Donnybrook
June 13, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 24 | 27m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlie Brennan debates with Joe Holleman, Wendy Wiese, Bill McClellan, and Alvin Reid.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> IT'S A HOT DAY IN ST. LOUIS , AND WE HAVE SOME SIZZLING TOPICS.
.. LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS.
THE HALL OF FAMER HERSELF.
WENDY WIESE.
BILL MCCLELLAN FROM YOUR ST. ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH, JOE HOLLEMAN, ALSO FROM STL.COM.
AND FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN, WE WELCOME ALVIN REID.
AND CINDY, WHO LOANED US HER BEAUTIFUL ART WORK IN THE STUDIO.
THERE YOU HAVE IT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF HER WORK, GO TO -- BILL MCCLELLAN I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU COVERED MANY LAW AND ORDER CASES THROUGH YOUR GREAT CAREER.
THE MOST RECENT ONE, MIGHT BE DISTURBING TO ONE.
ONE HILARY SWANK, WHO WAS DRIVING LAST YEAR UNDER THE INFLUENCE, SHE WENT 81 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35 ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THE PROSECUTORS SAY SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN HER SYSTEM.
THREE PEOPLE DIED IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT WHERE SHE CRASHED HER CAR.
ONE PERSON SER..
THE JUDGE IN ST. CHARLES GAVE HER 120 DAYS.
A SHOCKING SENTENCE.
SHE COULD HAVE RECEIVED TEN YEARS.
INSTEAD THIS 19-YEAR-OLD GOT 120 DAYS AFTER THREE PEOPLE DIED?
>> YOU KNOW, THE SECOND CASE WE'VE HAD RECENTLY WHERE A VERY YOUNG PERSON IS ACTING IRRESPONSIBLY.
WE HAD THE HAZ.. WHERE RYAN DELANTE WAS THE PLEDGE DAD.
ANOTHER YOUNG MAN WHO'S NOW BRAIN DAMAGED IN ESSENCE COST HIM HIS LIFE.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE YOUNG -- AND HE GOT SIX MONTHS.
THE JUDGE THOUGHT HE WAS SO YOUNG AND IRRESPONSIBLE, THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS IN FRATERNITIES DO, APPARENTLY, SOME OF THEM.
NOW THIS YOUNG WOMAN, I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THE JUDGE.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN LENIENT ON IT.
FIGURING THAT KIDS DO STUPID THINGS, IRRESPONSIBLE, NOT INTENDING TO HURT ANYONE.
AND THESE OTHER KIDS WERE WITH HER, PRESUMABLY OF HER OWN FREE WILL.
AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE THING, AND IF GIVING HER MORE TIME WOULD REALLY HELP OUT AND SEND THE MESSAGE, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD.
I THINK THAT KIDS WILL CON.. TO DO STUPID AND IRRESPONSIBLE THINGS.
SO I LOOK AT THE 120 DAY SENTENCE AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN.
>> YOU REMINDED ME JUST THEN OF ANOTHER CASE.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE YOUNG MAN'S AGE, BUT THE YOUNG MAN WHO HIT THE TWO PEOPLE AFTER THE DRINK -- HE HAD -- BAILED OUT AND HOW EVERYONE WAS UPSET.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET WHAT THIS YOUNG LADY GOT.
IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN ANY SITUATION LIKE THAT, LESS THAN A YEAR, THAT DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME.
>> THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT, IS THE YOUNG MAN WHO KILLED THE TWO PEDESTRIANS, THE PEDESTRIANS WERE NOT PART OF IT.
AND LIKE IS THIS YOUNG WOMAN -- THE OTHER KIDS WERE IN THE CAR, PRESUMABLY WILLINGLY.
THEY WERE PART OF IT.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
BUT THIS IRRESPONSIBLE -- AT YOUNG AGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU -- YOU WRESTLE THE TWO.
>> TING VICTIM'S FAMILIES WHO WERE SO UPSET OF THE PLEA, AND THE SENTENCE, I'M LIKE YOU.
IT HAS TO HAVE TEETH.
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON IN OUR MINDS WE THINK OF ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF A YEAR, SHE HAS THE REST OF HER LIFE TO TRY TO YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAKE PEACE WITH THIS AND TRY TO MAKE HER LIFE STAND FOR SOMETHING FOR THOSE WHO WERE LOST.
