>> "DONNYBROOK" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE BETSY .. THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF NINE PBS.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER "DONNYBROOK", BUT WE ARE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO DONNYBASH, AND THAT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

IT'S OUR BIG FUND RAISER IN 2025, DETAILS UPCOMING.

BUT FIRST LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS, STARTING WITH THE NEWEST HALL OF FAMER.

SHE GOT INDUCTED BY THE MISSOURI BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION, AND ALSO ON KTRS, W WENDY WIESE, BILL MCCLELLAN IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.

AND SARA.. ST. LOUIS AMERICAN, ALVIN REID, COLUMNIST AND EDITOR.

BILL, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH YOU, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES AUSTIN, CHANCED UPON A STORY.

HE WAS INADVERTENTLY MISTAKENNING ADMITTED INTO A COMMISSION THAT OVERSEES CONVENTIONS AND HEARD COMMISSION MEMBERS SAY THEY WANT TO GET RID OF KITTY RATCLIFFE WHO HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE ST. LOUIS BUSINESS COMMISSION, AND THEY SAID THAT SALES ARE SLOW AND THAT MORALE IS LOW.

THEY WERE PLOTTING BEHIND THE SCENES FOR HER DEPARTURE.

BUT APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO YOUR PAPER TODAY, SHE'S NOT DEPARTING.

WHAT.. >> WELL, SHE SAID DEPART.

IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF WHETHER MS. RATCLIFFE IS COMPETENT OR NOT.

TO HELP THE CONVENTION CENTER GET BUILT, THE EXPANSION PART, AND IF PEOPLE NO LONGER TRUST HER WHEN SHE'S LOST THE FAITH OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND NOW HER OWN BOARD SAYS SHE'S GOT TO GO, AT THAT POINT, YOU HAVE TO GO.

ACCORDING TO THE STORY TODAY, BRIAN HALL, HER SPOKESPERSON, SAID THAT SHE WILL BE LEAVING IN JUNE.

.. JUNE, BECAUSE NOTHING WILL GET DONE.

SO WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ALL MS. RATCLIFFE'S FAULT OR NOT, I'M JUST GUESSING SHE'S PROBABLY HOLDING OUT FOR A SEVERANCE PACKAGE, BUT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.

SHE HAS TO LEAVE.

>> THE LATEST KIND F FUROR HAS BEEN OVER THE CONVENTION CENTER OBVIOUSLY AND THE DELAYS AND BOB CLARK GOT INVOLVED.

THAT'S NOT THE SMOKING GUN SHE SAID BE LET GO FOR.

IF YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER, I THINK IT'S SOME ONGOING THINGS.

I'.. CONVENTION CENTER AT HER DOORSTEP, AND I'M ALSO NOT SAYING THAT SHE'S UNIQUE IN THAT.

LOT OF JOBS FOR A LONG TIME IN ST. LOUIS, AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE DOING A HORRIBLE JOB, BUT IT'S LIKE WHY CAN'T WE BRING SOME YOUNG FRESH IDEAS, SAID THE 63-YEAR-OLD GUY.

>> I THINK THAT SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THE CDC HAVE HAD PROBABLY VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH KITTY RATCLIFFE OF LATE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE REC CENTER IN NORTH COUNTY AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT AT THIS POINT THE THING THAT THEY KEPT TALKING ABOUT IN THE STORY ABOUT HER BEING DISTRACTED LATELY, AND I THINK YOU ARE 1,000% RIGHT, BILL, SHE IS NEGOTIATING A VERY HEALTHY SEVERANCE PACKAGE.

>> I HOPE SHE DOESN'T GET IT.

I HOPE NO ONE RESIGNS FROM GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE TAXPAYERS ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR.

SHE WAS WELL COMPENSATED DURING HER TIME THERE.

IF SHE'S DISTRACTED AND MORALE WAS BAD, I HAVE TO CREDIT AUSTIN TO GETTING INTO THAT MEETING AND HEARING ALL OF THIS, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY NEED TO PAY HER TO GO AWAY.

>> FIRST OF ALL MORALE IS LOW IS ALWAYS MENTIONED.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MEASURE.

NO ONE KNOWS IF MORALE IS LOW OR HIGH.

>>.. >> BUT SALES IS THE THING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

AND NO MEMBER HAS SAID SALES OF LOW.

I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE.

IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S TOUGH TO COMPETE AGAI.. NASHVILLE.

>.. >> CHICAGO, OR SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE GO.. TO GET.

>> WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN BIDDING ON THE WORK TO BE DONE, THE UPDATES, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

THERE'S NO BID.

>> BAD TEAMS, GOD, WE STINK, AND IT WASN'T ALL THE COACH'S FAULT, AND SOMEHOW THAT TEAM, SOMEHOW OR THE OTHER FIGURES OUT HOW TO BE A INWITHINNING TEAM AGAIN.

I THINK IT NEEDS AT TO HAPPEN AT A CORPORATE LEVEL.

>> AND YOU NEED THE MONEY.

>> IMAGINE HER POSITION.

I DON'T THINK THAT SHE'S TURNED ST. LOUIS INTO A GREAT CONVENTION CENTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD.

HER BOSSES ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

YOU .. COUNTY.

SO YOU HAVE GOT TO P.. OF THEM.

NO ONE IS EVER ON THE SAME PAGE.

LET'S FACE IT, OUR IMAGE IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS HAS BEEN HORRIBLE.

ONE .. WAS CAN WE PUT UP SPEED BUMPS IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS SO KIDS DON'T RUN WILD IN THEIR AUTOMOBILES.

HOW DO YOU BRING CONVENTIONS IN IF YOU HAVE CARS THAT DRIVE LIKE MADMEN.

>>..

TOMORROW, I WOULD FIGURE IT OUT.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO, PEOPLE WITH INGENUITY DO.

NOT JUST SAYING ME.

JUST BECAUSE THERE'S PROBLEMS AND HOW CAN ANYBODY DO IT, LET'S THROW UP OUR HANDS, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A MAN OR A WOMAN OUT THERE THAT COULD TURN THIS THING AROUND.

>>..

SOMEONE TURN AROUND CRIME?

CITIZENS FOR GREATER DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS, ALVIN, THIS WEEK ISSUED A STATEMENT DECRYING THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 17 SHOT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR THEREABOUTS.

LET'.. ELLIOTT NESS OR BILL BRATNER, AND GIVEN KIDS CAN CARRY FIREARMS, SO LONG AS THEY ARE NOT FULLY AUTOMATIC, CAN YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE GUN CRIME IN ST. LOUIS?

>> IF WE REACT..

