Donnybrook
January 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 2 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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January 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 2 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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GREAT GREAT TO HAVE WENDY WIESE FROM THE BIG 550 KTRS BACK ON THE PANEL WHERE SHE BELONGS AFTER A ONE WEEK ABSENCE BILL MCCLELLAN IS WITH US FROM THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH.
COLUMN ON SUBSTACK.
AND ST. LOUIS AMERICAN ALVIN REID WHERE HE WRITES A GREAT COLUMN IN THE SPORTS SECTION AND EDITS THE NEWS.
THANK YOU SO ARTIST CANDACE FROM CANDACE FINE ART.COM WHO PROVIDED THE ARTWORK THAT YOU WILL SEE FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR SO WEEKS ABOVE THE MAN TELL BEHINMANTEL BEHIND ME.
THERE IS SWEET MEAT, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LOGOS, AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY HAS A NEW LOGO, AND IT'S -- I THINK WE CAN SHOW IT TO OUR VIEWERS RIGHT HER IT'S A LOGO TH RIBBONS OF RIVERS, AND SAM PAGE AND THE STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS THIS WEEK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCED THAT T COUNTY LOGO GOING FORW THE COUNTY SPENT $90,000 FOR WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT THERE.
YOUR OPINIONS?
>> FIRST I UNDERSTAND REBRANDING AND NEW LOGOS, AND I HAVE DONE THAT AT NEWSPAPERS THAT I HAVE WORKED AT AND DOING THAT F TIME THAT I WAS WORKING THERE.
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE $90,000.
THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR BUT I FEEL LIKE THE LOGO LOOKS LIKE THE FLORIDA PART OF NUCLEAR REACTION KIND OF THING LIKE A SPLIT ATOM KIND OF DEAL.
I JUST DON'T LIKE IT.
I WISH I HAD GOT TO SEE SOME THE OTHER CHOICES AND MAYBE GOT TO VOICE MY OPINION AS TO WHAT MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER CHOICES WERE.
AMOUNT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KN ARE PAYING THESE DAYS, BUT THAT'S MORE THAN THE PRICE OF FULL-TIME ART DIRECTOR FOR A YEAR.
ONLY THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, OUR GOVERNMENT I SHOULD SAY, AND SERIOUSLY, I WANT TO SAY NOT ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS BUT MOST 90,000 WOULD DO A FULL-TIME ART DIRECTOR FOR A YEAR.
I GOT A D PLUS, AND I SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR ANALYSIS, BUT I GUESS THAT IS IN THE EYES.
>> P ON THE STATIONARY AND PUTTING IT ON VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
$90,000.
>> IT DOESN'T SAY WE COUNTY WITH A GREAT FUTURE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE LOGOS, I LIKE JINGLES.
>> BOY, ARE YOU DATING YOURSELF NOW.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL MOVE ANY NEEDLE.
>> JENNIFER AND I DID, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE POINTED OUT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A POT FEW PEOPLE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A GIRL SCOUT COOKIE.
AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT TO ME.
SOMETHING OR OTHER.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT MY PERSON IS?
THIS WEEK IT'S BEEN REPORTED AGAIN THAT SAM PAGE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN WITHHOLDING FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH ARE IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO WORTHY NOT-FOR-PROFITS WHICH ARE THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT GREAT WORK IN ST. LOUI HE'S HOLDING THAT MONEY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HE FINDS $90,000 FOR THIS LOGO.
I'M ON A NOT-FOR-PRO 501(C)(3) AND RECENTLY HAD THE LOGO DONE TO THE TUNE OF $1,00 $1,000.
>> I CAN TELL YOU HERE.
>> THERE IS NO BUSINESS THAT WOULD INVEST $90,0 EVEN IF IT WAS THE BEST LOGO IN HISTORY.
>> I LOVE FRANCE, BUT MY GOODNESS, THIS CITY WAS FOUNDED BY THE FRENCH IN 1764.
WHAT'S OUR CONNECTION NOW?
WHY ARE WE USING A FRE BOLSYMBOLFOR OUR LOGO?
>> I COULD GO THERE.
>> HISTORY, THOUGH.
>> I HATE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO DOUG MOORE.
HE WAS ON WITH HEIDI THIS AFTERNOON.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO BR COUNTY.
DO WE?
DO WE REALLY?
THEY WILL BE PERUSING THROUGH THEIR MAGAZINES AND SEE A LITTLE LOGO AND SAY EUREKA.
I DON'T GET IT.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BRAND IT, ASK YOURSELF WHAT DO WE WANT TO BRAND OURSELVES AS?
DO WE WANT T A PLACE TO BRING YOUR TECH FIRM OR GROW IN THIS WAY?
WANT TO DEVELOP IN THI WHAT SAYS THE FUTURE?
>> SWEET MEAT.
ST. WORTH ANY BOUNTY.
THAT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> WE HAVE GOT TO MOVE ON.
TOPIC NO.
2, AND I'M GOING T CHEAT BY USING NOTES HERE.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE B ALDERMEN, MEGAN AGREE, THROUGH A PORTAL DESIGNED TO GATHER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, ON H CITY SHOULD SPEND $250 MILLION IT RECEIVED IN A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WITH THE ST. LOUIS RAMS AND NFL, SHE'S ASKING PEOPLE TO WEIGH IN ONLINE AND VOTE FOR ANY NUMBER OF 20 POSSIBILITIES AS TO WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO.
LET ME R ONLY HAVE A HALF HOUR.
ESTABLISH A REVO REDEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND, ESTABLISH A GRANT OFFICE, REPLACEMENT OF WATER MAINS, YOUTH DRIVERS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.
TRAFFIC COUNTING AND PEDESTRIAN STREET DESIGN, AND SHE HAS AFTER CARE FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES.
SHE ALSO HAS SOME RECREATION ALPHA SILTS.
WHERE ARE YOU CASTIN >> IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THIS IS AMATEUR HOUR.
I'M SORRY.
THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS TOWN ACROSS THE BOARD, WE GOT THIS MONEY IN NOVEMBER OF '21.
IT TOOK A FULL YEAR, A FULL YEAR FOR THE VICTIMS TO DIVIDE UP WHAT WAS 250 TO THE CITY AND 169 TO THE COUNTY AND 70 TO THE RG.
IT TOOK A FULL YEAR TO DO THAT, AND NOW IT'S TAKEN 14 MONTHS.
ANYBODY IN JAPAN COULD VOTE ON THIS THING.
IF YOU ARE GOING CITY ELECTION, YOU WANT TO HAVE AN ELECTION FOR SOME RESERVE, VOTE REFERENDUM, YOU PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
PROBABLY ALL VOTE THREE TI IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, AND THIS IS A CITY THAT THIS FRIDAY THEY ARE GOING TO BE WEIGHING IN ON THE MIDDLE EAST.
THIS IS LIKE -- I'M SURE THE MIDDLE EAST IS ON HOME TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY BOARD OF ALDERMEN THINK ABOUT IT.
>> I DON'T REALLY SEE THE ANGER ON THIS.
IT'S AN EF PEOPLE WANT.
YOU FOR A LONG TIME SUGGES THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AT THE HARTMANN MENTAL HEALTH CENTER.
>> IT'S AN >> OKAY.
THERE'S SOME -- THAT PED SAFETY, THAT OTHER CORRELATION, THAT COULD BE TURNED INT 55 POLICE OFFICERS.
THERE THAT THE CITY COULD WORK WITH.
WANT.
YOU DO WANT YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING.
PEOPLE AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED.
>> ONE OF THE 20 CHOICES COULD HAVE BEEN PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S WHA LOT.
INTO SOME OF THOSE.
>> IF YOU CENTERS WITH POOLS THAT AR THROUGH SEPTEMBER MAYBE, KIDS ARE GOING TO >> AND WE ARE GOING TO HIRE SOME POLICE OFFICERS SO WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A POLICE OFFICER AVAILABLE TO THE REC CENTERS, BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE G TO DO THAT IS HIRE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS, IT WOULDN'T GET ANY VOTES.
SO I GET IT.
>> I'M THINKING ALDERMEN PRESIDENT, THINKING OF FORMER MAYORS, AND I'M THI IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, THAT MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE ALREADY.
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE.
> >> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT.
>> THIS WEEK THERE WAS AN ECONOMIC SUMMIT -- NOT AN ECONOMIC SUMMIT, A CRIME SUMMIT THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE CITY AND REMINDED ME FOUR YEARS AGO WE HAD A CRIME SUMMIT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE PRE OF THE BOARD OF SINCE WE HAD THE CRIME SUMMIT TWO OF THE PARTICIPANTS AR EITHER NOW IN JA JAIL.
MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT INAPPROPRIATELY EARLIER.
>> I AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR, HOW ABOUT THE COU EXECUTIVE?
>> THEY HAVE NO LEADERSHIP SKILL.
YOU PUT FOURTH YOUR AGENDA.
IT DIDN'T TAKE ME A YEAR TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA.
IT WAS IDEA CITY, COUNTY, SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE O THAT WAS THE IDEA, AND IT TOOK ME A MONTH OR TWO WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO DIVIDE IT UP.
WHERE IS THE CITY, COUNTY?
>> THEY HAVE TO SPEND TIME THE PORTAL AND TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY ARE TRYIN KIDS TO SCHOOL.
PROBLEMS.
LEADERS LEAD.
>> H ST. LOUIS?
>> QUICK TIMEOUT, SPEAKING O CRIME, WE LOST RICK ROSEN FELD.
BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM, WE WILL REMEMBER HIM THROUGH HIS OWN WORDS.
OKAY.
I THINK IT WAS YOU, BILL MCCLELLAN.
DENUNSIATION BY THE CLAYTON SCHOOLS TO BUY T CALERES APPRAISED AT 35.$5 MILLION.
CAME OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DID ERR IN COMMUNICATING POORLY, SO THE SCHOOL BOARD APOLOGIZED BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY SAID, THE DISTRICT ANYWAY, THAT THERE'S ANOTHER USE FOR THE SCHOOL THIS THEY DIDN' AND IT COULD BE SECURITY AND IT COULD BE BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE REAL WORLD.
ARE YOU BUYI >> CLAYTON HIGH IS AN OPEN CANVASS AS I RECALL.
SO THE KIDS GO OFF AND THEY CAN GO DOWNTOWN FOR LUNCH IF THEY WANT, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED A BUFFER.
THE INTERESTING TO M CLAYTON SCHOOL DISTRICT USED TO BE ALMOST LIKE THE ZOO.
PEOPLE WOULDN'T CRITICIZE IT.
NOW IT'S LIKE A REVOLT.
YOU ARE LEADING A RENEGADE GROUP, CONDO OWNERS, THE BUSINESSMEN, THE POLITICIANS.
IT'S LIKE A BRAWL IN THE ART MUSEUM.
BILL MCCLELLAN SPEAKS, WITH THE GREAT PASSION THAT YOU DID WEEK, YOU BROUGHT THE CLAYTON SCHOOLS TO THEIR KNEES >> NO, I DID NOT.
>> I THINK THAT' I ON SUBSTACK TOMORROW.
TALKED JOHN GUNTHER.
>> HE WROTE A LETTER "DONNYBROOK" LAST WEEK.
>> HE DID?
>> YES, HE DID.
HE'S A >> THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, ST. LOUIS CHAPTER, VERY WELL SPOKEN GUY AND HE FEELS IT OUGHT TO BE EXAMINED AS TO WHETHER THE BUILDING THAT BEARS CALERES NAME HAS HIS HISTORICAL VALUE THAT SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
THE LARGER POINT IS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SLOW THEIR ROLL A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW IT'S LIKE END TIMES AND CLAYTON OVER A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
REALLY, BUT IT'S NOT THAT BIG A PROBLEM.
PROPERTY.
I-70.
ESTATE.
THAT LETS YOU GO TO THE EAST.
>> IT'S GENERATING TAXES.
IF IT'S OWNED BY THE S WON'T GENERATE ANY MONEY.
>> LET'S SAY THEY DO IT, BUT IT'S CLOSING AS AN OFF BUILDING.
ANYBODY STUDIED HOW MANY GET TO CANNIBALIZE ALL THE OTHERS IN CLAYTON FOR IT?
IT'S N WE OUGHT TO LOOK A AS AN EXAMPLE.
>> YOU ARE ALWAYS THE REPUBLICANS ARE ALLERGIC REVENUE.
WHY REVENUE, AND HERE IS CLAYTON SAYING WE WANT REVENUE FROM THIS PROPERTY.
REFUSE VIEW?
IF IT'S GOING TO DO TO CAFE IN NAPOLI.
>> MAYBE IT WILL BE AN APPLE STORE.