YEAH, ANYTHING LESS THAN A YEAR DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.
>> AND MAYBE THERE'S NOT A MAGIC IN THE ONE YEAR LINE.
I WOULD AGREE WITH WENDY AND ALVIN.
.. LENIENCEY THAT I DON'T THINK IS NECESSARILY DESERVED.
ONE OF THE KID.. 15 YEARS OLD.
AND ALSO A CASE OF NOT..
DRINKING, BUT THE BLOOD TEST SHOWED CANNABIS AND DOWNERS, IF YOU WILL, DRINKING, SMOKING, POPPING PILLS.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A MESSAGE THAT KIDS ARE WILLING TO IGNORE, BUT THE GENERATION NOW IS FAR MORE BROUGHT UP WITH THE DANGERS OF DRUNK DRIVING THAN WE WERE WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
AND IT'S BEEN MORE PUNISHMENT, ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, I WILL SAY THIS, FROM EXPERIENCE, THEY HAD DESIGNATED DRIVERS WHERE KIDS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DRINK THAT WEEKEND, BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR TURN.
WHEN I..
DESIGNATED DRIVER WAS THE ONE WHO WAS LEAST INTOXICATED.
>> I DON'T KNOW LATELY -- >> I SEE SO MANY CRAZY DRIVERS, AND WE HAVE ALL THE VIDEOS OF THEM, DOWNTOWN AND ELSEWHERE.
I THINK DRIVING IS WORSE.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH DRUNK -- >> PULLED THEM OVER.
>> I THINK THEY'RE SOBER.
THAT'S THE CRAZY -- >> I DON'T KNOW.
>> WHO'S TO SAY.
>> I AGREE WITH WENDY.
THEY'RE SOBER.
>> THIS IS POST PANDEMIC -- >> TWO COLLEGE KIDS, MY KIDS ARE IN THEIR 30'S, THEY'RE MORE AWARE OF THE TROUBLE THEY COULD GET INTO.
>> MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING WAS A HUGE SOCIAL FORCE IN THE 1980S.
.. SHE WAS THE YOUNG WOMAN IN THE JANUARY -- >> AND THE MAGA.
>> AND THEN, IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TROUBLE, SHE GOT APPARENTLY DRUNK AND IT WAS A WRONG WAY CRASH ON A HIGHWAY AND KILLED -- LIKE I'M LESS LENIENT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE THERE'S INNOCENT BYSTANDERS.
>> INT.. >> PEOPLE DRIV..
I AM A KID WHO'S IN A CAR WITH OTHER KIDS.
>> OKAY, LET'S MOVE ALONG.
AND WENDY WANTS TO TAKE TOPIC NUMBER TWO, BUT TOMORROW AT 10 A.M.
THE FINAL WENDY JENNIFER SHOW.
>.. AND I'M GOING TO PRETEND SHE'S ON VACATION, WE'LL MISS HER HORRIBLY.
SHE'..
HERE.
>> ONE OF .. CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNIFER BLOOM.
..
RESTAURANT THAT'S -- THERE'S AN ARTICLE OF IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TIMES OF LONDON.
BECAUSE THIS RESTAURANT HAS AN AGE LIMIT.
YOU HAVE TO BE 30 YEARS OL.. WOMAN TO EAT THERE, AND 35 AND NO YOUNGER AS A MAN.
SO IF YOU'RE 25, 26, 27, YOU CANNOT GET INTO THIS CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT.
>..
I'M A MOTHER, I'M A GRANDMOTHER, PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CHILD FREE MOMENTS.
AND I'M NOT KIDDING.
REALLY AND TRULY -- >> 29 YEARS OLD A CHILD?
>> I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE OWNERS ARE COMPLETELY UNAPOLOGETIC.
THIS IS .. CARE.
THIS IS WHAT OUR CUS..
THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT, AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY EXCEPT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET IN.
>> IT IS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE.
CHEESE?
>> I'VE BEEN TO THE EQ.. >> THERE'S A LOT -- THERE'S SO MANY PLACES FOR YOUNG FAMILIES TO GO.