WEEKEND LIKE THIS EVERY TIME SOMEBODY WAS SHOT, THAT WOULD HELP.

AND IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ESPECIALLY THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THAT DIDN'T RI.. ME, AND MOST OF THE MAYHEM WENT UP ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WE CAN'T PIECEMEAL SHOOTINGS AND MURDERS, BUT IT DID SEEM LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS A FIVE ALARM CRIME FIRE BECAUSE THE INCIDENT IN THE CITY WHERE MOST OF THE KILLING WENT ON WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

>> I THINK THE THIRD ONE.. OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.

>> BUT 7 PEOPLE GOT OUTSIDE OF A NORTH SIDE NIGHTCLUB IN ONE SPRAY OF GUNFIRE.

HIERARCHY PLAYING THAT GAME.

BUT I AM SAYING THAT IT SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, FURRY >> ALVIN, YOU TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT MEMPHIS, AND HOW YOU LIKE THE WAY THEY DO BEAL STREET.

THERE ARE COPS EVERYWHERE.

I THINK THERE'S SOME THOUGHT THAT MAYBE DOWNTOWN SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD A LITTLE BIT OF MEMPHIS AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO SECURE BEAL STREET.

>> I AGREE.

THEY DO IT LIKE JURISDICTION DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU CAN SIGN UP.

IF YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER IN THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, YOU COULD COME WORK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE STATE PAYS FOR THAT OR MEMPHIS PAYS.

COMES FROM, BUT THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT.

>>..

LAWFULLY A WALKING AROUND WITH FIREARMS, THERE'S NOTHING A POLICE OFFICER CAN DO.

THE BOYS CARRYING THESE FIREARMS CAN WALK IN FRONT OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH LONG ONES OR SHORT ONES OUT OR IN, AND THE KANSAS CITY PROSECUTOR SAYS THERE'S NOT A THING YOU CAN DO ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

>> I'M SURE LES STERMAN COULD HAVE WORDSMITHED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VILIFY SOMEBODY WHO IS ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE HOLDING HOUSE KEYS DOWN THERE, AND SO MANY OF THEM HAVE VIDEOTAPED FROM THEIR BALCONIES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS, AND HE'S OFFERED -- THEY HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY, BUT THEY ARE BEING REBUFFED OR IGNORED.

>> I DON'T THINK THE CITY WANTS THEIR PLAN, AND I THINK THE CITY SHOULD SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND HEAR THE PLAN OUT.

HE'S MADE SOME COMMENTS THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF DOWNTOWN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I APPREC.. FROM ON THAT.

IT'S LIKE OH, WE ARE GOING TO CLEAN THINGS UP FOR TOURISTS AND LET NORTH CITY DO WHAT NORTH CITY WANTS TO DO.

HE'S TRYING TO BE EQUITABLE HOW HE'S DEALING WITH THIS, AND I THINK IT'S A FINE WAY TO APPROACH IT.

>&g.. DO, TAKE A BREAK AND THEN COME BACK, AND AS WE DO TAKE THE BREAK, WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO JOIN US NEXT MAY THE EIGHTH FOR DONNYBASH.

IT'S THE BIG FUND RAISER FOR PBS.

HERE ARE.. >> I MENTIONED THANK YOU GIFTS.

R. US.

LET'S .. YOU ABOUT IT.

AT THE 75-DOLLAR LEVEL, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE AMAZING MUG, AND IT'S AN AWESOME MUG.

IT'S THE 70th BIRTHDAY LIMITED EDITION NINE PBS MUG.

LOOK AT THAT BEAUTY.

YOU CAN TOAST TO YOUR FRIENDS AND POST TO NINE PBS.

WE WILL SAY CHEERS TO YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR BECOMING A MEMBER.

AT THE 95-DOLLAR LEVEL, OH, MY GOODNESS, YOU CALL, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DONNYBASH LIVE IN PERSON, AND THAT IS ON MAY 8th AT 2025.

YOU GUYS, WE HAVE IT ALL PLANNED MAY 8th, 2025, AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORIT..

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THAT VENUE.

AT THE NEXT LEVEL AT $15 A MONTH AS A SUSTAINER YOU WILL RECEIVE THE BEAUTIFUL 70th BIRTHDAY MUG AND NOT ONE BUT TWO TICKETS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

TWO TICKETS TO SEE DONNYBASH ON MAY 8th AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

BEAUTIFUL.

YOU DO N.. ONE OF MY FAVORITE FEEDBACKS THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU ALL FROM THE LAST ONE WAS THAT LIVE TV IS SO EXCITING AND "DONNYBROOK"ERS ARE WHO YOU SEE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT, BUT IN PERSON.

I'M STILL STAR STRUCK SOMETIMES.

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

GIVE US A CAR OR NEXT TO 1-800-568-9099.

RIGHT NOW BECOME A MEMBER, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO THE TABLE WITH THE "DONNYBROOK"ERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THIS SECTION SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT SETTING SETTING.

>>.. WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM, "DONNYBROOK", HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT DONNYBASH.

IT'S COMING UP ON MAY THE EIGHTH, 2025.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT.. AND IT'S AGAIN, YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS BY BECOMING A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF NINE PBS.

YOU CAN ALSO GET ONE OF THESE HANDY DANDY COFFEE MUGS THAT ARE GREAT.

PROFESSION ALLEN JOIRS OF PROFESSIOPROFESSIONAL ENJOYERS OF COFFEE THE COFFEE MUGS.

>> I HAVE IT IN MY COFFEE.

THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE WATER.

>> OUR VIEWERS WERE WONDERING THROUGH THE YEARS WHAT EXACTLY.

>> EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

YO.. DONNYBASH IS A PUBLIC AFFAIR ABOUT PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

YOU GET A DOUBLE DOSE OF "DONNYBROOK" THAT NIGHT, AND IT'S AT THE HISTORIC SHELDON AUDITORIUM.

YOU ..

IT'S A DUAL LENGTH SHOW WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

AT THE END ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT TO GET THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY INVOLVED TO GET THEIR TURN TO KIND OF BORROW AN OLD PHRASE FROM "DONNYBROOK".

THOUGHTS ON RECOLLECTIONS?

>> IT'S A FUN TIME.

IT'S OUR BIGGEST FUND RAISER.

NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S OUR ONLY FUND RAISER.

>> TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST BUT STARTED SELLING THEM 60 SECONDS AGO.

>> TIC.. DONNYBASH.

>> SO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, YOU YOU KNOW, AND IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES.

WE DO SURVIVE AND EXIST WITH YOUR SUPPORT.

IF YOU CAN PULL OUT THAT WALLET AND MAYBE GET DAD A REALLY NICE FATHER'S DAY GIFT THIS YEAR.

>> YOU LOVE HOLIDAYS, NO NEWSPAPER.

LOVE HOLIDAYS.

BUT NO, FATHER'S DAY GREAT GIFT, THIS FATHER'S DAY, BUT YOU HAVE STILL GOT A MOM.

YOU CAN BUY HER A GIFT.

IT'S A GREAT NIGHT.

WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE RECOGNIZE, BUT LATELY WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE.

IT'S REALLY A FESTIVE EVENING, AND WE HAVE A GREAT TIME.

I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE MAY OF 2025 IS A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IN MANY WAYS.

I KEEP WANTING.. 2025.

.. NOW EARLY FOR A STOCKING STUFFER.

..

PULL IT OUT ON DECEMBER 24th.

>> HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF COUPLES WHO ARE THERE CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARY?

THAT'S THEIR ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO EACH OTHER.

WE DIDN'T REAL.. WE ARE.

IT'S EITHER LIKE CINEMAX AFTER DARK OR "DONNYBROOK".

WHO KNOWS.

>> ONE THING TO POINT OUT MOTHER'S DAY IS THREE DAYS AFTER DONNYBASH.

IT'S.. >> WELL DONE.

>>.. WE WILL KICK IT BACK TO MARTY.

>> COFFEE WILL TASTE NINE TIMES BETTER IN YOUR NINE PBS MUG.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT, RIGHT?

2025 IS COMING.. YOU MIGHT THINK HEY, THAT'S A YEAR AWAY.

I WI.. YOU KNOW WHAT, DONNYBASH I.. OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST POPULAR, POPULAR EVENT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF NINE PBS TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU.

GUESS WHAT ELSE?

WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU BECOMING A MEMBER RIGHT NOW WITH THE AMAZING THANK YOU GIFTS.

AT THE 75-DOLLAR LEVEL, WE HAVE GOT THAT BEAUTIFUL 70th BIRTHDAY MUG, LIMITED EDITION, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VERY, VERY SPECIAL MUG.

MEMBERS AND VIEWERS LIKE YOURSELVES AT HOME HAVE BEEN SUSTAINING OUR STATION FOR 70 YEARS.

LET'S MAKE IT 70 MORE.

AT THE 95-DOLLAR LEVEL, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A TICKET TO DONNYBASH.

THAT'S RIGHT, THE MAY 8 EVENT, MAY 8, 2025, 5:30 P.M. ON A WONDERFUL THURSDAY AT A SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

THAT VENUE IS THE VERY FAVORITE IN TOWN.

THEN A.. LEVEL, YOU WILL RECEIVE TWO TICKETS AND THAT AMAZING 70th BIRTHDAY MUG.

THAT'S R..

THIS IS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU FOR BECOMING A MEMBER OF NINE PBS.

GIVE US A CALL OR TEXT GIVE TO 1-800-568-9099 RIGHT NOW.

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

JUST CALL OR TEXT US.

YOU WANT YOUR TICKETS TO DONNYBASH RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN .. TIME.

ONE BUT TWO COCKTAIL HOURS.

CALL OR TEXT GIVE TO 1-800-568-9099.

RIGHT NO.. AN AWESOME CONVERSATION.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MAY.

SARAH I WANT TO ASK ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT OF BOB CLARK HAS MOVED ONE OF HIS FIRMS CONCRETE STRATEGIES FROM THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS TO HAZELWOOD.

HAZELWOOD IS GOING TO GIVE THIS COMPANY, WHICH EMPLOYS 50 PEOPLE, ABOUT 10 YEARS OF TAX ABATEMENT.

THE ..

REJECTED HIS OFFER BECAUSE THE SITE HE WANTED TO MOVE TO, THE ST. LOUIS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WANTED FOR RETAIL, YOU HAVE THE RETAIL TAX AND PROVIDE AMENITIES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU DON'.. BUSINESS.

BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK?

SHOULD THEY HAVE TRIED TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO KEEP BOB CLARK IN ST. LOUIS?

>> I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH AND GIVE OUT A BIG TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE SITE, WHICH HAZELWOOD DID, MORE POWER TO THEM.

IT'S A CONCRETE FACTORY.

>> AND A JOB TRAINING CENTER.

>> AND A JOB TRAINING CENTER.

GREAT.

I'M VERY GLAD IT'S STAYING IN THE REGION BUT IT'S NOT WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS OR NEEDS.

.. WOULD THIS EVEN BE NEWS IF A BUSINESS WITH 50 JOBS WAS MOVING IN.

INSTEAD .. TO NORTH COUNTY AND DOING THE JOB TRAINING THERE, IT'S GREAT FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I HOPE FOR THE NEIGHBORH.. THAT THEY CAN GET SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER FOR WHAT THEY WANT THAN A CONCRETE FACTORY.

>> IT'S HARD TO SAY WE WANT A GROCERY STORE OR HARDWARE STORE OR COFFEE SHOP, ALL OF THIS RETAIL WHEN THERE ARE NO JOBS AROUND AND THE PEOPLE ARE VERY POOR.

FEET.

IF STARB.. COFFEE SHOP IS GOING TO WORK THERE, THEY WILL PUT ONE IN.

>> HE LOVES THE CITY, AND IF ANYBODY IS COMMITTED TO THE CITY, HE IS, BUT WHAT HE HAS TO GO THROUGH AS A BUSINESS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY AT THIS TABLE WOULD BE WILLING TING THROUGH I THINK THIS HAS TO BE DONE IN STEPS LIKE YOU SAID, BILL, RETAIL WOULD BE FABULOUS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS, FRONTS, FIRST BEFORE I THINK RETAIL IS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND WE ALL APPRECIATE BOB CLARK AND THE FACT THAT HE SPEAKS HIS MIND.

>> HE WAS ON.

>> I'M SURE HE'S HARD TO WORK WITH, AND I WILL GIVE THE CITY CREDIT FOR THAT.

BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE WORKED WITH HIM.

>> YOU KNOW, HE HAD NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THE MAYOR, TISHAURA JONES.

HE RECENTLY PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE BIG THEATER AT THE FAMILY LIBRARY.

HE.. FIND A PLACE FOR THE CONCRETE STRATEGIES.

>> HERE ..

THERE WAS A SPECIFIC SITE ..

HE WANTED AND I GET STARBUCKS IS NOT READY TO LOCATE THERE NOW.

BUT MOVING A 50 PERSON CONCRETE COMPANY THERE ISN'T GOING TO MAKE IT ANYMORE ATTRACTIVE TO STARBUCKS.

YOU .. SOMEWHERE, IT WOULD HAVE CLOSED IT FOR ALL TIME.

IT'S A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO WHAT IS A TEMPORARY PROBLEM.

>> THERE'S THE POLLUTION THERE, SO THEY CAN'T BUILD HOMES THERE, RIGHT?

SO YOU HAVE EITHER I.. RETAIL.

IT ISN'T LIKE LET'S BUILD SOME TRACTION.

>> IT IS 50 BODIES THAT WOULD BE THERE NOW THAT AREN'T ALREADY THERE.

>>.. YOU CAN GET A CONCRETE FACTORY.

COME ON NOW.

>> MAYBE WE DON'T WANT A CONCRETE FACTORY.

AND THE FACT THAT BOB CLARK DOESN'T GET ALONG WITH THE MAYOR, THAT'S ON THE 34REU9 POLITICAPOLITICALSIDE.

HE'S GOT A BIG EGO AND WANTS TO GO ON RADIO AND TALK DOWN THERE THIS PERSON AND TALK UP THIS PERSON.

BUT THAT'S NOT HELPING ANY PROBLEMS GET INVOLVED.

GOD BLESS HIM.

HE'S A MULTIBILLIONAIRE.

>> GOD ALREADY HAS BLESSED HIM.

>> HIS IS A VOICE LIKE MANY OTHERS.

>.. PROTESTER AT WASH-U AND TUESDAY, MAYBE WEDNESDAY FOR WASH-U TO DROP THE CHARGES.

AS YOU KNOW, ABOUT 100 PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED, I BELIEVE, IN APRIL WHEN THEY STARTED SETTING UP AN ENCAMPMENT, 23 WERE STUDENTS, AND 9 PROFESSORS AND ASSISTANT PROFESSORS WHO HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN SIX WEEKS, SHOULD WE LET BYGONES BE BYGONES AND DROP ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST EVERYBODY?

>> IF THEY D.. PROTEST.

I .. CHANCELLOR I WOULDN'T DROP ALL THE CHARGES.

YOU TOOK YOUR STAND, AND NOW I'M TAKING MINE.

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS FINE, BUT YOU GO INTO IT KNOWING I COULD BE ARRESTED, IF I'M ARRESTED, I COULD BE LITERALLY CHARGED WITH A CRIME, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH IS NOT THAT SERIOUS, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE WILL DOING YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ONCE YOU GET THE PHYSICS DEGREE FOR WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

YOU PLAYED YOUR HAND.

THE CHANCELLOR PLAYED HIS.

>> I GET IT YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES DON'T SEEM COMMENSURATE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

THERE WEREN'..

THINGS ON FIRE OR THESE WEREN'T PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO BE ARRESTED.

TH..

THE FACT THERE'S FACULTY MEMBERS CAUGHT IN THE LIMBO WHERE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CONTACT WITH STUDENTS AND DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO COME BACK.

CHARGES ARE STILL PENDING, I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM, AND I THINK IT MAKES THE CHANCELLOR LOOK GOOD WITH THE DONORS AND I THINK THAT'S WHY HE'S DOING IT.

>> IT'S HARD FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO SAY THAT NOTHING BAD HAD HAPPENED.

I TH.. SAID, AND THEY DID, THAT THEY FELT THREATENED AND THEY FELT AFRAID, THAT'S UP TO THEM TO OWN THOSE FEELINGS.

I THINK THE CHANCELLOR DID THE RIGHT THING FOR HIS DONOR BASE AT A TIME -- HONESTLY.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.

>> I APPLAUD HIM.

THIS IS A VERY, VERY VOLATILE ISSUE.

AND HE.. LET MY KIDS FEEL THREATENED.

>> IT DIDN'T GET WAY OUT OF HAND AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY BROKE TH ENCAMPMENT UP.

>> THESE KIDS NEED TO TOUGHEN UP, JUST BECAUSE THEY FEEL THREATENED, DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO HAVE SAFE ZONES.

AND NOW THEY SAY THESE KIDS ARE THREATENED.

>>..

IN GRAND CHAPEL WITH WORDS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY IN POLITE COMPANY.

TH.. GRADUATION.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEIR LIVES ARE DISRUPTED?

IS THAT SUDDENLY UNFAIR PLAY?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A QUID PRO QUO TO ME.

WENDY, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE CHIEF OF BALLWIN.

HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF ABUSING RJIS.

AND YOU CAN GE.. DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION, HOME ADDRESS, AND SOME THINGS YOU PROBABLY CAN'T GET ALL THE TIME ON CASE NET OR A SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCH OR GOOGLE SEARCH, ALTHOUGH IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

APPARENTLY EVEN PEOPLE THAT HE RAN INTO, COCKTAIL WAITRESSES, WHATEVER, HE WAS DOING RJIS SEARCHES ON THEM.

THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF LINE 6789 HE WASN'T SEARCHING PEOPLE'S DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

I DON'T THINK HE IS ALONE.

I THINK THAT HAVING ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF DATABASE WOULD BE TEMPTING.

I ME..

SITUATIONS WHERE ONE WOULD WANT TO LOOK INTO ONE'S COLLEAGUES.

I THINK IT'S HUMAN NATURE.

BUT HE'S THE POLICE CHIEF, AND WHEN YOU FIND OUT HE'S RUNNING DOWN PEOPLE WHO POSTED THINGS ON FACEBOOK, IT'S LIKE AREN'T THERE OTHER THINGS FOR A POLICE CHIEF TO DO.

IT'S JUST A BA.. OPINION, IT IS A FIREABLE OFFENSE.

>>.. AND HE DID A GREAT JOB, AND THERE'S STUFF THAT YOU CAN DISCUSS.

..

THOUGHT BOY, THIS GOES ON ALL THE TIME.

WHAT RJIS DOES IS SHOWS YOU ARREST RECORDS THAT YOU DON'T GET ON CASE NET, AND THE POLICE, I THINK, ARE OFTEN LOOKING UP PEOPLE TO SEE WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS WAS SUSPICIOUS I DIDN'.

I DIDN'T THINK, IT WAS OH, MY GOSH, ACCESSING A RECORD.

>> IT DOES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

>> IT DOES HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

>> BUT SOMETHING IS GOING ALONG WITH BALLWIN.

WASN'T LONG AGO THEY GOT IN TROUBLE WITH THE CHIEF, AND HE LEFT, AND KEVIN SCOTT TAKES OVER AND SPENDS THREE YEARS BEFORE HE GOES TO METRO.

>> HE WROTE ABOUT THAT FELLOW WHO WAS GOING TO RUN.

>> THE ALDERMEN.

>> AND THE CITY ATTORNEY FILED A LAWSUIT TO GET HIM ON HIS BEHAVE, AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.

THERE IS SOME THINGS GOING ON.

>> THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA.

>> WONDER WHY WE CAN NEVER MOVE THE NEEDLE.

>> UNSUNG HERO, THE POLICE OFFICER WHO STOOD UP TO THE BOSS AND SAID I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S LEGAL.

AND HE MADE SOME KIN..

BUT AT LEAST SOMEBODY WITHIN THE OFFICE HAD SOME IDEA.

WE ARE POLICE OFFICERS, MAN.

>> LET ME SAY THIS, WHEN I WAS WORKING AT PHOTO MAT ON WARREN ROAD IN CLEVELAND OHIO.

AND PEOPLE WOULD GET THEIR PHOTOS PROCESSED THERE.

>> DO YOU THINK I LOOKED AT THOSE GIRLS, GOT HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PHOTOS THAT THEY HAD?

>> THERE WAS A MOVIE.

>> BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IF YOU WORKED AT I.R.S.

AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS MAKING, WOULD YOU DO IT OR WOULD YOU THINK THAT'S WRONG?

>> A REPORTER, INCLUDING TONY MESSENGERS WOULD DEFINITELY DIVULGE THE DETAILS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.

ACTUALLY WE ARE NOT TAKING BREAK.

ON DONNYBASH.

IT'S MAY THE EIGHTH, HER.. YOU CAN JOIN US.

>> THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SHOW.

I LOVE THE SHOW SO, SO MUCH.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT DONNYBASH AND A CHANCE TO SEE THE "DONNYBROOK"ERS LIVE IN PERSON.

.. NOW, YOU HELP US TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR COMMUNITY WORK.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAGNIFY AND DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN HELP THE REGION FLOURISH AND THAT'S JUST WHAT "DONNYBROOK" DOES.

THERE'S FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT, AND IT'S ABOUT DONNYBASH AND IT SAYS THE CAST AND THE AUDIENCE WERE HAPPILY INVOLVED AND GLAD TO BE A PART OF ST. LOUIS.

IT WAS A COMMUNITY SPIRIT BUILDER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT HERE AT NINE PBS.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HOPEFULLY BUILD YOUR SPIRITS WITH THANK YOU GIFTS.

LET'S DIVE IN.

AT THE 75-DOLLAR LEVEL, WE'VE GOT AMAZING CAMPFIRE MUG, THE 70th BIRTHDAY MUG, LIMITED EDITION, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

IT'S GOING TO RUN OUT.

YOU WANT TO GET THIS.

IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE MUG.

CHEERS AND TOAST TO NINE PBS 70 MORE YEARS AND BE A MEMBER.

AT THE 95-DOLLAR LEVEL, YOU WILL SEE ONE TICKET TO SEE DONNYBASH LIVE ON MAY 8th, AWESOME SUMMER THURSDAY OF 2025.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENING.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT.

2025 WILL BE HERE AT A BLINK OF AN EYE.

THE NEXT LEVEL WE HAVE IS MY FAVORITE, IT'S $15 A MONTH AND YOU GET TWO TICKETS, AND AWESOME 70t70th BIRTHDAY MUG, $15 A MONTH, AND 70th BIRTHDAY MONTH.

AND IT'S SO FUN, AND YOU GET TO RUB ELBOWS WITH THE STARS OF DO "DONNYBROOK" THEMSELVES, COCKTAIL HOUR, TWO ACTUALLY.

AND WE WILL GO OVER TO THE "DONNYBROOK"ERS OVER AT THE TABLE FOR A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND CHITCHAT.

>> QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE SHOW LIVE ON THURSDAY NIGHT, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SHOW WILL BE PBS DOCUMENTARY ON DISCO, SOUNDTRACK OF A REVOLUTION, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THURSDAY NIGHT FEVER, DONNYBASH MAY 8, 2025, A PUBLIC AFFAIR ABOUT PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND WE HAVE WITH US, OF COURSE RIGHT NOW, THE USUAL "DONNYBROOK" CREW, AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE TWO DONNYBASHES SARAH FENSKE.

>> IT'S ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A GOOD MOOD, WHO CARE ABOUT ST. LOUIS AND WHO ARE EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.

THE PARTY BEFORE IS FUN.

THE PARTY AFTER IS FUN.

>> EVEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE ON ANYTHING HAVE FUN THAT NIGHT.

IT'S THAT KIND OF AN EVENING.

>> PUT ALL THE HOSTILITY ASIDE, NOT BETWEEN US.

>> HOSTILITY FOR AFTER.

>> YOU CAN TASTE IT.

BUT IT IS A REALLY FUN NIGHT.

IT REALLY IS.

YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE'RE SHOOTING A TV SHOW, BUT YOU SEE US BEFORE.

YOU SEE US AFTER.

SO THE SHOW IS KIND OF LIKE THE GAME, AND YOU GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM BEFORE AND AFTERWARDS, AND I KNOW ANOTHER SPORTS REFERENCE BY ME, BUT IT REALLY IS KIND OF COOL.

EURO A STAGE.

THERE IS AN AUDIENCE, AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO THAT.

.. OVER.

>> OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> IT WILL BE HISTORY.

>> EVEN THE MAYORAL ELECTION, TOO.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> I WOULD SAY THERE WOULD BE PEACE IN THE VALLEY.

>> NO, WE KNOW BETTER.

BUT HEY, THE CICADAS WILL BE GONE.

>>..

THEY ARE NEVER GOING AWAY.

>> BUT IT IS A LOT OF FUN.

I KNOW WE HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE SAID THAT FOR NEW FOLKS WHO HAVE MOVED INTO THE AREA, THEY HEAR FROM A LOT OF NEIGHBORS.

YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GO TO DONNYBASH AND START WATCHING "DONNYBROOK" BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ACCLIMATE YOURSELF.

>> WE LOST A GOOD ONE RECENTLY BILL, GREG POWERS.

>> GREG WAS AT DONNYBASH WITH HIS DAUGHTER, AND GREG WAS AN INSURANCE GUY, AND HE WAS MR. TENNESSEE, ALTHOUGH HE GREW UP IN ST. LOUIS, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW HE BECAM TENNESSEE, I MET HIM BECAUSE HE HAD CARCINOMA, WHICH I HAD.

AND GREG DIED JUST A..

WEEKS AGO.

HE WAS A TERRIFIC .. >> AND GENEROUS SUPPORTER OF CHANNEL 9 LIKE HIS BROTHER PIERCE.

WE..

THIS DAY THE MOST WATCHED PBS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF ANY IN THE CHAIN, AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF VIEWERS LIKE YOU WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T AIR COMMERCIALS.

WE RELY ON GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THE PROGRAM.

>> IT'S A PILLAR OF TH.. LOUIS FOUNDATION, AND IT IS JUST AS MUCH A PART OF ST. LOUIS AS TOASTED RAVIOLI, GOOEY BUTTER GAG AND DRIVING ON EXPIRED TAGS.

ON THAT NOTE, WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE OTHER STUDIO.

>> DONNYBASH IS SUCH A GREAT NIGHT.

DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, DIVERSITY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, BUT AGE, RACE, GENDER, BUT EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT ROOM, EVERYBODY IS A MEMBER OF NINE PBS.

IT'S A REALLY GREAT FAMILY NIGHT, YOU KNOW.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BY GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THESE AMAZING THANK YOU GIFTS.

WE WILL GO OVER THEM AGAIN.

AT THE 75-DOLLAR LEVEL, YOU'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THAT AWESOME 70th BIRTHDAY MUG.

WE HAVE BEEN AROUND -- NINE PBS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 70 YEARS.

THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF MEMBERS AND VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOU.

AT THE 95-DOLLAR LEVEL, YOU RECEIVE ONE TICKET TO RECEIVE DONNYBASH LIVE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL ON MAY 8, 2025.

LIKE I SAID, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FAR, FAR AWAY.

IT'S REALLY NOT.

IT'S GOING TO COME IN HOT, YOU GUYS.

GET YOUR TICKETS RIG.. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

YOU HEAR THE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.

NIGHT.

YOU RECEIVE TWO TICKETS AND THE 70th BIRTHDAY LIMITED EDITION MUG.

TW..

THIS IS A REALLY G.. FOR FATHER'S DAY COMING UP, YOU KNOW, OR ANYONE IN YOUR LIFE YOU ARE LIKE HAY HEY, I KNOW A PERFECT SHOW FOR YOU.

IT'S GREAT TO WATCH LI.. ACTION IN A BEAUTIFUL THEATER TO SEE YOUR FAVORITE "DONNYBROOK"ERS AND HEAR A GREAT CONVERSATION, AND IT'S LIKE I SAID, SHELDON CONCERT HALL MAY 8, 2025.

TEXT GIVE AT 1-800-568-9099 RIGHT NOW OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE NINE PBS.ORG.

LET'S HOP OVER TO THE CONVERSATION AGAIN.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

ALL RIGHT.

WE W.. DONNYBASH.

BILL.. BY THE NEWSPAPER THERE WON'T BE A CHRISTMAS EDITION OVER 9 HOLIDAYS.

THAT.. DON'T YOU LIKE SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM IN A COMFORTABLE CHAIR WITH A CUP OF COFFEE READING YOUR OWN COLUMN?

>> READING THE NEWSPAPER, I DO, AND IT IS SAD.

BUT I HOPE NOT A HARBINGER OF MORE TO COME.

BUT THE NEWSPAPER IN.. GENERAL, AND THE POST DISPATCH WITH THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY IS IN GREAT FINANCIAL STRESS.

LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO SAVE A NICKEL HERE AND A NICKEL THERE, THEY ARE DOING IT, AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T SEE A THREE DAY A WEEK PUBLICATION AND WITH THE IFT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

I DON'T THINK THE POST IS CLOSE TO THAT, BUT IT IS SAD TO SEE.

>> I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG TIME WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE STILL HAVE A DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ST. LOUIS, IN CLEVELAND WHERE I'M FROM.

..

I WILL ALSO SAY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THEY ALSO DON'T GIVE YOU A COPY ON THE HOLIDAYS.

THEY HAVE A MUCH BIGGER STAFF AND A LOT MORE RESOURCES.

I SEE WHERE THE POST DISPATCH IS COMING FROM.

I'M GOING TO BE HEART BROKEN.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU MENTION THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AS A NEWSPAPER GUY, WHEN WE DIDN'T GET IT ON THE HOLIDAYS, I THINK, THIS IS REALLY CRAZY BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE CHRISTMAS OFF, IT'S DECEMBER 26th THAT YOU DON'T COME OUT WITH A PAPER.

IT ALWAYS STRIKE ME AS ODD THEY DON'T PRINT ON HOLIDAYS.

>> WE ARE PAYING CLOSE TO $1,300 A YEAR FOR THE PRINT EDITION OF THE POST DISPATCH.

AND I TALK TO PEOPLE, AND THEY SAY THE BIG SECRET IS TO GET THE SUNDAY PAPER AT DOLLAR GENERAL.

>> I HEARD THAT SAME THING.

>> IT'S ONLY A DOLLAR.

>> IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT.

..

I'M GOING TO START DOING THAT.

>> YOU ARE GIVING THE TRICKS THAT'S GOING TO FULLY DESTROY PRINT JOURNALISTS.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE TELLING PEOPLE THAT AS A SURVIVOR OF THE INDUSTRY.

>> IT'S A TRUE RITE OF PASSAGE IN JOURNALISM THAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE GO AWAY, WHEN YOU HAD TO WORK ON A HOLIDAY, AND I WAS SUNDAY EDITOR IN CHRISTMAS, AND IT FELL ON A SUNDAY IN ARKANSAS.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CRAFT THAT WE DO WHEN YOU HAVE TO WORK ON A HOLIDAY, YOU DON'T MIND IT.

ANY TIME THAT PEOPLE WORK AT NEWSPAPERS OR RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FAMILY, AND SAY HEY, I DIDN'T DISLIKE IT, BECAUSE I WAS YOUNGER.

I WASN'T EDITOR THEN.

>> THEY ARE STILL GOING TO WORK, ALVIN.

IT WIL.. >> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

>> IT'S THE PRINT EDITION, AS FAR AS I KNOW.

>> IT REALLY PUTS IT INTO -- BRINGS INTO SHARP FOCUS WHEN IT SAYS WE ARE GALLOPING INTO ANOTHER ELECTION AND EVERYTHING WE ARE SEEING HAPPENING THIS WEEK, AND HEARING ANY NEWSPAPERS CUTTING BACK IS JUST -- I KNOW IT'S WITH THE TIMES.

>> AND RADIOS CUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AFTER 8:00 AT NIGHT.

RFT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND HERE WE DON'T HAVE NEXT UP, THE 7:30 TO 8:00 SHOW.

LITTLE BITS HERE AND THERE, AND IN SOME CASES NOT SO LITTLE.

AND I WOULD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT VALENTINA GOMEZ NOR YAIG ON WHO IS RUNNING FOR SECRETARY O NOR A NOR NOR N ORIEGA.

AND SHE'S SAYS GO WOKE, GO BROKE.

THE QUES.. SHE EVEN, ON PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, BE GETTING ANY ATTENTION?

>> I MEAN, THIS WAS A QUESTION WE GRAPPLED WITH AT THE RFT, AND SHE'S BLATANTLY MAKING THE PLAY TO MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY ONLINE, PATROLLING PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE THEM MAD AND SUCCEEDING AT IT.

SHOULD WE COVER THIS WOMAN.

SHE LIVES IN ST. LOUIS.

WE ARE A ST. LOUIS PAPER.

SHE'S GONE VIRAL.

WE WOULD TRY SO HARD NOT TO COVER HER.

AND THE PROBLEM IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE RFT WRITES ABOUT HER AND DOESN'T MATTER IF THE POST DISPATCH WRITES ABOUT HER.

THAT'S NOT THE AUDIENCE.

SHE'S GOING VIRAL WITHOUT ANY OF US GIVING HER A LICK OF ATTENTION.

WE A.. WOMAN, AND WE DID A LITTLE DIGGING, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT SHE PAINTED HER BRICK.

SHE LIVES IN BENTON PARK AND HAS ONE OF THESE HOUSES WHERE IT'S BEEN PATED WHITE.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION SO THEY WOULD TURN ON HER.

IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ALL OF US CAN AGREE ON.

>> HERE IS WHAT SHE LEARNED.

MAYBE CORI BUSH, JOSH HAWLEY, ERIC SCHMITT, FIRST OF ALL, SHE'S GETTING OUT THE BLOW TORCH AND DESTROYING THINGS.

SHE KNOWS IF YOU DO CRAZY THINGS, MAYBE WE LEARNED IT FROM DONALD J. TRUMP, AND YOU GET A LOT OF ATTENTION.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU MAKE SENSE, JUST GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE.

&g..

JOURNALISM.

MR. PULITZER CAN TELL US IN THE '30s.

>>.. COMPANY SHE'S GOING TO WANT TO WORK FOR THAT SUBSCRIBES TO AND SUPPORTS PRIDE MONTH SHE HAS GOT A REALLY, REALLY HARSH AWAKENING.

>> 8-PERSON RACE, SHE GETS THAT VISIBILITY.

>>.. DISCOUNT HER.

>> I DO.

>> I DO, TOO.

>> THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO WON ELECTED OFFICE.

>> MARRIAGE JI TAYLOMARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN.

>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT BELLEVUE RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE POST OFFICE.

THEY SAY THEY .. THEIR MAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IN ONE CASE, THE RESIDENTS SAID THE MAIL WASN'T DELIVERED BECAUSE THERE WAS A DOG IN THE YARD, AND SHE SAID I DON'T HAVE A DOG.

HAVE THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WHERE YOU LIVE?

>> NO.

I UNDERSTAND IN SOME MAJORITIES AS CASES, MYHEART GOES OUT TO THE MAIL CARRIERS, AND YOU WILL SEE THEM IN FREEZING COLD IN THE LITTLE TRUCKS AT 9:30 AT NIGHT MAKING DELIVERIES.

THEY TRY.. MAIL OUT.

WHAT WAS FUNNY, I GUESS IT WAS THE POST THAT TALKED TO SOMEBODY.

THE DUTCH HALLOW BRANCH AND THEY SAID WAIT A SECOND, I CAN ORDER SOMETHING ONLINE AND NOT ONLY IS IT DELIVERED BUT THE DELIVERY PERSON WILL COME INTO MY HOUSE AND PUT IT IN A DRAWER, AND 12 HOURS LATER, THE USPS.

>> LESS THAN A MINUTE.

ANYONE ELSE?

GO AHEAD.

>> MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN PLAGUED AND GOT TO A POINT AROUND CHRISTMAS WE WERE GETTING MAIL ONCE A WEEK, AND PEOPLE IN MY FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD LAFAYETTE SQUARE, THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE ON AN OVERTIME ROUTE AND THE POSTAL SERVICE MIGHT SERVE THEM TWO DAYS A WEEK WHEN THEY COULD PAY FOR THE OVERTIME.

POSTAL SERVICE IS VERY BROKEN.

>> I LOVE THE POST OFFICE BUT I HAVE A 50% RATE OF GETTING MY MAIL STOPPED.

IT MAY STOP AND MAY NOT.

AND YOU SAID IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?

JUST TURN IN YOUR YELLOW CARD.

IF YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE, THOUGH, YOU WILL PROBABLY GET THE MAIL.

>> MY MAIL SERVICE IN KIRKWOOD IS EXCELLENT.

WE WENT THROUGH A STRETCH WHERE IT WASN'T EXCELLENT.

>> IT PAYS TO BE A HALL OF FAMER.

..

SPEAKING OF WHICH NGA WORKERS WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE FULL 1% EARNINGS TAX, HOWEVER THE CITY WILL USE HALF TO PAY OFF DEBT FOR LAND IT BOUGHT FOR THE NGA PROJECT.

TH.. FOR FREE TO MEET THE STIFF COMPETITION FROM THE METRO EAST SIDE.

AND WE T.. WE ALSO HEARD FROM KEVIN MCCONNELL OF BERKELEY WHO WROTE THE ST. LOUIS REGION HAS BEEN ON A DOWNLOAD TRAJECTORY SINCE THE 1992 DEATH OF ROBERT HIGHLAND, THE ONE GUY THAT COULD CALL TWO PEOPLE THAT HATED EACH OTHER AND SAY MY OFFICE 9:00 A.M.

TOMORROW AND HANG UP THE PHONE.

THEY WOULD BE ON TIME AND QUESTIONERS CIVILLY.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM BRIAN OF CLAYTON WHO WROTE REGARDING SARAH FENSKE'S COMMENTS ON FOREIGN TOURIST, THE NOVELIST BEGINS WHEN THE MAIN CHARACTER ARRIVES IN ST. LOUIS WHERE HE BUYS THE FAMOUS HENRY RIFLE BEFORE HEADING FURTHER WEST.

AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE DELIGHTFUL MUSIC THAT'S PLAYED DURING THE END CREDITS?

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STAY TUNED.

AND WE WILL GIVE YOU A FEW MORE DETAILS ON OUR BIG FUND RAISER.

>> "DONNYBROOK" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF NINE PBS.

>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR BECOMING A MEMBER, IF YOU'RE BECOMING A MEMBER RIGHT NOW OR BEEN A LONG-TERM MEMBER, I WANT TO SAY AN INCREDIBLE WHOLEHEARTED THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU HELPED US ..

ROOMS INTO YOUR FAVORITE PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM, AFRICAN SAFARIS, AND FOR 70 YEARS IT'S BECAUSE OF MEMBERS AND VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOURSELF.

SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU TONIGHT WITH THESE AMAZING THANK YOU GIFTS.

AT THE 75-DOLLAR LEV.. BACK 70th BIRTHDAY MUG, LIMITED EDITION MUG.

THAT IS A BEAUTY.

LOOK AT THAT THING.

YOU CAN PURE YOU POUR YOUR FAVORITE DRINK IN THERE, AND AT THE 95-DOLLAR LEVEL, YOU RECEIVE ONE TICKET TO DONNYBASH LIVE AT THE SHELDON ON THURSDAY MAY 8, 2025 AT 5:30.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE SHOW.

AT THE 15-DOLLAR A MONTH LEVEL, YOU WILL RECEIVE TWO TICKETS, TWO TICKETS TO SEE THAT SHOW AND THE 70th BIRTHDAY MUG.

THAT'S ONE GIFT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.

THE WHOLE THING OF ALL LEVELS ARE GREAT.

GIVE US A CALL OR TEXT.. 1-800-568-9099 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE NINE PBS.ORG.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT NIGHT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT, GUYS.

DONNYBASH IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.

..

FEEDBACK AND DECIDED TO HOST THE BEST DONNYBASH FOR YOU, THE BIGGEST.

..

BIGGER THAT WE'VE HAD.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE AMAZING IN 2025.

LET'S GO OVER TO THE "DONNYBROOK"ERS FOR MORE.

>> WE ARE BACK AT THE BIG TABLE TALKING ABOUT DONNYBASH, WHICH IS COMING UP ONLY 11 MONTHS FROM NOW.

IT'S MAY 8, .. WE WERE TALKING THE LAST BREAK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE YEAR 2025 SO MUCH COULD BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

WE'VE GOT THE NATIONAL ELECTION.

WE'VE GOT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS AND MISSOURI WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT HAVE A NEW MAYOR.

HERE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS A MONTH BEFORE DONNYBASH.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG STORIES.

I WANT TO KIND OF GO AROUND THE TABLE AND START WITH YOU, ALVIN, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR OTHER COHORTS AT THE BIG ROUNDTABLE ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING ABOUT AT DONNYBASH 2025?

>.. FIGHTING.

BUT .. CLOSE TO ALVIN MAKING A LEGALIZED BET IN HIS STATE.

I THINK THEY WILL FINALLY GET AROUND TO PASSING THAT AT SOME POINT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ALSO REPROWCTDIVE RIGHTS WILL BE IN OUR STATE CONSTITUTION.

>> I'M SAYING IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HAVE NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THE SAME ELECTED OFFICIALS REELECTED.

>> SHOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF PANELISTS FROM "DONNYBROOK" HAVE POLITICAL FUTURES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

>> IF I'M NOT AT DONNYBASH IT'S BECAUSE I'M WORKING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> AS PRESS SECRETARY.

>> I'M REALLY INTRIGUED, I THINK WE ALL ARE, TO SEE WHAT KEEPS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

THERE ARE SOME REALLY BOLD IDEAS OUT THERE, AND I KNOW THAT THE WILL IS OUT THERE.

WE JUST HAVE TO GET ALL OF THE TUMBLERS KIND OF LIKE FALLING INTO PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.

>> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE AT&T TOWER.

>> I HAVE THIS CRAZY BUNCH, AND I JUST HAVE THIS FEELING WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CRIME.

AM I NUTS?

>> WHAT A RADICAL POSITION TO TAKE.

>.. AND CINCINNATI'S MAYOR GOT IN OFFICE IN 2022 AND TALKING ABOUT WHO CAN SHARE THE COMMISSION TO SEE ABOUT THE FUTURE.

AND THE CHAIRMAN OF PROCTOR AND GAMBLE WAS THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE FUTURE OF CINCINNATI.

THAT'S THE 50th LARGEST COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY.

DO YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT CHEERING SOMETHING, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS?

>> IT USED TO BE THAT WAY.

>> IT WAS.

>> BACK IN THE '80s AND THE '70s.

>> PRETTY MUCH A BRANCH OFFICE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> MY ..

HAPPEN, BUT WHEN I SAY SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THE JOB, WOULD IT BE LIKE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN ST. LOUIS WHERE THESE ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS IS THE CHAIR.

YOU KNOW THEY DON'T BASICALLY DO ANYTHING EXCEPT BE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE CHAIR.

>> TO BE CONTINUED AT DONNYBASH IN 2025, MAY 8.

BE THERE!

>> THAT IS SERIOUSLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUESTIONS THAT GAIL ASKED, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AT THE NEXT DONNYBASH.

I WA.. TO BE?

I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING..

I'M GOING TO BE AT DONNYBASH.

HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GOING TO BE A MEMBER OF NINE PBS DRINKING OUT OF YOUR FANCY 70th BIRTHDAY MUG AND AT DONNYBASH WITH ALL OF US.

MEMBERS AND VIEWERS LIKE YOURSELVES WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO PRODUCE SHOWS LIKE THIS, SHARED KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION INFORMATION FOR 70 WHOLE YEARS.

LET'S MAKE IT 70 MORE.

BECOME A MEMBER, GIVE US A CALL OR TEXT GIVE AT 1-800-568-9099, AND WE WILL SAY THANK YOU AT THE 75-DOLLAR LEVEL WITH THE INCREDIBLE NINE PBS 70th BIRTHDAY MUG.

IT'S A LIMITED.. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

IT'S GOING TO RUN OUT.

IT'S A GREAT MUG.

I HELD IT IN MY HANDS.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

AT THE 95-DOLLAR LEV..

RECEIVE ONE TICKET TO SEE DONNYBASH, THE EVENT OF ALL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HYPING UP ALL EVENING ON THURSDAY MAY MAY 8, 2025 AT 5:30 P.M. AN INCREDIBLE SUMMER EVENING IN 2025.

IT SEE..

IT'S REALLY NOT.

YOU WANT TO HOP ON THIS RIGHT NOW.

YOU'LL RECEIVE TWO TICKETS AND THE 70th BIRTHDAY MUG.

TWO TICKETS ON MAY 8, 2025 AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL AND THE INCREDIBLE 70th BIRTHDAY MUG, AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUSTAINING OUR AND OUR WONDERFUL STATION AND OUR COMMUNITY WORK FOR 70 WHOLE YEARS.

GIVE US A CALL OR TEXT GIVE AT 1-800-568-9099.

BECOME A MEMBER RIGHT NOW,..

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING