Donnybrook
January 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 3 | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Alvin Reid debates with Wendy Wiese, Joe Holleman, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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Alvin Reid debates with Wendy Wiese, Joe Holleman, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> "DONNYBROOK" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY TH BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND THE NINE PBS.
>> WELL, THE DALLAS COWBOYS SEASON CAME TO A AN ABRUPT END AND SOMEHOW I'M SITTING HERE WITH TWO GREEN BAY PACKER FANS.
FILLING IN FOR CHARLIE BRENNAN.
HOPEFULLY YOU ARE STAYING WARM BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO GET COLD AGAIN.
SHOW HERE ON THIS THURSDAY EVENING.
KTRS.
MCCLELLAN FROM THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH AND ANOTHER FOUNDER AND RAY HARTMANN, AND ALREADY GIVEN ME MUCH GRIEF ABOUT MY DALLAS COWBOYS.
TALKING ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.
AND IS GOING TO AT LEAST KEEP DIAMOND AFLOAT FOR A WHILE.
STATUS QUO FOR WATCHING CARDINALS GAMES BUT ALWAYS WE WILL HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO WATCH OUR BELOVED CARDINALS.
WENDY, ARE YOU G MORE MONEY TO WATCH CARDINALS.
>> YES, WE WILL.
THAT IS A NE IT'S NOT A LUXUR I THINK WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW WITH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS GAME EXCLUSIVELY ON PEACOCK BECAUSE FRANKLY I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED, KNOWING WHAT WE DO ABOUT MAJOR LEAG WHETHER IT'S BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG.
BUT TH AND WEAPONIZE.
AS YOU SAID, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE AMAZON INFUSION THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH A BANKRUPTCY COURT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO BE FIRM AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, I SAY ENJOY IT WHILE YOU HAVE GOT IT.
>> IS THIS C CHIEFS RED?
>> THIS IS CHI >> I REFUSE TO GET PE WE ARE A CHIEFS HOUSEHOLD.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT WAY.
>> IT'S INTERESTING.
I'M WI I'M SOMEBODY BOYCOTT AMAZON, BUT I'M A PRIME MEMBER ANYWAY, WHICH DOESN'T SPEAK WELL WITH ME.
WHEN YOU THI AMAZON DOES TO COMMUNITIES, THE BRICKS AND MORTAR, THIS IS A TINY TIP OF AN ICEBERG.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CARDINALS OR NOT, TALK THAT YOU HEAR FROM PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, INCLUDING PUTTING THE FANS FIRST, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
IT COMES TO THEIR BROADCAST RIGHTS BY DOLLARS AHEAD OF ANY CONSIDERATION OF FAN LOYALTY.
>> I GREW UP IN CHICAGO, CO URSE.
WGN SHOWED THOSE CUB GAMES FREE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I GOT SO SPOILED BY THAT THAT I'M NOW AN MLB SUBSCRIBER FOR THE CUBS.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY GAMES.
FOR THE CUBS.
>&g SUBSCRIBE BECAUSE I'M WITH THE CARDINALS LIKE BIL CUBS, GREW UP, GREW UP WITH THEM.
GOING TO BE PRICE CONSCIENCE.
BECAUSE THE ONE THING I HAVE FOUND OUT, AND I WHENEVER I HAVE THE GAMES AVAILABLE, SOMETIMES I L TAKING AN OLD TRANSIST TURN ON THE RADIO, HAVE A COCKTAIL OR SODA AND SIT OUTSI AND LISTEN TO THE GAME FREE ON THE RADIO, WHICH I STI IS THE BEST WAY TO LISTEN TO THE BASEBALL GAME, ON THE RADIO.
>> STILL CAN'T SEE WITH A SODA.
>> IT HAS HAPP >> WHY YOU ARE WAITING TO AMAZON TO DELIVER A 12 PACK OF BEER.
>> I SHOULD NOTE, IN ADDITION TO BEING A LATE COMING CHEESE HEAD, I'M ALSO A LATE COMER TO BE A STRONG CHIEFS FAN.
