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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THIS "DONNYBROOK" ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

MAYBE IT WILL JUST SEEM THAT WAY.

LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE BIG TOPICS.

SHE'S WENDY WIESE FROM KTRS.

AND BILL MCCLELLAN FROM ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH AND FROM ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS, SARAH FENSKE, ALONGSIDE MR. ALVIN REID FROM YOUR ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WE LIKE ..

HAPPEN AND YOU HAVE HAPPENED STEADY EMPLOYMENT.

>> IT'.. AGAIN.

I START NEXT WEEK.

I BEAR NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE IS CURRENTLY DOING.

HOWEVER, THAT WILL CHANGE REALLY SOON.

KIND OF .. RYAN KRULL WHO WAS THE STAR REPORTER AT RIVERFRONT TIMES.

HE AND I ARE GOING TOGETHER TO ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DAILY NEWSLETTER, GOING TO MAKE IT ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT LOCAL NEWS IN ST. LOUIS.

YOUR IN-BOX.

ALSO HAVE A PODCAST.

IF YOU LIKE TO HEAR PEOPLE WAX ON, WHICH CLEARLY "DONNYBROOK" VIEWERS ARE FANS OF THAT, WE CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU IN PODCAST FORM.

.. WEEK, TOO.

>> HOW DO WE SUBSCRIBE?

STL MAG.COM.

A LI.. >> ALVIN, YOU WERE AGAINST THAT HIRE.

>> I WENT BACK TO FULL-TIME.

ELIMINATED MY POSITION.

IT WAS 12 YEARS AGO.

SPORTS COLUMNIST IN THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

WONDERING WHAT YOU.. NOW THAT KANSAS IS OFFERING STAR BONDS OR AT LEAST IN THE PROCESS OF OFFERING THE SALES TAX AND REVENUE BONDS TO THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD A NEW STADIUM IN KANSAS AND KEEP THE SALES TAX TO DEFRAY THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

OBVIOUSLY MISSOURI IS GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF COUNTERPROPOSAL.

IS THE Q.. >> I THINK SO.

AIM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PART OF THE WORLD.

THERE ARE SITES THAT YOU CAN BUILD THE NEW STADIUM IN THE OVERLAND PARK AREA.

I DON'T THINK THEY WILL BUILD IT WHERE THERE'S A NASCAR TRACK AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A LEGAL SPORTS WAGER UP IN KANSAS, TOO.

I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I THINK THEY WILL EVEN THROW MORE TO TRY TO ATTRACT THE CHIEFS.

I .. MOVING.

I REALLY DON'T.

I THINK MISSOURI WILL TAKE ACTION TO TRY TO AT LEAST CONVINCE THE CHIEFS THAT THE BETTER DEAL IS HERE.

>> I HOPE WE DON'T TAKE ACTION.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET IN A BIDDING WAR WITH KANSAS FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.

IF THE LEGISLATURE GIVES MONEY TO THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, THE CARDINALS ARE GOING TO WANT IN ON IT, BLUES ARE GOING TO WANT IN ON IT, SOCCER.

I THINK GIVING MONEY TO THESE SPORTS TEAMS IS AN IDEA THAT'S COME AND GONE.

>> BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY DON'T HAVE.

I MEAN, THE STADIUM IS IN KANSAS CITY OR AT LEAST JACKSON COUNTY.

IT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T HAVE.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE YOU, AND NOW WE ARE INVESTING MORE MONEY IN YOU AND YOU ARE ALREADY HERE TO PROVE YOUR FACILITY.

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT KANSAS DOESN'T HAVE.

>> THIS IS REGIONS WHERE WE ARE FIGHTING CITY AGAINST CITY, COUNTY AGAINST COUNTY, STATE AGAINST STATE.

NOBODY WINS OT..

WEALTHY SPORTS TEAMS OWNERS.

WHEN YOU TALK TO ECONOMISTS ABOUT THIS, IT NEVER PE PENCILS OUT, AND I LOVE THAT VOTE RESPECT ARE STARTING TO GET WISE TO IT.

>> I THINK THE.. VOTE, IT WAS SO CLEAR HOW OPPOSED PEOPLE WERE TO IT.

THERE WILL BE POLITICAL YOU KNOW WHAT TO PAY IF THEY GO AHEAD WITH THIS.

I REALLY DO.

I AGREE WITH SARAH.

>> I THINK AFTER THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OWNER VOTED TO SEND OUR RAMS TO LOS ANGELES, WE SHOULDN'T GIVE A PENNY, AT LEAST OF GREATER ST. LOUIS MONEY TO THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.

>> I LOVE THE WAY CLARK HUNT WHEN HE'S INTERVIEWED AND BATTING HIS EYELASHES, WE WILL WAIT.

NEGOTIATIONS.

IT'S SUC..

PROPOSITION.

>> CHI..

THE MAP.

YOU HAVE TAYLOR SWIFT, THE KELSEKELCECONNECTION.

>> A LOT OF MY FRIENDS THINK THEY ARE IN KANSAS.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO OFFER.

IF FOR SOME REASON THE CHIEFS SAY WE ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MOVING AND I FOUND OUT THEY WERE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MOVING, I WOULDN'T SIT IDLELY BY.

>> KANSAS CITY HAS MADE FOOTBALL FUN AGAIN FOR A LOT OF US IN ST. LOUIS.

OF THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF JA..

THERE WOULD BE MAJOR FALL-OUT.

>> BILL MCCLELLAN, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER OUT OF STATE ISSUE BUT ART AND AMELIA BOND, THEY LIVE IN CLAYTON AND HAVE A HOME IN CAMDEN, MAINE AND HAPPEN TO HAVE PROPERTY BEHIND THE AI OF LL BEAN, THEY ADMITTED THEY TOOK PESTICIDE AND PUT IT ON THE NEIGHBOR'S TREES, AND THE PROBLEM IS YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE THE PESTICIDE NEAR WATER OR PARKS, AND IT'S ON A NEARBY PARK AND THE BEACH IN MAINE.

PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS.

BOSTON GLOBE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT IT.

SHOULD ACTUALLY GO TO JAIL FOR THIS.

>> I.. FOR THE BONDS.

THE INTERESTING SIDELINE TO THIS IS I REMEMBER KARL STELZER'S BLOG ABOUT THE LANDFILLS AND EVERYTHING AND MENTIONED THAT WHEN THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT WITH REPUBLICAN SERVICE FOR $15 MILLION WHEN JOSH HAWLEY WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, HAWLEY TOOK THAT MONEY AND GAVE IT TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RUN BY AMELIA.

..

BOND'S NEPHEW AND THE THINKING WAS HAWLEY WANTED TO BE SENATOR, AND HE ALREADY HAD CHARGED DANFORTH, SO HE WAS DOING A BREAK TO ANOTHER PROMINENT REPUBLICAN FAMILY.

IT'S ODD THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WHICH HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER SORT OF STUFF, THAT THE HEAD OF THAT GOES TO MAINE AND CREATES AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER.

I JUST THINK IT'S ENTITLED PEOPLE.

>> ENVIR.. BE AN EXAGGERATION.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE WESTLAKE OR CONTAMINATION.

>> KILLI.. DOWN INTO THE BEACH, IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE THING THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE, AND I THINK THEY OUGHT TO PAY.

>> I AGREE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WERE ALL GETTING THE STORY THINKING THIS IS GOD'S WAY OF TELLING YOU YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY WHEN YOU ARE USING A PESTICIDE ON TREES.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER HOUSE WITH A BETTER VIEW.

I CAN'T ..

PROCESS LET'S GO OUT INTO THE WOODS AND KILL THESE TREES.

>> YOU HAD THE STORY LONG AGO.

BUT AMELIA SAID SHE THOUGHT THE TREES WERE DYING.

SHE OFFERED TO PAY HALF THE COST TAKING IT DOWN.

ALSO, THEY HAVE COOPERATED.

EVERYONE AGREES THEY HAVE COOPERATED WITH AUTHORITIES AS THE FIRST OFFENSE.