>&g >> HAVE YOU BEEN TO BRENTWOOD LATELY?
SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT CORPORAL WELFARE.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN OPPONENT OF CORPORAL WELFARE.
>> BUSINESSES.
REVENUE WHATSOEVER.
>> YOU ARE OKAY ON THIS >> YES BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS ONE WERE TAKING IT OFF THE T ROLLS.
>> I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF TAX SUBSIDIES.
YEAR VERSUS 0, I WILL TAKE A MILLION 100,000.
>> TO ITS CREDIT HAD A GREAT HISTORY OF FIGHTING OFF CORPORAL WELFARE.
VOTED AGAINST THE NONSENSE.
>> SHE VOTED AGAINST IT AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE THE DEAL.
>> THE >> TRIED TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN BUT THEY LOST.
>> THEY EVERYBODY WANTS CORPORATE WELFARE.
THE PROPERTY RATE.
>> I FORGOT.
>> WE DON'T DEVOTE THIS MUCH TIME TO WAR BREAKING OUT.
>> WE SHOULD GET BACK TO THE LOGO.
BOUNTY.
EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AN BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING ON JANUARY 17th FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
ABOUT WESLEY BELL'S CHIEF OF STAFF.
PROSECUTOR.
CHIEF OF STAFF S MORE THASAM ALTON WORKINGPART SHOULD BE FOCUSED DIRECTLY AND SOLELY ON HIS JOB WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
WHAT SAY YOU.
>> I L BUT I HAVE MISGIVINGS ABOUT SOMEBODY HAVING ALL THE DIFFERENT JOBS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES.
WITH THE NEWSPAPER DOING THE $650,000 THING WHERE THAT'S OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
I THOUGHT THAT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR TO SAY, BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS THE HEADLINE THAT HE MADE THAT IN A YEAR, I THOUGHT.
BUT I THINK IT'S GONE ON FOR A FULL-TIME COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO HAVE ALL THE >> I WISH THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THAT, TECHNICALLY YOU ARE SAYING THAT OKAY YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER JOB OTHER THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
WORKS WHO FIXES THE, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES, THE LANDSCAPING THAT HE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER JOB.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BUT I WILL SAY THAT I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THIS DUDE BREAX LIKE $600,000 LAST YEAR.
THEN WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN, I DON'T HAVE AS BIG A PROBLEM WITH IT.
HIGHLY OF SAM ALTON.
>> HE'S A VERY GOOD GUY.
>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
I DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE DETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY -- WOULDN'T SAY HOW MUCH.
WOULDN'T SAY HOW MUCH AND WHO PAID HIM BASICALLY.
THIS IS -- WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, AND IT WAS PRETT SHODDY.
IF IT WAS 600 GRAND I WO NO.
60, IT'S R FOR SAM ALTON IT'S ALL PUBLIC MONEY, PUBLIC RECORD.
THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY.
STORY.
HE'S COMPETENT, IT'S A CHEAP SHOT.
HITTING WHATEVER IT IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
>> WHAT IS IT YOUR DAD SAID?
>> I TRY NOT TO BEGRUDGE.
>> 65 THAT'S COOL, BUT 600, OH, NO.
GUESS.
PANEL EVERYONE I A SIDE GIG, RIGHT?
>> I DON'T WORK FOR THE PIEWNS MUNICIPALITY.
>> WE SAID WENDY WIESE.
>> WENDY, THERE ARE SOME STATES WHICH ARE THREATENING TO TAKE DONALD TRUMP OFF THE BALLOT 2024.
FOR MISSOURI, SAID THAT'S FAIR FOR SOME STATES.
MAYBE I WILL TAKE JOE BIDEN OF THE BALLOT IN MISSOURI.
COULD HE DO THAT?
SHOULD HE DO T >> FIRST OF ALL, I THOUGHT IT SOUNDED VERY MUCH LIKE TIT FOR TAT, AND WHEN HE WAS INTERVIEWED ON CNN, HE WAS LITTLE -- I THI HE WAS KIND OF A LITTLE SHORT ON THE FACTS IN TERMS OF DEFENDING HIS CASE.
ACCORDING TO MISSOURI IN 2014, HE IS NOT EVEN CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ONLY THE COURTS CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE OF A MISSOURI HOUSE CANDIDATE AND THEN SECRETARY OF STATE.