SO I ROOT FO CHIEFS IN THE SUPER BOWL, AND I DID SPRING FOR THE 6 BUCKS, BUT I INTEND TO CANCEL THAT.
>> YOU CAN DO THAT, TOO.
BY DEFINITION, WE DO PAY TO SEE THE CARDINALS ON TELEVISION.
BECAUSE THE ONLY W THAT PACKAGE IS BA CABLE OR DIRECT TV WHICH WE HAVE.
DON'T -- ONCE YOU TAKE IT OFF OF THAT PACKAGE AND NOW I H PAY INDIVIDUALLY, THAT'S WHERE YOU LOSE ME, AND NOW HER ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN, BUT WHEN THEY TOOK THE CUBS OFF WGN E DAY, I WAS UPSET WITH THE CUBS.
>> HEART BROKEN.
>> WHAT'S SO INTERESTING TO ME, THOUGH, ABOUT THE PEOPLE HOLDING OUT HOPE AND T IT'S THE CARDINALS, AND THIS WILL BE CARDINAL RED AS WE ARE BACK IN SEASON, BUT WE ARE THE TOWN THAT WAS LEFT AT THE ALTER B BY STAN.
AND IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
>> I REACHED THAT CONC SOMEWHERE IN THE '70s.
HAD A BIG RED GAME, FIRST GAME I HAD EVER WENT TO IN PERSON, FOOTBALL GAME.
THESE BIG ORANGE GLOVES ON AND HOLD HIS HANDS UP.
I SAID WHAT HE SAID THAT'S A T THAT SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME EVERYTHI ABOUT SPORTS.
I WAS NOW THE TELEVISION STATIONS ARE CALLING TIMEOUT.
>> WHO I WOULD GO TO THE BIG RED GAMES WITH, PRIMARILY TO SEE THE COWBOYS, ALBERT, AND THAT'S HOW I GOT MY LESSON.
MEANWHILE IN CLAYTON, THE DEBATE GOES ON.
WHAT SHALL WE DO PROPERTY WHERE THE OLD B SHOE COMPANY USED TO BE AT?
LAST WEEK IT WAS GOING TO BE A MOAT WITH ALLIGATORS IN IT TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS.
NOW DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE BATTLE GOES ON.
IT.
>> I WILL DO THE DISCLOSURES.
I'M THE PARENT OF A CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND RECENT GRAD.
AND 10 DAYS FROM NOW, IT WIL 47 YEARS THAT I STARTED MY FIRST BUSINESS ON 110 SOUTH CENTRAL WHICH IS NOW THE SITE OF THE COUNTY JAIL.
I'M NOT THERE.
I HAVE A CONNECTION TO CLAYTON AND HAVE SEEN IT DEVELOP OVER TIME.
DID, AND I THINK BILL MCCLELLAN MADE A GREAT CASE AND SAID IT, LINKED TO IT HERE ON OUR SHOW IN HIS COLUMN, THAT THIS WAS MISHANDLED, AND I THINK YOU CAN COUNT THAT AS DEAD.
THAT SAID, I THINK CLAYTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE NINE ADJACENT ACRES IS THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IF IT'S A GRADE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT SO IS KIRKWOOD, SO IS FRANCIS HOWELL.
IF ANY OF THEM ACQUIRED 9 ACRES I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE THIS.
BOARD MADE A POINT LAST NIGHT, THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO USE, AND I DON'T THI THEY NEED TO KNOW YET, ARE GOING TO DECIDE WHAT THEY NEED TO USE, AND THEY THE REMAINING TO DEVELOPERS WHO CAN PUT IT BACK ON THE AND THAT IS A RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO.
IT IT'S BUYING IT TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF THEIR EDUCATION.
I THINK IT'S A VER TAKE.
THE POSNIGHT.THE POST DISPATCH ST ORY ON IT.
I THINK ABOUT 20% THERE TO PROTEST ANYWAY.