AND AS BRYCE GRAY OF THE POST DISPATCH APPOINTED OUT, A LOT OF THIS IS USED ALL THE TIME AND FLOATS ALL OVER MISSOURI KILLING TREES AND FARMLAND.

THE ONLY REASON THE STORY IS SO POPULAR RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THEY ARE WEALTHY AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE WEALTHY.

>> THEY ARE WEALTHY PEOPLE BEHAVING THE WAY WE DON'T WANT HEALTHY PEOPLE TO BEHAVE.

I CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE ARE MAD ABOUT IT.

I REALLY C..

IT'S LIKE TO BRING THIS IN FROM OUT OF STATE.

HERE IS A STATE THAT TAKES THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS SERIOUSLY.

WE A.. MISSOURI STYLE.

>> AND WE WILL TAKE SOME OF OUR INHERITED MONEY AND PAY IT OFF.

>> WHAT IS UP WITH THE NEW TREES?

AND IN MY FATHER'S DAY CARD FROM MY MOTHER SHE ACTUALLY CLIPPED THAT ARTICLE AND PUT A LITTLE NOTE ON IT THAT SAID WHAT'S UP WITH THIS?

AND ARE AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE REACT.

YOU HAVE GOT T.. >> BILL FRANK MAKES MY POINT.

ARTS AND ARCHITECT.

HE WORKS FOR A LIVING.

HE'S NOT A TRUST FUND BABY.

HE MIGHT HAVE SOME MONEY.

>> HE COULD BE BOTH.

>> HE'S KIT BOND'S NEPHEW, AND KIT BOND COMES FROM A LOT OF MONEY IN MEXICO, MISSOURI.

START GUY, LAW SCHOOL.

>> RICH UNCLE RICHARD BRENNAN, AND IF YOU GO TO MY HIGH SCHOOL YOU WILL SEE THE NAME NEXT TO THE STADIUM.

NOT NAMED AFTER IT, BUT CLOSE TO IT.

>> HE HAD HIS FIRST EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THIS WEEK.

IF YOU ARE DESTROYING TREES AND MESSING WITH THE LANDSCAPE THIS WAY.

FACT THAT THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY THAT BUGS ME EVEN MORE.

>> THEY SHOULD BE PLANTING TREES.

>> LET ME ASK YOU, SARAH, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU PROPS THERE.

WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GRETCHEN BANGERT, MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RUNNING FOR COUNTY COUNCIL.

SHE CLAIMS SHE'S HAD THREE MEETINGS WITH SAM PAGE WHO IS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

THE LAST ONE SHE RECORDED WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS LEGAL IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AND SHE HAS EVIDENCE THAT SAM PAGE IS OFFERING HER A JOB IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT HOPING SHE WILL NOT RUN AGAINST NICOLE GREER.

HAVE THE SAME FUND RAISERS, SO THEY HAVE SOME POLITICAL CONNECTIONS THERE.

PAGE WOULD LIKE HER OUT.

BANGERT SAYS I'M STAYING IN THE RACE.

PAGE OFFERING BANGERT A JOB TO GET OUT OF THE RACE?

>> YEAH, I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT.

HE'S USING THE COUNTY EMPLOYMENT ROLLS AS IF THIS IS HIS OWN PERSONAL FAVORS AND DESIRED POLITICAL OUTCOME.

WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME HERE IS THIS IS A BIT OF A PATTERN HERE.

WE SAW HIM GIVE A JOB TO FORMER COUNCILWOMAN HAZEL AND SAW HIM GIVE A JOB TO ROCHELLE WALTON GRAY, AND NOW WE SEE A THIRD CASE OF SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE A COUNCILMEMBER, AND INSTEAD HE'S SAYING LET ME OPEN UP A POSITION FOR YOU.

THE CALL IN AND OF ITSELF WAS NOT DAMMING, COUCHED IN A WAY YOU ARE AUDITOR.

WE COULD USE AN AUDITOR.

YOU DON'T USE THE TAXPAYER FUNDING TO TRY TO CLEAR THE RACE FOR YOUR CHOSEN CANDIDATE.