THAT I THINK IF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THAT PEACEFUL, ADULT, DINING EXPERIENCE WITHOUT KIDS MEALS AND CRAYONS.
>> AND 28-YEAR-OLDS?
>> YES.
>> THERE'S A GUY RUNNING FOR PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE.
HE'S 28.
HE CAN'T EAT THERE.
>> HE CAN'T GO TO BLISS.
>> THE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE.
THIS BEGAN ON THE EAST COAST, WE WERE LIVING ON THE EAST COAST, AND THERE WERE PLACES, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THE -- THEY GOT NOBODY UNDER 30 LIKE RULE AT NIGHT.
AND WE WOULD CHECK, YEAH, I'M GOING THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR 20'S ARE TROUBLE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S LESS CHANCING OF STUFF -- CHANCE OF STUFF HAPPENING.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
>> JUST SPOKEN -- REALLY INTERESTING STORY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OF A PLACE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
A BAR, YOU CAN'T GET IN IF YOU'RE UNDER 35.
AND THE OWNER TOLD, NO THUNDER CATS.
IT'S A BIG DRAW TO PEOPLE.
>> AND THIS GOES TO SHOW, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT A FIGHTER JET.
>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE FOLKS, IT'S THEIR RESTAURANT.
IF THEY THINK THEY CAN MAKE A LIVING AT IT.
>> I THINK -- >> EXT..
THESE PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED THEIR CROWD IS BETTER KEPT TO OVER 30 CROWD.
SO, OPEN THE RESTAURANT, AND PROHIBIT PEOPLE OVER 30 FROM COMING IN.
AND SEE WHICH ONE DOES BETTER.
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ALONG.
BLISS RESTAURANT, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
JOE,..
COLLEAGUE, MOWED DOWN A BUNCH OF TREES AT THE CORNER OF 270 AND TELEGRAPH.
IT W..
HOMELESS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS AREA?
DOWN TREES?
>> AS FAR AS THE TEARING DOWN THE TREES, I GREW UP ON THE STREET CLOSEST TO THAT.
TWO OF THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWED LIVED ON THE OLD STREET.
NOW THE RUMOR THAT WENT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THERE WERE THE TREES THAT KILLED OFF OTHER TREES.
SO THE S..
BUT I WAS NOTICING A COUPLE OF TENTS ON THE HILL.
AND I SEE THE ARTICLE, THAT IT WAS TO GET THE HOMELESS OUT OF THERE.
I .. DOWN.
BUT I ALSO THI..
LIVING THERE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
ON ONE SIDE OF THAT HILL IS AN ENTRANCE RAMP TO AN INTERSTATE AND THE OTHER SIDE IS THE INTERSTATE.
THE .. IS TELEGRAPH ROAD WHERE THE TRAFFIC RUNS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES PER HOUR.
THAT'S THE SLOWEST ROAD THERE.
I SAW THE STORY, THERE'S HOMELESS PEOPLE UP THERE.
HOW HAS ONE OF THEM NOT GOTTEN HIT BY A CAR?
ON THE ONE SIDE, YOU'RE ON THE INTERSTATE WHERE PEOPLE ARE FLYING TO THE BRIDGE.
AND NIGHTTIME, VERY DARK.
THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE THE LIGHTS THERE.
AND IT IS.
FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, I THINK HAVING HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE IS A BAD IDEA.
AND ALSO A BAD IDEA TO CUT DOWN TREES, UNLESS THE RUMOR WAS PARTIALLY TRUE.
>> I THINK I WILL NEVER SEE A POEM AS LOVELY AS A TREE.
YOU COULDN'T GET RID OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WITHOUT CUTTING THE TREES DOWN?
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND -- TREES, ESPECIALLY IN PLACE LIKE ON THE HIGHWAYS ARE A VALUE.
THE RAIN FROM RUNNING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> BIRDS.
>> YEAH, NATURE AND ALL ..
I JUST WONDERED, SEEMS THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME OTHER PART OF THE STORY.
&g..
HOMELESS PEOPLE.
>> TWO TEN.. >> THAT'S WHAT THE STORY WAS.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
SEEMED OVERKILL TO GET RID OF THE TWO HOMELESS PEOPLE, GOING TO BURN DOWN THE VILLAGE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LANDSCAPING ON THE SIDES OF THE HIGHWAYS, TREES, BJC MEDICAL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
BEAUTIFUL.