BUT I THINK EVERYBODY CONDUCTED THEMSELVES WELL.
I'M NOT QUESTIONING AN MOTIVES.
PURCHASE.
ARTICLE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD MEMBER ARE WE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS UNANNOUNCED WE ARE GOING TO BUY THE NINE ACRES.
WE ARE NOT DISCLOSING THAT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
WE CAN'T DISCLOSE THAT.
AND BLYTHE POINTED OUT EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA AND HAD NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
ONE SAID IT' SOMETHING WITH THE COMMUNITY LIKE A PERFO I THOUGHT IF YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO BE COMPETING WITH KEEL AND THEY WILL GET INTO THE PROMOTIONS BUSINESS, AND SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, LIKE YOU SAID, WELL, WE WILL FLIP -- NO FLIP IT, WE WILL BUY THE WHOLE THING AND SELL PART OF IT.
I THOUGHT THEY ARE GOING TO GET INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS?
I THINK IT IS.
I TH SERVED -- I LOVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MY KIDS WENT THR I THINK IT'S BES THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONCENTRATES ON EDUCATION.
BLYTHE'S STORY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT CLAYTON A COUPLE YEAR WAS TENTH IN THE STATE AND NOW 27th AS FAR AS TEST SCORES GO.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT I DON'T THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE PROMOTING CONCERTS AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
IF THEY BUILD A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO SEEMS LIKE -- IT'S A STRANGE WAY TO RUN A RAILROAD.
>> I DISAGREE.
IN T KIND OF THING YOU JUST SAID, THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T ONE IDEA IS FINE.
YOU WANT PUBLIC PLENTY OF TIME, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THEY SHOULD DO IS PRESERVE.
YOU WANT TO PRESER BUILDING.
BUY THIS THING AND THEY HAVE TO SAVE THIS BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S MID-20th CENTURY ARCHITECT.
>> IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR ROBOTICS AND CLASSROOMS AND OTHER THINGS L NO.
THAT'S WHY I WANT IT.
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING T BEFORE THEY BUY IT >> THEY HAVE ALL K INTO THAT, BILL.
>> THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN SHUT OUT.
>> IT'S BEHIND CLOSED DOOR SESSION.
VERY OPEN, AND THAT'S THE POINT.
>> THAT'S ON WHOSE GUARANTEE?
>> THE SCHOOL BOARD ALWAYS REACHED >> I REMEMBER HOW EXCITED YOU WERE WHEN LIBRARY BOOK DECISIONS WERE BEING MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
>> T CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WANT TO DO WITH THE MONEY.
YOU ARE NOT FOR TH >> I'M NOT FOR PUTTI RANDOM INTERNET SURVEY ABOUT THIS.
SHOULD AND WILL LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THOSE PRIORITIES, BUT TO SECURE ITS FUTURE WITH THIS PURCHASE IS A SMART MOVE.
>> IF I'M A PARENT OR A GRANDPARENT IN THE CLAYTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, ABOUT TEST SCORES.
I'M NOT CONC ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT A KIND OF THING.
I WANT SCORES, AND THEY CAN'T, FROM WHAT I'M TOLD BY A GRADUAT CLAYTON WHO WORKS AT OUR RADIO STATION, MCCARTHY, THEY CAN'T EVEN FIELD A FOOTBALL TE ISN'T THIS CORRECT?
THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A FOOTBALL STADIUM.
>> THAT WAS ANOTHER A FOOTBALL STADIUM.
>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I DIDN'T GO TO CLAYTON SCHOOLS.
MY KIDS DIDN'T GO TO CLAYT SCHOOLS.
BUT I THINK IF WE EVER NEEDED A LIVING, BREATHING EXAMPLE OF A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM, THIS SITUATION IN CLA YOU HAVE A WEALTHY SCHOOL DISTRICT ARGUING WITH WEALTH PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET MORE WEALTH OUT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I TH THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY WORDED EVERY PROPOSAL LIKE ADMISSIONS INTO IN EDUCATION SPEAK AND WE HAVE EMPOWERMENT CENTERS, AND I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND SYNERGY AND ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE PROPOSAL AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN THAT AREA IS BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> THEY WA NO SAYING THIS MAY HELP US BE BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE IS SAYING WE WANT MORE MONEY.