>> AND THIS IS THE OUTSIDER, SAM PAGE WHO WAS GOING TO COME IN AFTER THE INSIDER STEVE STANDINGE, ANDEVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE BUTTERFLIES AND ALL THAT AND IT'S KIND OF MOCK VER MACHIAVELLIAN.

>> HE ASKED POLITELY.

AND LET'S SAY I HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

I'M GOIN.. AND FOR SOME REASON -- AND I SAID THERE WAS LIKE OKAY.

AND THEN JOSH HAWLEY.

YOU KNOW, LET'S LEAVE THAT SEED ALONE, AND THEY NEED A WRITER AT HUD HERE IN D.C. AND PAYS $100,000 A YEAR.

I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CHANCES RUNNING.

BU.. WAS DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

>> IF YOU WERE NOT THE BEST PERSON FOR THAT HUD WRITING JOB, THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.

CAN WE A.. SHE'S AN ACCOUNTANT.

>> HE DID OFFER A JOB IN THE AUDITORS OFFICE EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T RUN THE AUDITORS OFFICE.

IF THEY HAVE OPENINGS OR HAVING TROUBLE FINDING PEOPLE, AND IF SHE IS QUALIFIED, MAYBE SHE WOULD SERVE ST. LOUIS COUNTY AS AN AUDITOR IN THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT.

>>..

CONVERSATION WAS FINE.

I THOUGHT HE SOUNDED REASONABLE.

AND LIKE ALVIN SAYS, HE WASN'T PUSHING IT.

I'M GOING TO MAKE LIFE MISERABLE.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT, IT'S JUST FINE.

AND.

>> IT ..

HE'S RICH?

>> HE'S AN ANESTHESIA YOLINGS.

I LIKE ANESTHESIA YOLG.

I REALLY DO.

>> I NEVER HAD THE USE FOANESTHESIOLOGIST.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AFTER LOSING ITS APPEAL IN THIS CASE THAT WAS HEADED UP BY LOCAL ATTORNEY BEVIS SHOCK AND MARK ME ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY IS ENTITLED TO THE 1% EARNINGS TAX.

READ IT.

THAT WOULD.. WE ARE "DONNYBROOK" PANELISTS, THOSE OF US WHO LIVED IN THE COUNTY, AND WORKED FROM HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC, LOST THAT 1%.

.. REFUND?

>> I'M NOT.

I FEEL LIKE I ..

PROXIMITY TO THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

GREAT.

THE ONE ..

UNDERSTAND AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT WEEKS OR MONTH, TWO DAYS BEFORE CARA SPENCER ANNOUNCES THAT SHE'S RUNNING, WE'VE GOT THE MASTER PLAN, RETAIL SHOPS, DAH, DAH, DAH.

THIS, SHE HAS ANNOUNCED BECAUSE OF THIS EARNINGS TAX CASE AND THE DECISION THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE -- THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

WHY NOT JUST SAY YOU KNOW WHAT SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

THIS IS NOT HER FAULT.

YOU LOST THIS ONE, GOING TO LOOK FOR OTHER REVENUE STREAMS.

I DON'T GET THAT.

>> BECAUSE SHE CAN PUSH OFF THE DECISION FOR 6 MONTHS.

THE FACT IS THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE FUNDING UNLESS THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO DOUBLE THEIR 1%.

>> IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE?

HOW ..

QUESTIONS LIKE THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

>> CHARTER COMMISSION CAME BACK WITH THEIR FIRST REPORT.

IT HAD INTERESTING STUFF IN IT.

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF IT WILL GET DONE.

AT THE SAME TIME I LIKE IT'S NOW A PAPER THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THINGS LIKE ELIMINATING THE COMPTROLLERS OFFICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'M ALL FOR THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

>>.. YEARS AGO.

I WAS ON THE PROGRAM SAYIN.. EARNINGS TAX IS GOING TO LOSE, GUYS.

ALTERNATIVE.

THEY.. >> IF I'M IN SOME KIND OF LEGAL CASE, I'M NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING WHERE A JURY OR JUDGE WOULD SAY YOU KNEW YOU WERE WRONG, ALVIN.

I WOULD WAIT UNTIL THEY MADE THE RULING.

>.. TO DO TO SAY WE BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER POSSIBILITIES FOR REVENUE, BUT WENDY, I AM WITH YOU, AND I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR SAYING HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR MY MONEY BACK.

I WOULDN'T EITHER.

CHARLIE, I'M IN FOREST PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I LOVE FOREST PARK, AND WHEN I COME DOWN HERE OR GO INTO THE PAPER ON OCCASION I EXPECT POLICE PROTECTION.

I EXPECT EVE.. MY LITTLE 1%, I'M HAPPY TO THROW THAT.

>> I DON.. FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

>> AND IT'S GOOD.

>> LET'S BE REAL.

IF THIS WAS A SIZEABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, I WOULD BE CHASING AFTER IT, TOO.

>> HOW MUCH COULD THE CITY NEED THIS MONEY IF IT'S GOT 279 MILLION, STAN KROENKE DOLLARS AND HASN'T SPENT A PENNY OF IT YET.

DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY.

BILL, WHAT ABOUT THE GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME IN BEVIS SHOCK IS NOW SUING THE CITY OVER ITS PLAN THAT WOULD GIVE 540 PEOPLE $500 FOR 18 MONTHS.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN ANDREW YANK I CAN'AN YANG RANFOR PRESIDENT.

SOON AI IS COMING ALONG AND THERE'S ALREADY IN THE MEDIA, JOBS ARE VERY SCARCE.

WE MIGHT NEED GEARNTED INCOME FOR PEOPLE, AND I THINK THE CITIES ARE THE LABORATORIES WHERE THIS COULD BE WORKED OUT.

AS I LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN OF GIVING $500 TO RANDOM FAMILIES, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

BUT .. LEFT ALONE AND OTHER CITIES AS WELL TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO DO THIS.

>> YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET SUED.

THIS IS .. STANDER UP TO A LEGAL CHALLENGE.

NOT SAYING THE CITY WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE LAWSUIT.

YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS BECAUSE MY FIRST REACTION IS I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD TAKE THIS MONEY AND TAKE MY 1% EARNINGS TAX AND GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY WITHOUT THEM DOING ANYTHING.

I'M ..

LAWSUIT AND WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE CITY LOST.

>> I'M WORRIED BEVIS MAY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CASE HERE.

THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE MISSOURI CONSTITUTION THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE PUBLIC MONEY AND USE IT FOR A PRIVATE BENEFIT.

WHAT COULD BE MORE OF A PRIVATE BENEFIT THAN SOMEBODY GIVING YOU A GUARANTEED INCOME.

I'M NO LAWYER.

>> IT'S SO UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN LUTHERAN AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, BECAUSE TO QUALIFY FOR THIS, YOUR CHILDREN HAVE TO BE IN A PUBLIC OR CHARTER SCHOOL.

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT.

>> I GET THEY MAY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HERE AND SOMEBODY WHO HAD MY KID IN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, IF YOU CAN AFFORD PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, YOU WON'T NEED BASIC INCOME.

>> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY MIGHT NEED.

>> YOU KNOW, BILL, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE WE GOT OUT OF COLLEGE.

WE WON'T NEED LAWYERS, WON'T NEED THIS, COMPUTERS ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER.

WE STILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED.

>> PAINT THE CURB IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE ONE TIME AND YOU GET $500.

JUST THROW SOME LI.. ARE YELLOW, AND PEOPLE DON'T CRASH IN.

THAT'S SAFETY.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SUPPOSEDLY IF YOU PAINT THEM A BRIGHT COLOR YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY CAR ACCIDENTS.

>..

THINK OF THE PLAN BY THE CITY TO SPEND $15,000 WITH THE JUSTINE PETERSON FOUNDATION -- IT'S A PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE REGISTER THEIR CARS, PAY THEIR SALES TAX, PAY THEIR INSURANCE, $315,000.

>> I THINK THEY WILL HAVE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE PAYING IT.