AND ..
THINK MODOT IS TRYING TO DO GREAT WORK WITH LITTER, BUT WITH TREES, BUSHES AND NATIVE GRASSES -- IN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW -- >> HAVE WE HEARD A STUDY?
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN CLOSE TO INTERSTATES.
>> IT'S THE FIRS.. >> DOWNTOWN.
>> A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED ON I-70 THIS WEEK.
>> GOOD REASON NOT TO HAVE THEM NEAR THE INTERSTATE.
>> THAT'S THE OR ME POINT.
>> REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
&g.. >> LET ME ASK YOU OF THE TEACHERS AND BUSES.
LAST WEEK, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS A TERRIBLE CRISIS ON ITS HANDS.
THEY.. A COMPANY FOR NEXT YEAR.
THEY SENT OUT A MEMO ASKING THE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING TEACHERS IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DRIVING THE BUSES.
THE UNION REPRESENTING THE TEACHERERS TOOK -- AND THEY BACKED DOWN.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG IN ASK.
THEY DO HAVE A SOLID WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLP AND THE UNION.
HEY, ALL WE DO IS -- THEY'RE TRYING TO GRACIOUSLY HANDLE IT.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
>> I THOUGHT THE ARROGANCE OF HOW DARE YOU ASK US WAS OVERSTATED.
A SIMPLE..
TEACHER, AND DON'T WANT TO DRIVE A BUS, DON'T.
THEY WEREN'T SAYING YOU HAVE TO.
FROM NOW ON ALL TEACHERS HAS TO GET A COMMERCIAL LICENSE AND DRIVE A BUS.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.
YOU GET UP EARLY AND DRIVE THE BUS.
AND GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL AND THEN RUSH IN AND START TEACHING.
>> AND TEACH THE KIDS.
YEAH.
>..
ALWAYS LATE BECAUSE SHE'S DRIVING THE BUS.
>> BUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM DIDN'T COMPLETELY WORK IT OUT.
>> THE CITY WILL HAVE TO PASS A PROGRAM.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
THE PARKLAND DISTRICT DID THAT.
WE NEED BUS DRIVERS.
WHEN THE PARKWAY SCHOOLS NEEDED A BUS DRIVER, HE SAYS, I'LL DO IT.
HE WAS DOING IT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
>..
IT.
>> JUST BECAUSE, I THINK THAT BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE COACH WOULD DRIVE THE VAN WITH THE KIDS.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT DAY.
COACHES WERE PROBABLY, AS I RECALL, VERY RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE BUILT IN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS.
TO ASK THEM DO ONE MORE THING, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE KIDS OFF THE BUSES, GO IN AND BRUSH THEIR TEETH, AND TEACH THE KIDS.
>> IT'S CALLED INITIATIVE.
>> I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE INSULT WAS.
UNLESS THE MESSAGE, IT WASN'T A GOOD MESSAGE, THIS JOB IS BENEATH US.
NOW, IF I'M A BUS DRIVER, WAIT A MINUTE.
>> GAVE THIS MESSAGE, HOW DARE YOU ASK US.
>> WENDY, LET'S MOVE TO ANOTHER TOPIC.
>> PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE MAY REMEMBER THIS STORY, A FELLOW, OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, RIPPED OFF ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY OF MORE THAN $500,000.
BUILT A POOL IN THE BACK YARD, AND HE WENT TO PRISON FOR TWO YEARS.
NOW, THIS GUY WHO WAS CONVICTED FOR FRAUD, NOT LIKE A ONE TIME FRAUD.
IT WAS OVER TWO YEAR..
HIRED BY THE CITY'S OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
DO YOU THINK A GUY LIKE THAT SHOULD BE HIRED BY THE CITY.
>> SURE.
I THINK, IT SEEMS INCONSISTENT.
BUT HE'S PAID HIS DEBT SOCIETY.
THIS IS NOT A JOB HE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS.
HE'S WORKING HIS WAY BACK IN TO THE WORLD.
AND HE'S GOING TO MAKE $60,000 A YEAR.
STRAIGHT AND NARROW, AGAIN, PUT HIM UNDER THE JAIL.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE CHURCH OF THE SECOND CHANCES.
>> I LOVE THE CHURCH, BUT I RAISE MY EYEBROWS AT THIS.
IT'S HARD TO SAY.
I WOULD BE VERY LEERY OF GIVING THIS GUY A JOB IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
>> I'LL TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, I THINK IT'S IN THE WRONG DEPARTMENT.
HE SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF ANYONE ELSE IN CITY DEPARTMENT, TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS EMBEZZLING.
WHY NOT HAVE HIM WATCH THE OTHER FOLKS AND HAVE SOMEONE WATCH HIM.
>> MA BELLE US.. TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ROB THE PAY PHONE.
.. THAT'S WHY -- HE'S NOT AROUND MONEY.
INDIVIDUAL.
PUT .. AND THE WHOLE THING -- I WAS A CRIMINAL.
I DID TIME.
GRANTED IT WAS WHITE COLLAR AND WE HAD MAGAZINES AND CIGARS.
WOULD YOU FEEL OKAY IF HE WAS DRIVING A BUS?
>> WITH A CHAUFFEUR LICENSE, SURE.
>> THIS GUY WILL RELATE TO THE KIDS WHO ARE CAUSING VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS.
JUST BECAUSE HE'S A HIGH END -- >> WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL.
>> I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
>> FINAL TOPIC.
I WANT TO ASK YOU OF THE NBA.
THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE LEAGUE WILL EXPAND ONCE IT GETS A NEW MEDIA DEAL.
LAS VEGAS, SEATTLE, AND MEXICO CITY.
WILL ST. LOUIS BE IN THE MIX?
>> I THINK IT COULD BE.
GET THE MOMENTUM GOING.
FRIDAY NIGHT WE'LL HAVE A NBA CHAMPION, AND HE'S NOT TO THAT LEVEL OF MONEY YET, HE COULD REALLY GET THAT PR AND MARKETING THING.
THERE'S A CHANCE.
NEVER SAY NEVER.
>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU HAVE BRANDON BEALE.
NBA HAS PUT PEOPLE IN -- AND ST. LOUIS IS A CITY THE SIZE, YOU LOOK AT THE BIG FOUR.
IN ALL DUE RESPECT TO SOCCER.
ST. LOUIS IS A TOWN THAT CAN SUPPORT THREE OF THE TEAMS.
THE CHANCE TO GET A FRANCHISE IS SLIM TO NONE.
I THINK WE COULD SUPPORT THREE OF THE MAJOR POUR LEAGUES.
>> WHAT WOULD THE HOCKEY TEAM THINK?
>> IT WOULD HELP THEM TO..
THE VENUE ON THE NIGHTS WILL IT NOTHING IN THERE -- THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF NIGHTS, IT'S DARK.
YOU COUL.. AND I'LL CHANNEL THE FORMER PANELESTS.
>> WE'RE D..
TEAMS, THE THIRD, THE NBA, THIS IS THE SHOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE A SUCCESS.
&g..
WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, IN ADDITION TO JASON TATUM.
CAN YOU NAME FOUR OTHERS -- >> ED MCCAULEY.
JOE JOE WHITE.
DAVID THURKILL.
AND RICH NIEMAN.
>> IT'S SUNDAY AT 4:00.
IF WE GOT 10,000, I WOULD BE VERY VERY HAPPY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL GET -- THIS IS FOR THE BATTLE HAWK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL FIND OUT.
BIG CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS THIS WEEKEND.
THE MAIL BAG, SEE WHAT VIEWERS HAD TO SAY.
WITH THE DEMISE OF THE RFT AND THE SHRINKAGE OF THE NEWSPAPERS, WHY COULDN'T JOIN FORCES AND DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANCE OF NEWSPAPERS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
IT'S TIME .. WHY NEWSPAPERS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO KEEPING OUR FREEDOMS.
OF ST. LOUIS WROTE, WHY SO MANY BILLBOARDS ON THE HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY?
I COUNTED 2 FROM LINE UP BERG TO THE DOWNTOWN EXIT.
I ENCOUNTERED A GERMAN MOTORCYCLIST, WHY THE ROUTE WAS NOT BETTER MARKED AND MORE OF THE ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS HADN'T BEEN PRESERVED.
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