WE WANT MORE MONEY.
GOD FORBID THAT CLAYTON, BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY ARE RUNNING SHORT OF RESTAURANTS.
NOT NEAR AS MUCH SHOPS IN CLAYTON AS IT >> BECAUSE OF PARKING.
>> PARKING GARAGES, SO WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THIS MONEY IN T NEED MORE MONEY, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT ALSO STRUCK ME THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING NO, NO, LET'S SELL ALL THE LAND TO DEVELOPERS.
IF DEVELOPERS REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, WHY ISN'T IT MOVED ALREADY?
>> BECAUSE THE M IT'S NOT THE AND PEOPLE LIKE BOB BRILLIANT, IT'S NOT WORTH THE MONEY.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> MY POINT IS THIS.
CALL CONFIRMATION BIAS.
I WAS THERE FOR TWO AN HOURS.
THOUGHT WAS FOR SOME YOUNGER WOMEN PARENTS WHO SAID WE MOVED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE WANT YOU TO PUT EDUC AND THE IDEA OF PURCHASING, MAKING THIS PURCHASE TO SECURE -- AND I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE IN KIRKWOOD.
>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS.
THIS DEBATE WOULD BE RAGING IN KIRKWOOD.
KIRKWOOD.
>> T IT LAID OUT IS FINE.
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME.
>> YOU MENTIONED BOB CLARK, AND BOB CLARK WAS IN THE NEWS FOR ANOTHER MATTER.
HE W IN NORTH ST. LOUIS AND THE CITY CALMLY TOLD HIM NO.
WITHOUT MUCH EXPLANATION, AND WHILE DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED ON THE CITY'S NORTH SIDE, I CAN RATIONALIZE WHERE THE CITY IS COMING FROM BECAUSE WHERE THEY SAID THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IS THEY WANT TO INCLUDE SOME TYPE OF RETAIL AND PUT SOMETHING THERE, AND I CAN SEE WHERE THE CITY IS COMING FROM.
CAN YOU, BILL?
>> NOT REALLY ALVIN.
THERE WAS GOING TO BE A JOB TRAINING CENTER THERE, TOO.
WHAT CLARK IS SAYING IS THE CITY IDEA THAT WE WANT RETAIL, YOU CAN'T HAVE RETAIL IF THE RETAIL CANNOT BE SUPPORTED.
NOBODY IS GOING TO LOBSTER OR A SCHNUCKS WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THIS STUFF.
IT MIGHT BE A CHICKEN AND AN EGG THING, BUT IF THE CITY IS SAYING WE WANT RETAIL AND YOU CAN'T GET THE RETAIL PEOPLE TO GO AL WITH IT, I DON'T KNOW WH ARE GOING TO DO.
>> 100% IN FAVOR OF BOB CLARK.
AND THE IDEA THE CITY WOULD HIT THE GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH IS UNFAT ON HIMMABL ONUNUNFATTABLE TO ME AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE A RED PENNY GIVEN TO CLAYTON, MISSOURI, OR CHETFIELD AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY IS PRECISELY WHERE INCENTIVES ARE NEEDED AND THE IDEA THAT THIS CITY, AND SUSPECT THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICS IN THIS -- THE IDEA THAT THE CITY WOULD TURN AWAY FROM BOB CLARK WANTING NORTH ST. LOUIS, IT'S TERRIBLE.
>> WE KNOW FROM THE ZOOM YOUR TURNS THAT WE ENJOYED WITH BOB CLARK THAT THE MAN DOES NOT MINCE WORDS.
HE DOES NOT MINCE WORDS OR CARE HOW ANYTHING LANDS AND DID NOT CARE WITH A HYPERSENSITIVE CITY AT ALL.