LOAN OR NOT, PEOPLE JUSTINE PETERSON HAS A PROGRAM THAT HELP PEOPLE PURCHASE THE CAR WITHOUT GETTING RIPPED OFF ON THE 30% AUTO LOANS, BUT THE PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE CAR PAYMENT.

..

IT'S THE DEALERSHIP, ENTITY, WHATEVER.

AND THAT TO ME WOU..

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND I TH.. WOULD NOT PAY IT BACK.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE GIVING IT TO PEOPLE .. ARE POOR AND THIS IS A HARDSHIP.

AND IF THEY SAY WELL, I'M STILL POOR AND IT'S STILL A HARDSHIP AND I CAN'T PAY IT BACK, WHAT DO YOU DO THEN?

>> OR THE ONES THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT AND DECIDE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO.

>> THAT'.. SAYING.

WHAT..

ACCEPTED A SHERIFF?

>> WENDY, WHAT DO YOU THINK FOX 2 REPORTED WILSON PARK IN GRANITE CITY HAD BEEN HIT 6 TIMES WITH PLANT THIEVES AND THE STORY IN STL TODAY.COM, THERE'S WHOLE AREAS THAT ARE EMPTY BECAUSE THIEVES HAVE STOLE THAN THE PLANTS.

IF WE FIND THE THI..

THEY BE JAILED?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE JAILED.

BUT THE ..

THE CRIME.

THEY HAVE TO PLANT.

THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR, BECAUSE IT IS QUITE CLEAR IT'S TOO LATE TO REPLACE THESE PLANTS.

YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTY THAT WAS THERE THAT HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED.

IF THEY CAN BE FOUND MAKE SURE IN TERMS OF THE PUNISHMENT, THEY CAN NEVER BE FOUND AGAIN.

AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WESTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, PEOPLE TAKING TULIPS FOR THEIR EASTER ARRANGEMENT.

>> SHE TOLD MY I PAID TAXES.

THESE ARE MINE.

IF THEY GET THESE PEOPLE THEY DON'T GET TO PLANT ANYTHING.

SHOVEL MANURE AND PLANT HONEYSUCKLE AND WAIT FOR A DAY LIKE TODAY TO GET THEM OUT OF HERE.

YOU GET MANU.. WE WILL SEE WHAT YOU STEAL NEXT TIME.

>> WE PLANTED DAFFODILS AND TULIPS, AND YOU COULD SEE THE SPRING WITH THE TULIPS.

BUT IT HAPPENS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THERE'S NO COM.. >> PEOPLE ARE AWFUL.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC RIDICULE IF WE CAN EVER CATCH THESE PEOPLE.

BECAUSE IT IS SHAMEFUL.

>> THERE ARE PHOTOS IN THE NEWLY REFINED ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT VIEWERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S STELLAR PROGRAM.

.. N.F.L.

TEAM IT NEEDS A MULTIBILLIONAIRE TO PONY UP 10 TO $15 BILLION FOR A TEAM AND STADIUM, BUT THAT'S WHAT ST. LOUIS DOESN'T HAVE.

THANK YOU.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING ADMINISTRATORS DRIVING THE SCHOOL BUSES.

WHAT DO ADMINISTRATORS DO ALL DAY?

IS EVIDENCED BY THE LITTER ALONGSIDE OUR ROADWAYS.

NOTICE ALL THE EMPTY CORDIAL LIQUOR BOTTLING DISCARDED OUTSIDE WINDOWS.

WE HEARD FROM CINDY FOSTER OF KIRKWOOD WHO WROTE I WAS DISTURBED TO DISCOVER CUT DOWN TREES AT I55 AND TELEGRAPH FOR WHATEVER REASON.

BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF I64 WHERE CBC TOOK DOWN MANY BEFORE BUILDING THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.

THANK YOU, CINDY.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE NINE LINE AS WELL.

>> HI.

I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.

NO ONE BROUGHT UP THAT WE SHOULD GET A W.N.B.A.

TEAM.

THANK YOU.

>> HERE, HERE, THANK YOU RUTH.

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