ON CNN.
I'M SURE HE WA I'M NOT AT ALL A FAN OF KICKING DONALD TRUMP OFF THE BALLOT.
I THINK IT'S STU I WOULD SAY THIS IS IS WHAT THIS IS.
THERE'S NO SUBSTANCE.
THE FACT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT NATIONALLY HE'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AGAINST I THINK A NORMAL REPUBLICAN AND HE NEEDS MAGA TIME, AND IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET IT.
THERE'S NO S >> I THINK THAT HE WAS MAKING A VALID POINT, AND I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT A TRUMP SUPPORTER.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN KICK SOMEBODY OFF A BALLOT FOR ALLEGATIONS, BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO EASY YOU CAN MAKE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ANYBODY.
I THINK WHEN ASHCROFT SAYS IF THEY CAN DO THAT, THEN I CAN DO -- I THINK HE'S MAKING A GOOD POINT.
I DID SAY -- I FORGOT WH TOPIC WAS LAST WEEK.
IF THEY DIDN'T DO SO STUFF DOWN THERE, THEN WHEN THEY DID SOMETHING THAT I CAN GET WHAT ESSAYING, IT HAS MORE CREDENCE.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHY HE'S DO IT.
OF MISSOURI ARE PAYING HIM TO WORK FOR DONALD TRUMP AND FOR MAGA.
GENERAL?
DONALD TRUMP.
>> HOLD YOUR MOMENT.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOSS OF RICK ROSENFELD.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST.
THE PROGRAM.
IN FACT SEGMENTS.
THAT IMPOVERISHED AREAS GENERATE CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE AND THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE.
WHAT IS ALSO TRUE IS THA LEVELS OF VIOLENCE EXACERBATE AND IN EFFECT SOLIDIFY POVERTY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIGH OF VIOLENCE LOSES POPULATION.
THE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE ARE THE PEOPLE WITH BETTER P THEY LEAVE BEHIND A MORE IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, MORE VULNERABLE TO HIGH LEV VIOLENCE.
OF VIOLENCE DOES NOT ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT.
OF COURSE WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE 8 BALL AND REDU POVERTY IN ORDER IN THE LONG RUN TO REDUCE VIOLENCE.
BUT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE WE HAVE TO BRING DOWN LEVELS OF VIOLENCE SO THAT COMMUNITIES ARE NOT CONTINUALLY EMPTIED OUT AND BECOME MORE IMPOVERISHED, MORE VULNERABLE AS A RESULT.
>> RICHARD ROSENFELLED, WE LOST HIM THIS WEEK AT THE AGE OF 75.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.
LET'S GO T SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM.
MY HUSBAND AND I MET ALVIN R THIS EVENING.
INDIVIDUAL.
IRELAND.
BUT THEY ARE AFRAID THEY WILL GET KILLED BY A TORNADO OR GET SHOT.
LOUIS.
HAS "DONNYBROOK" NEXT UP BEEN CANCELED?
BUT NEXT UP WAS THE NEXT BEST THING, AND A HALF HOUR SHOW JUST ISN'T ENOUGH.
AND KU EXCELLENT OPEN LETTER TO THE CLAYTON SCHOOL DIS VERY FUNNY JESSE ADAMS CLAYTON.
WENDY WASN'T HERE BUT I MISPRONOUNCED KUDOS AGAIN.
TRAIN TRAVEL FROM HERE TO KANSAS CITY IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN DRIVING, TOO BAD MORE MISSOURIANS HAVEN'T DISCOVERED IT.
REDUCTION IN CRIME IN ST. LOUIS.
MAYOR TISHAURA JONES, AND GABE GORE AND CHIEF TRACY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN A VERY DIFFICULT CLIMATE AND THE PROOF IS IN THE RESULTS AND YOU CAN WRITE US HERE ON NINE PBS 3655 OL VIF STREET ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
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KICKER.
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GUESS AREN'T TRACEABLE TO MAKE COMMENTS ONLINE THAT ARE POSITIVE ABO YOU FAULT HIM FOR >> THAT'S KIND OF A NO, NO.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
AND HE'S STANDING UP FOR HIS DAD.
>> IF I WAS GETTING PILLARED I WOULD LOOK AT MY SON AND GO JACK, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING SOMETHING?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
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