I HOPE THERE'S SOME WORDSMITHING OR WORD MASSAGING BECAUSE I THINK BOB CLARK IS THE PERFECT GUY FOR THIS KIND OF A PROJECT.
I HOPE THAT SOMEHOW THEY CAN GET BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE, WORDSMITH MASSAGE, WHAT HAVE YOU AND MAKE THIS WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS.
YOU LIVE IN A LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY RETAIL, CATCH THE BUS, DO WHATEVER, BECAUSE NOBODY IS GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING YOU CAN USE THERE.
TOO BAD YO COMMUNITY, BUT YOU GET NO RETAIL.
&g WE TAL I DON'T THINK IT'S GOT TO DO WITH THAT.
RETAIL -- ONE OF THE REASONS I AGAINST ALL THE DEVELOPMENT IS YOU ARE TALKING IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK >> PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND BUY STUFF.
>> OF COURSE THEY DO.
>> BRICKS AND MORTARS >> BOB CLARK SAID IT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONEY THERE.
LIKE HAVE SAID THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
ARE DECLARING SO MUCH FOR THAT.
>> I'M SORRY THE MAYOR'S FATHER DOESN'T WORDSMITH HIS STUFF EITHER.
INADEQUATE PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A WHOL WORDSMITHING GOING ON.
AND I MIDDLE OF IS A NEGOTIATION.
THE CITY -- SORT OF THE WISH IN ONE HAND AND SPIT IN THE OTHER AND TELL ME WHICH ONE FILLS UP FIRST.
STUFF FOR THAT SITE.
THEY CAN GO LET'S STUDY.
CAN'T PAY IT THATCH OR DO THAT, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO.
SOMEWHERE THE TWO SIDES HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND THE CITY HAS MAYBE SAY HERE IS OUR PIE IN THE SKY IDEA.
BU WHAT WILL YOU LIVE WITH?
AND WE HAVE CLOCKED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT >> GOT TO MOVE ON.
WE ARE TALKI LAND.
JOE, DRONES MAY BE LANDING RIGHT WHERE YOU LIVE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> I'M OPPOSED TO THE USE O FOR ANYTHING, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CO AND NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLLING.
FIRST OF ALL, THE PROP PAYIN IPROPOSITION INTHE PARK AREA WHICH HAS HAD CRIME PROBLEMS.
THESE DRONES OVER, AND I'M NOT SO SURE WHO THIS PERSON WAS ACTUALLY PROPOSING THIS PLAN.
IT SEEMED A LITTLE AND UNPROFESSIONAL.
BUT EVEN THAT SAID, GET LOCKED INTO AN ARGUMENT ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF DRONES.
IT USED TO BE IF SOMEBODY LOOKED AT THE PARK AND SAID THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, LET'S SEND MORE COPS.
A WHOLE BUNCH OF ISSUES THAT NOW ARE BEING AS A DRONE ISSUE.
NO, IT'S A COP ISSUE.
HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY AND PUT M OFFICERS ON THE BEAT.
WE ARE ARGUING ABOUT SHOULD THERE BE DRONES?
I DON'T THINK DR CIRCLING OVER ANYBODY'S HOUSE AT ANY TIME PERIOD.
>> AT A POST 9/11 WORLD, WERE SO MANY CONVERSATIONS SURVEILLANCE AND WHETHER IT'S LEGAL AND RIGHT ALL OF THAT, AND THEN THE BUILDINGS FELL DOWN AND WE STOPPED HAVING THA CONVERSATI KNOW YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT EVENTUALLY FR LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT AND WITH THE PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT CREDENTIALS WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE, EVENTUALLY WE ARE ALL GOING BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED A LABORATORY WHERE WE CAN GR THESE POLICE OFFIC NEED TO PUT I MEAN, THEY SEEM TO HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY OR MU CITY TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS TO MAN THE 911 CENTERS, AND IT'S JUST NOT AS EASY AS THAT.
>> WE HAVE CAMERAS EVER LICENSE PLATE READERS.
THE THING ABOUT THAT W BUT DRONES WOULD SEEM TO HAVE A CERTAIN PART.
IF PEOPLE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE HEY, IF THEY COULD RELEASE A DRONE AND FOLLOW THAT CAR.
>> I LIKE THAT IDEA.
YOU CALLED IT UNPREPARED, UNPROFESSIONAL AND USED TO CALL IT GOOFY.
I THINK WORDS.
I WILL GO WITH DICEY MAYBE.
THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY BAD IDEA.
SOMETHING.
THEY WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE THERE, BUT I'M WITH JOE.
AT LEAST AT THIS POINT MOST THE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ARE BAD WITH DRONES FLYING OVER.
>> I LIKE HOW YOU SAID THAT.
THIS WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ENTERING INTO A Z PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRIVATE FIRM TO DO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T THINK ANYTHI COME OUT OF THAT, BILL.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE ONE TOPIC WHERE WE BE IN AGREEMENT.
>> THERE ARE SCIENTISTS HOOKING UP WITH THESE BUSINESSMEN WHO ARE GOING TO SELL THE DRUGS AND CREATE NEW DRUGS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL AND IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT THING.
>> BUT IS AN INSTITUTION OF LEARNING SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT?
AR TEACHING AND EDUCATI EVERY DOLLAR?
>> ALSO RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, AND THEY ARE DOING RESEARCH, A ONCE THEY DO GETTING IT OUT THERE TO THE PEOPLE.
>> YOU ARE OKAY IF IT'S OPERATING UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
>> SURE, I AM.
THE MORE RESEARCH THEY THE BETTER.
>> IT IS STU BE THIS WRONG ABOUT CLAYTON AND THIS RIGHT ABOUT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
> OF THEM.
>> I THINK WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTION.
GOOD FOR THEM.
>> WHY DO THEY HAVE TO TEAM UP WITH A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY?
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE A PHARMACEUTICAL STORY WHEN EVERYBODY WAS GETTING TRASHED OUT IN THE RECESSION 20 YEARS AGO.
DID REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AS MUCH AS I HATE THEM, THEM.
>> WE HAVE THEM UNTIL SICK.
BIG PHARMA.
>> I AM NOT.
THEY WOULDN'T BE MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY TIME SOON GOING TO BE THE CHANCELLOR OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
FORWARD LOOKING ON AN IMPORTANT AREA IN RESEARCH IS A POSITIVE.
>> OKAY.
JUNCTION -- ALSO THIS IS AT A TIME WHERE TUITION IS ASTRO ASTRONOMICAL.
HAS BEEN HIGH CPARED TO OTHER COLLEGES.
>> ENDOW &g S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAKES T HAIR ON MY NECK STAND UP.
MAYBE IT WILL TURN OUT FINE, BUT I'M WEARY -- LEERY, NOT WEARY.
>> WEARY AND LEERY.
>> WHAT A PR DISASTER FOR CL AYTON SCHOOL IT WAS, DEEPENING PUBLIC SUSPICIONS THAT THE CALERES DEAL IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK WITH AN UNPOPUL MERGER WITH THE DISTRICT, BETTER TOGETHER THAN THROUGH DOOR LIKE JESSE ADAMS.
PLEAS, PLEASE, PLEASE WRITE US A COUNTY JINGLE BILL MCCLELLAN.
I WOULD SING IT TO ALL POTENTIAL RESIDENTS, I KNOW.
THAT FROM RACHAE WE SHOULD HAVE THE C COUNTY USE THE FUND THE MERGER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.
USE THAT WOULD CREATE TRUE ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I LIVE IN THE CITY.
WHAT I WANT IS A LARGE POLICE FORCE, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, SAFETY, USE THE REST TO REVITALIZE THE RIVERFRONT.
MAKE THE CITY SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL, AND GOOD THINGS WILL FOLLOW.
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