR UH THIS WEEK IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND YOU KNOW THE MAYOR DID HAVE SOME NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE UH POLICE CHIEF AS WELL THIS WEEK IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM SO I DON'T THINK EITHER GUY GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED HERE I MEAN THE NOTION UH THAT THAT YOU KNOW LUCAS CERTAINLY DIDN'T GET WHAT HE WANTED BASED ON WHERE HE WAS LAST YEAR AND THE IDEA THAT THE CHIEF GOT EVERYTHING HE WANTED I I ALSO DON'T THINK TO BE THE CASE UM NOW YOU KNOW THEY GOT TO USE THAT MONEY THEY GOT TO HIRE NEW OFFICERS THAT'S A A HARD THING TO DO FOR ANYBODY RIGHT NOW TO FIND EMPLOYEES I MEAN HECK WE GOT TO FIND SOME SALES PEOPLE HERE FOR US SO IT'S HARD TO HIRE RIGHT NOW NEVER MIND FOR FOR OUR JOBS THAT YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE ABOUT PETE IS WRONG IS ANYONE FROM VILLANOVA WOULD BE DURING THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT IN THERE UH AS A CREIGHTON GRADUATE UH THE CHIEF GOT EVERYTHING HE WANTED THERE'S NO TEETH IN THIS PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR NO CALLBACK THE CHIEF CAN GO OUT TOMORROW AND BUY ROSES FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FORCE AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR CITY HALL TO CHANGE THINGS AND LET ME JUST MAKE THIS PREDICTION THEY WILL HIRE 88 OFFICERS THEY WILL LOSE MORE THAN 88 OFFICERS THROUGH ATTRITION AND WHEN WE COME BACK AROUND NEXT YEAR THEY WILL HAVE ADDED NET NO OFFICERS TO THE FORCE BUT THEY WILL ASK FOR ANOTHER 4 MILLION DOLLARS TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE IT'S REALLY A GAME THE DEPARTMENT IS PLAYING AND AGAIN THE MAYOR UH TRIED TO BREAK IT A YEAR AGO AND THEN CAVED COMPLETELY UH THIS YEAR IT'S THE BIGGEST SHELL GAME RIGHT HEAR DEFUND THE POLICE IN KANSAS CITY ONE MORE TIME I'M GOING TO SCRATCH MY EYES OUT I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME KSHB REPORTING THE 2020 TO 2021 FISCAL YEAR THE BUDGET WAS 232 MILLION DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW THEY JUST WANTED TO APPROVE 269.

THERE IS NO I'M SORRY I'M SLAPPING ON THE STABLE THERE'S NO DEFUND LET'S STOP USING THAT LANGUAGE PETE IF DAVE IS RIGHT THAT THE POLICE CHIEF GOT EVERYTHING HE WANTED DID HE ANNOUNCE ON YOUR SHOW THAT HE'S READY NOW TO FINALLY RETIRE AND HE'S GOING TO HANG UP HIS HAT THIS WEEK HE DID NOT BUT WE'VE HEARD THAT IT IS GOING TO BE ONCE THE BUDGET PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND IS WRAPPED UP SO I WOULD IMAGINE SOMETHING ON THAT FRONT UH WOULD BE IMMINENT MICHAEL IF PETE IS RIGHT AND AND NOW THE POLICE CHIEF IS HAPPY DOES THAT MEAN THAT UH LAWMAKERS IN JEFFERSON CITY ARE NOW GOING TO ALSO BACK AWAY FROM THEIR PLAN TO UH ADD MONEY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IN IN KANSAS CITY NO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BACK AWAY AND THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE HERE UM WAS THAT NOW THAT THIS BUDGET DEAL IS DONE LET'S KICK THE CAN FORWARD ON THIS STORY AND THE SELECTION OF A NEW POLICE CHIEF IS NOW CENTER STAGE AND IT BEGINS AND IT BEGAN FRIDAY WITH UH WITH DECISIONS BEING MADE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO WHEN RICK SMITH OFFICIALLY STEPS DOWN WHO WILL PROBABLY REPLACE HIM AS THE ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE FOR KANSAS CITY THAT NOW MOVES FORWARD AS THE AS THE STORY BY THE WAY SOMETHING THAT DEAR MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING POLICE OFFICERS THAT'S TRUE ALL ACROSS THE METRO WE SEE EVEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY FROM OVERLAND PRAIRIE VILLAGE WE HAVE VACANCIES UP TO FOUR TIMES HIGHER THAN EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IF IT'S TOUGH TO RECRUIT POLICE OFFICERS DURING THIS POLARIZING TIME WHAT ABOUT TEACHERS YOUR CHILDREN WILL NOT HAVE THE AMAZING TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE GONE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS SENATE GREENLIGHTING A PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS THAT WILL REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS EVERY LESSON PLAN TEST BOOK LIST MAGAZINE ARTICLE OR HANDOUT THE TEACHERS PROVIDE THEIR STUDENTS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY CALLS IT THE TEACHER DEMORALIZATION ACT SUPPORTERS SAY IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY THE PARENTS DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT BUT WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE ON TEACHERS DEAR TEACHERS ARE TIRED OKAY AS THE DAUGHTER OF A TEACHER LET ME JUST BACK UP THAT INFORMATION IN MOST DISTRICTS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE YOU CAN CHECK YOUR KIDS GRADES YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE READING LIST IS YOU CAN READ THE BOOKS ALONGSIDE YOUR KIDS HERE'S MY FRUSTRATION ONCE AGAIN WE'RE PLAYING THIS GAME OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS OOH THE BIG BAD EDUCATORS ARE TRYING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THINGS WE DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT I WOULD ASK ALL OF THESE PARENTS WHO ARE UP IN ARMS ABOUT SOME PERCEIVED OR CONJURED UP THREAT TELL ME THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING YOU'VE BEEN TO WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOGGED ON TO THE PORTAL TO SEE WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE READING AND WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN CLASS THERE'S BEEN NO GAME TO TRY TO HIDE WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING AND SO FOR ME THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE IS WE'RE MAKING TEACHERS OUT TO BE THE ENEMIES HERE WHEN REALLY WE NEED TO BE AT OUR SCHOOL BOARDS ADVOCATING FOR THE CURRICULUM WAY WAY WAY BEFORE WE GET TO THIS POINT IT'S JUST INSANITY IT IS AN ISSUE THAT'S GAINING RESONANCE NOT JUST HERE OF COURSE BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY MICHAEL MAHONEY AND GOVERNOR UM KELLY EVEN THOUGH SHE SAYS THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS ABOUT DEMORALIZATION ACT FOR TEACHERS SHE HASN'T SAID SHE'S GOING TO VETO THIS MEASURE IS SHE FEELING THE SQUEEZE THIS ELECTION YEAR TOO BECAUSE SHE'S SEEKING RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE ISSUE THAT SHE WANTS TO DIE ON UM YEAH SHE'S FEELING A SQUEEZE ON IT BECAUSE IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE UH CLASSROOM HAS NOW BECOME ONE OF THE MAJOR REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS NOT JUST IN KANSAS BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THIS STARTED WITH UH THE SUCCESSFUL UH UH RUN FOR UH GLENN YOUNKIN IN VIRGINIA WHEN HE WON THE GOVERNORSHIP UH BACK IN NOVEMBER THIS IS GONNA BE A CAMPAIGN ISSUE UH DEAR MENTIONS THAT A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO PARENTS NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TYPES OF ARTICLES ARE BEING TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOL OR OR ANYTHING ELSE THE CURRICULUM YOU CAN ASK FOR IT NOW PETE SO IS THIS MEASURE THIS PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS MORE SYMBOLIC THAN SUBSTANTIVE WHAT WHAT REALLY CHANGES IT IS MORE UH SYMBOLIC IN NATURE THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT I MEAN PARENTS WHO WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR KIDS THINGS AND TO BOTH MY COLLEAGUES POINTS THIS REALLY DID START AROUND COVET RIGHT KIDS STARTED COMING HOME AND PARENTS MAYBE SAW SOME THINGS NOT THAT IT WAS WIDESPREAD BUT YOU KNOW THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT KIDS WERE BRINGING HOME THEY WERE SAYING THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT LED TO UH GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS ON THINGS LIKE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT ENGAGED PEOPLE AND THAT KIND OF LED US TO THIS POINT UH TODAY UM AND I WILL ADD AS WELL AS SOMEONE WHO IS UH THE SON OF SOMEONE WHO WAS A TEACHER YOU KNOW YOU BRING THIS UP AND YOU SAY OKAY IF THERE'S NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT YOU KNOW AS AS SOMEONE WHO'S SENDING YOUR KID TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL THERE'S NOTHING TO HIDE THEN THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S IT'S DEMORALIZING IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM TO SAY HEY HERE'S WHAT YOUR KID'S LEARNING THIS WEEK I MEAN THIS THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY BASIC OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE THE POINT PETE THERE IS THAT AS DIA INDICATED A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION EXISTS RIGHT NOW IT'S ALREADY THERE NOW THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS BY THE WAY IS NOT STILL A SLAM DUNK IT DID NOT PASS THE SENATE WITH A VETO-PROOF MAJORITY SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY CAN STILL MIX THE MEASURE SHE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY THOUGH ON ANOTHER BIG ISSUE THAT'S NOW ONE STEP AWAY FROM LANDING ON HER DESK AND THAT'S A BAN ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING IN GIRLS SPORTS EITHER YOU BELIEVE THE SCIENCE OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY THAT BOYS AND GIRLS ARE DIFFERENT OR YOU DON'T WOMEN DESERVE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD FOR COMPETITION SOMETHING THE NCAA HAS CONTINUALLY DENIED THEM BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYING KICKBALL IN KINDERGARTEN ARE GOING TO BE AT RISK OF FORCED INTO GENITAL INSPECTIONS I WORRY ABOUT HOW HE'S GOING TO INTERPRET BILLS TELL HIM HE'S NOT A HUMAN THAT HE'S LESS THAN BECAUSE HE IDENTIFIES DIFFERENTLY THAN THE SEX ORGANS HE WAS ASSIGNED AT BIRTH THE BILL WHICH PASSED THE SENATE THIS WEEK WITH A VETO PROOF MAJORITY WOULD AFFECT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH COLLEGE SO WHAT PRACTICAL EFFECT WILL THIS BILL HAVE IF IT PASSES CAPTURING NATIONAL ATTENTION RIGHT NOW AS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SWIMMER LEAH THOMAS WHO JUST MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST TRANSGENDER WOMAN TO WIN AN NCAA SWIMMING COMPETITION IF THOMAS WAS AT KU OR K-STATE DAVE WOULD SHE HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FROM COMPETING WELL ONE ASSUME SO IF THIS BILL PASSES NICK UH BUT BUT YOUR BIGGER QUESTION IS THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION AND THE ANSWER OF COURSE IT'S VIRTUALLY HAS NO EFFECT ON 99.9 OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE IT HAS SURFACED AS A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR A VERY VERY SMALL SUBSECTION OF THE ELECTORATE AND THEY CARE A LOT ABOUT IT AND THAT'S WHY THIS KIND OF THING COMES UP OKAY DAVE YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS ONLY AFFECTS A SMALL PORTION OF THE POPULATION THAT'S TRUE HOWEVER IT DOES HAVE RESONANCE 62 PERCENT OF UH AMERICANS IN A GALLUP POLL THE LATEST POLL ON THIS UH SAYS THEY ONLY BELIEVE THAT TRANS ATHLETES SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO PLAY ON TEAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH AND BEFORE WE LOOK AT THAT JUST AS A PARTISAN ISSUE FOUR OUT OF TEN DEMOCRATS FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THIS YEAH THERE IS A SENSE OF FAIRNESS HERE UH WHAT I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT THIS UH THIS WHOLE ISSUE ABOUT UH TRANSGENDER SPORTS HAS ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE IN THE MISSOURI SENATE RACE AND VICKI HARTZLER HAS BEEN KICKED OFF TWITTER BECAUSE SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR A BAN ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES SHE WAS KICKED OFF SEVERAL WEEKS AGO SHE REMAINS KICKED OFF TWITTER AS SHE CAMPAIGNED WHAT HAPPENS NOW I MEAN IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE COURTS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND LINGER ON FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR DEAR WILL WE HAVE COMPANIES NOW WANTING TO BOYCOTT KANSAS WOULDN'T IT BE IRONIC IF THAT NEW COMPANY WANTING TO COME TO KANSAS WITH A BILLION DOLLARS INCENTIVE SAYS OH NO WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME NOW UH BECAUSE YOU JUST PASSED A TRANSGENDER UH BAN ON UH ATHLETES THERE ARE A FEW MORE STEPS AND HURDLES THAT IT HAS TO CLEAR TO TO COUNTERPOINT NOBODY'S GOING TO BE DOING GENITALS CHECKS OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS RIGHT THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE AND A FLAT OUT LIE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHEN IT DOES COME TO COLLEGE ATHLETES SCHOLARSHIPS UM WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE OLYMPICS FOR EXAMPLE IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE NAVIGATE THIS NOT ONLY AS A COUNTRY BUT AS A WORLD SO ON WHAT HAPPENS IN KANSAS WILL THE NCAA PETE THEN DECIDE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY COMPETITIONS IN KANSAS ANY LONGER I KNOW MISSOURI IS ALSO LOOKING AT A BAND THEY KNOW FAR ENOUGH ALONG AT THIS POINT IN TIME BUT WILL YOU HAVE THE NCAA SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME TO MISSOURI ANY LONGER PERHAPS THAT NEW FACEBOOK DATA CENTER COMING TO THE NORTHLAND FACEBOOK PARENT COMPANY WILL SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME THERE UH IF THIS BILL IS PASSED IT COULD I MEAN THAT'S WHAT SCARED OFF SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR CHRISTIE GNOME FROM A SIMILAR BILL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE NCAA DID MAKE SOME THREATS AND SHE KIND OF BACKED OFF AND CERTAINLY HER BASE WAS UH NOT THRILLED WITH THAT DECISION ALREADY AFTER A MULTIPLE SHOOTING AT OLATHE EAST HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN DEBATING WHETHER TO BAN SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS THE WEAPON USED IN THAT ATTACK NOW AFTER A MURDER AT A 600 A NIGHT AIRBNB IN SOUTHERN OVERLAND PARK ARE CITY LEADERS READY TO BAN SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROVIDERS YOU NEVER WANT TO THINK YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET KILLED BUT THIS JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE IDEA OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE THESE SHORT-TERM RENTALS NEAR YOU WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS IT CANNOT BE THAT YOU DON'T LIVE IN THAT PLACE YOU BUY A PLACE AND YOU ESSENTIALLY RUN A MOTEL THERE A SPATE OF VIOLENT EPISODES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAS PROMPTED A NUMBER OF CITIES TO BAN SHORT-TERM RENTALS NEW YORK STATE DOESN'T PERMIT HOMEOWNERS TO RENT OUT THEIR PROPERTIES FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS IF THE OWNER IS NOT ON SITE HERE IN THE METRO THE CITY OF LEEWARD BANS ALL AIRBNB AND VERBO RENTALS IS OVERLAND PARK ABOUT TO JOIN THEM PETE YOU HAD THE MAYOR OF OVERLAND PARK ON YOUR PROGRAM THIS WEEK IS HE READY FOR A BAN UH HE WOULDN'T COMMIT TO YOU KNOW THE SAME THING LEEWOOD'S GOT BUT CLEARLY THERE IS CONSENSUS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN OVERLAND PARK THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IT'S THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS PRIVATE YOU KNOW PROPERTY RIGHTS VERSUS WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF A COMMUNITY OR MUNICIPALITY SOMETHING WILL BE DONE THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT MORE RESTRICTIONS ARE COMING ON THIS ISSUE ACROSS OVERLAND PARK HOW FAR THEY GO HOW MUCH THEY DO UH HE WOULDN'T COMMIT TO HE WOULDN'T REALLY COMMENT ON BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY MEET HERE IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI DAVE SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE CITY IMPOSED NEW RESTRICTIONS UH THAT SOURCE TO TIGHTEN THE RULES GOVERNING AIRBNBS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND VRBOS AND THEN I SAW THE PITCH DID A FOLLOW-UP ARTICLE AND SAID THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ENFORCEMENT THEY JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF TO ENFORCE THE RULES RIGHT AND OF COURSE KNOWING UH PRECISELY WHO IS AND ISN'T RENTING THEIR HOUSES OUT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY WOULD PRESUMABLY BE FOR OVERLAND PARK AS WELL BUT THIS IS A REAL ISSUE I MEAN UM THE PROBLEM OF COURSE IS NOT RENTING HOMES BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU KNOW VISITING FROM DENVER AND WANT TO STAY IN SOME PLACE IN KANSAS CITY IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE RENTING THESE HOUSES OUT FOR WEEKEND PARTIES AND THAT TYPE OF THING WHICH IS APPARENTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN OVERLAND PARK YOU KNOW AND HOW MUCH DO THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS ACTUALLY WORK NOW GO ONLINE AND YOU CAN SEE DOZENS OF SITES PROMISING TO GIVE YOU THE SECRETS ON HOW YOU CAN GET AROUND ANY OF THESE CITY RULES DO YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL BUT SOME OF THE HOA OR THE CONDO ASSOCIATION OR SOMEONE IS TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW EVEN IF YOU PUT RULES IN PLACE AREN'T MANY PROPERTY OWNERS THEY'RE GOING TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN AND NOT FOLLOW THE RULES YEAH FOR THE EXACT REASON DAVE JUST MENTIONED RIGHT I MEAN CODE ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL IN EVERY CITY IN THE METRO UM IS SWAMPED WITH THE NORMAL THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND SO A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES HAVE TRIED TO PUT IN PROVISIONS HOMEOWNERS DO LIKE NO PARTIES BUT ULTIMATELY WHO'S SHOWING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS INDEED THE CASE UM I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT IN OVERLAND PARK BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THEY DON'T EVEN LIKE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS LET ALONE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL CAN I JUST SAY QUICKLY THE REASON YOU DON'T HAVE CODE INSPECTORS IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS BECAUSE ALL OF YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S VERY TRUE AND VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS COUNTRY AND 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 MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES TO DISTRACT MOST KANSAS CITIANS AND CHIEFS FANS GOBSMACKED AS THE TEAM'S FASTEST PLAYER HEADS FOR THE EXIT DOORS TYREK HILL TRADED TO THE DOLPHINS HOLY IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT IS IT YOUR VIEW THAT SOCIETY IS TOO HARD ON SEX OFFENDERS WITH JUST A WEEK BEFORE CANDIDATES HAVE TO FILE FOR OFFICE STILL NO CONGRESSIONAL MAP IN MISSOURI MORE WORKOUTS AT STARBUCKS STORES IN KANSAS CITY A FOURTH METRO AREA LOCATION NOW TRYING TO UNIONIZE FED UP WITH HIGH GAS PRICES MISSOURI MAY HAVE YOUR BACK LAWMAKERS PUSHING FORWARD WITH A GAS TAX HOLIDAY COULD SAVE YOU AS MUCH AS 20 CENTS A GALLON AND THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG VANDALS DAMAGING KANSAS CITY'S NEW HEART SCULPTURES YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES PETE OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WELL WHEN YOU SPEND A SHOW NICK TALKING ABOUT SPOUSAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AND HOW TO STOP HOMICIDES AND DEFINING MEN AND WOMEN YOU'VE GOT TO LIGHTEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT IT'S MARCH MADNESS TIME VILLANOVA WILDCATS GETTING READY FOR SWEET 16 HOPEFULLY ELITE EIGHT AND UH WE'RE READY TO ROCK SO LET'S GO UH MARCH MADNESS GOOD WEEKEND HOPEFULLY FOR K.U AHEAD AS WELL AND SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT WE ALL GOTTA YOU KNOW TAKE A BREATHER ONCE IN A WHILE DEAR NO MY HORNED FROGS WERE ROBBED SO I'M ANTI-MARCH MADNESS GO TEASE YOU MY STORY FOR THE WEEK IS ACTUALLY NOT LOCAL BUT UM AS A BLACK WOMAN I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WHAT IT MEANT TO SEE KATANJI BROWN JACKSON AND HER CONFIRMATION HEARINGS THIS WEEK UM YOU LOOK AT A WOMAN WHO REALLY REPRESENTS THE BEST OF THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS COMPOSED I THOUGHT SHE HANDLED HERSELF WELL AND I THINK SHE WOULD BE UH REALLY HISTORIC FOR THIS COUNTRY AND IT DID HAVE A LOCAL CONNECTION BECAUSE YOU DID HAVE MISSOURI SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY DO A LOT OF INTERROGATION OF HER MICHAEL MAHONEY THIS GAS TAX HOLIDAY STORY IS SOMETHING TO WATCH BECAUSE UH MISSOURI IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO INCREMENTALLY INCREASE ITS GAS TAX OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND A GAS TAX HOLIDAY WHICH WOULD BE VERY POPULAR WITH MOTORISTS WOULD UH WOULD COMPLICATE THAT DAVE LAST WEEK QUIETLY THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS MET FOR TWO HOURS WITH UH MAYOR QUENTIN LUCAS THE SUBJECT WAS DOWNTOWN BASEBALL UH THAT UH PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AT ALL DELIBERATE SPEED THAT REALLY WAS QUIET AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED COURTESY OF DEAR WALL FROM 41 NEWS MICHAEL MAHONEY FROM CHANNEL 9 6 TO 10 WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND DAVE HELLING OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN OUR SHOW FALLS ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY AND THAT'S NO JOKE WE'LL SEE YOU THEN OH AND BY THE WAY FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY BBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON