COMING UP IT'S A STORMY WEEK AND NOT JUST ON THE ROADS RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A WAR THESE STATE LAWMAKERS NOT TALKING ABOUT UKRAINE HERE BUT A FIGHT OVER CLEAVER'S SEAT AND THEY'RE WILLING TO SHUT DOWN THE LEGISLATURE IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY PLUS IS THIS THE COMPANY CREATING ALL THAT MYSTERY AND FUSS IN KANSAS AND DIDN'T SEE THAT HAPPENING THE MAYOR OF INDEPENDENCE CALLS IT QUITS ALSO THIS WEEK WE ASK HOW CAN A MUG BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK OH AND HOLD OFF ON THE BALLOONS COULD THAT RIBBON CUTTING ON THE NEW LOOK KCI BE DELAYED THOSE STORIES AND THE REST OF THE WEEK'S NEWS STRAIGHT AHEAD WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N.A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW BUS THIS WEEK FROM KCUR NEWS LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO ALWAYS ON CALL AT THE KANSAS CITY CALL EDITOR AND REPORTER ERIC WESSON AND FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING WE START THIS WEEK WITH A BIG QUESTION SHOULD WE BE WORRIED THAT THE NEW LOOK KCI WON'T OPEN ON TIME DID YOU SEE THERE WERE SOME POINTED WORDS AT CITY HALL THIS WEEK OVER A NEW REPORT THAT BLASTS MINORITY HIRING ON THE BILLION DOLLAR TERMINAL PROJECT THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS FOUND WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS SIGNIFICANT COMPLIANCE ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIRING OF WOMEN AND MINORITY CONTRACTORS FIRST OFF THEY'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED AN OPENING DAY FOR THE NEW SINGLE TERMINAL THAT'S MARCH 3RD 2023 IN FACT WE HAD TOP LEADERS ON THE PROJECT ON THIS PROGRAM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEY SAID THEY'RE RUNNING ON TIME ON ON BUDGET DOES THIS LATEST REPORT THOUGH FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CHANGED THAT LISA YOU KNOW OFFICIALS ARE STILL SAYING THAT IT IS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THIS PROJECT UM ESPECIALLY AT THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN TALKING AND GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT MINORITY REPRESENTATION AND GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO TO COMPANIES IN KANSAS CITY AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW EVER SINCE WE STARTED BEFORE BEFORE A SINGLE BRICK WAS WAS DEMOLISHED OUR SINGLE PIECE OF CONCRETE WAS WAS TAKEN DOWN AND SO THIS THIS ISN'T A GOOD LOOK LEADERS PROMISED A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT THEY PROMISED THE BIGGEST NUMBERS OF MINORITY AND WOMEN REPRESENTATION OF ANY PROJECT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY AND SO IT'S IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK BUT I'M NOT SURE AND MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES CAN TELL ME TO ANY INDICATIONS THAT HAVE COME TO ME IS THAT IT HAS NOT AFFECTED THE PROJECT'S TIMELINE ERIC YOU KNOW YOU WE ALSO HAD THE AVIATION DIRECTOR THIS WEEK PAT KLEIN SAYING YOU KNOW THESE THINGS ARE QUITE ROUTINE THEY'RE VERY COMMONPLACE THESE KINDS OF INVESTIGATIONS IS THIS A BIG DEAL OR NOT I THINK SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S FIRE BUT ONE OF THE LADIES THAT ARE WOMEN THAT APPLY FOR ONE OF THE CONTRACTS FOR THE CONCRETE AND HER BED DIDN'T WIN THAT THAT CREATED THE UPROAR THAT LED TO THE LETTER GOING TO THE FAA WHY IS IT DAVE YOU KNOW THAT WE ONLY SEEM TO EVER HEAR ABOUT MINORITY CONTRACTORS WHEN IT COMES TO KANSAS CITY MISSOURI ITSELF IN FACT I HAVE RIGHT HERE THAT THAT NEW MYSTERY PROJECT IN KANSAS YOU KNOW THAT'S A BILLION DOLLARS IN TAX INCENTIVES THIS IS A 49-PAGE BILL AND I THERE'S LOTS OF CONDITIONS ON WHAT THIS COMPANY HAS TO FOLLOW NOT ONE MENTION THERE OF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO HIRE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WOMEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS OTHERWISE YOU WON'T GET THIS BID THIS IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE NICK IN PART BECAUSE THE FAA IS A FEDERAL AGENCY AND THERE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS INVOLVED AT THE AIRPORT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT NOT THE COMPLETION DATE BUT THE IDEA THAT THE FAA MIGHT COME IN AND SAY LOOK YOU DID NOT TAKE THESE COMPLAINTS SERIOUSLY ABOUT MINORITY AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND CLAW BACK SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THE AIRPORT AND THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN PETE BUT UNTIL THERE'S THERE'S MORE SMOKE HERE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO RESONATE WITH A LOT OF FOLKS UNTIL WE GET SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE NO PUN INTENDED I DID MENTION THE KANSAS MYSTERY PROJECT JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO BY THE WAY AN OKLAHOMA NEWSPAPER IS SPECULATING THAT THE SECRET COMPANY IS PANASONIC WHILE BEST KNOWN FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PANASONIC IS BECOMING A LEADING PLAYER IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY MARKET BUT DAVE IS THIS JUST IDLE GOSSIP OR CAN WE TAKE THIS TO THE BANK WELL WE CAN'T TAKE IT COMPLETELY TO THE BANK THE KANSAS CITY STAR ALSO REPORTED THAT PANASONIC IS THE RUMORED COMPANY THAT'S INTERESTED IN BUILDING A BATTERY PLAN WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE BUT IT DOES MAKE SOME SENSE DOESN'T IT NICK BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN THE KANSAS CITY REGION AND BOTH BOTH FORD AND GM ARE MOVING TOWARD ELECTRIC VEHICLES SO IT MAKES SOME SENSE WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE LISA I I SAW THE GOVERNOR THIS WEEK SAY YOU KNOW IT MAY BE UNTIL MID-MARCH BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DECISION I MEAN THAT'S A MONTH AWAY IF I'M HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING RIGHT NOW WORRYING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHO THIS COMPANY IS WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG YOU YOU MAY BE ON AN ISLAND THERE MAYBE YOU AND THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE ARE KEPT UP LATE AT NIGHT WITH A PROJECT THIS BIG IF IT'S AS MASSIVE AND AS AS TRANSFORMATIVE AS THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR ARE MAKING IT OUT TO BE THEN I THINK IT'S JUST I THINK THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE A A REASONABLE TIME TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS JUST BECAUSE WE MARKED VALENTINE'S DAY THIS WEEK DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS HUGS AND KISSES EVERYWHERE SWEET TREATS AND LOVE NOTES WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN JEFFERSON CITY WHERE LAWMAKERS ARE STILL CLASHING OVER CONGRESSIONAL MAPS RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A WAR THE FILIBUSTER GOES ON SENATORS YOU WORK FOR US LISTEN TO US AND WE WANT MORE CONSERVATIVES TO GO TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK MEMBERS OF THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS IN THE MISSOURI SENATE SAY THEY WON'T PASS ANY BILLS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SESSION UNTIL THEY GET THEIR WAY WHAT IS THAT WAY THEY WANT KANSAS CITY CONGRESSMAN EMANUEL CLEAVER OUT THE PLAN CUT HIS DISTRICT IN TWO MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE KANSAS CITY DEMOCRAT TO WIN RE-ELECTION IS THIS JUST GRANDSTANDING TO GET ATTENTION FOR A FEW DAYS OR IS THIS GOING TO GRIND THE ENTIRE SESSION TO A HALT ERIC I THINK IT'S GRANDSTANDING I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CONGRESSMAN OVER THE WEEKEND AND I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO HASH OUT A DEAL TO WHERE UH IT DOESN'T AFFECT HIM AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO AFFECT HIM SO IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL YET IT'S INTERESTING UH PETE THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE MADE THAT MOVE THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS THEY'RE BEING BLOCKED BY LEADERSHIP IN THE MISSOURI SENATE FROM ADDING TO BILLS LIKE HOW TO TEACH RACE IN SCHOOLS TRANSGENDER ATHLETES THINGS THAT CONSERVATIVES CARE ABOUT WHY ARE THEY WILLING TO PUT THIS ISSUE AHEAD OF ALL OF THOSE OTHER CONCERNS THAT THEY THEY SEEM TO CARE ABOUT WELL I I THINK YOU CAN UH YOU KNOW WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME I I DON'T THINK THIS PROCESS ELONGATING LONGER THAN IT NEEDS TO IS NECESSARILY GOING TO HURT THOSE BILLS FROM GETTING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE SO I THINK IT'S DRAMA FOR RIGHT NOW BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK ON THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND SAY BOY IF ONLY WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LENGTHY FILIBUSTER AROUND THE 7162 UH DEBATE WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN X Y AND Z DONE I DON'T THINK I COULD BE WRONG BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA LOOK BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LISA EVEN EVEN GOP LEADERSHIP HAS SAID THEY WANT TO BAN CRITICAL RACE THEORY THEY WANT TO TACKLE THESE TRANSGENDER TRANSGENDER SPORTS ISSUES THEY THEY THESE ARE ALL AVOWED CONSERVATIVE UH PRIORITIES SO I THINK THAT REALLY MAKES WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS DIVIDE HERE FASCINATING AND I THINK POTENTIALLY COULD GRIND THE SESSION TO TO A HALT OR AT LEAST PREVENT A LOT OF THINGS FROM GETTING THROUGH AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS THEY STILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH MEDICAID MEDICAID EXPANSION IS STILL SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE BACK BURNER YOU HAVE 53 PERCENT OF MISSOURIANS SAY HEY DO SOMETHING WITH THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED IT AND IT'S MOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK BURNER TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THE STATE WELL YOU MENTIONED MEDICAID EXPANSION ISN'T THERE AN EFFORT NOW TO PUT THAT BACK ON THE BALLOT PETE IN NOVEMBER TO RE-VOTE ON THAT IF IT PASSED 53 PERCENT UH THE LAST TIME IT WENT TO VOTERS WHY WOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE THIS TIME AROUND WE KNOW IT'S EXPECTED TO BE A GOOD YEAR UH FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AND EXPECTED TO BE THE SAME IN MISSOURI SO WITH A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE TO THE VOTERS AT LEAST FROM THE REPUBLICAN PERSPECTIVE THEY MAY ABLE TO BE GET THAT THING REVERSED IN THEIR MIND REMEMBER KANSAS BY THE WAY HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THE SAME REDISTRICTING PROCESS JUST DAYS AFTER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS OVERTURNED A VETO FROM GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY TO DRAMATICALLY RESHAPE THE KANSAS POLITICAL MAP MULTIPLE LAWSUITS FILED IN A COURT BATTLE NOW ON THE WAY IT SEPARATES COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND PARTICULARLY DISENFRANCHISES OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR JUST TO RECAP WHAT KANSAS HAS DECIDED TO DO IS MOVE LAWRENCE INTO THE SAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS WESTERN KANSAS AND CAT WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN HALF DEMOCRATS SAY THE GOP DRAWN MAP AIMS TO SQUEEZE CONGRESSWOMAN SHARICE DAVIDS OUT OF OFFICE SEVERAL LAWSUITS WERE FILED THIS WEEK CHALLENGING THE MAP BUT WHAT HAPPENS NOW IF A JUDGE RULES THEY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MINORITY COMMUNITIES OR ARE BLATANTLY PARTISAN DO THEY TOSS IT BACK TO LAWMAKERS TO REDRAW THE MAP OR DID THE JUDGES THEMSELVES TAKE UP UH THEIR OWN MARKER PENS AND GET A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER AND DRAW MAPS THEMSELVES DAVE WELL THEY'LL WHAT THEY WOULD DO NICK IS GIVE THE LEGISLATURE A DEADLINE TO COME UP WITH A MAP THAT MORE COMPLIES WITH STATE LAW OR FEDERAL LAW AND IF THE LEGISLATURE FAILS TO DO THAT THEN THE JUDGES WOULD DRAW THEIR OWN MAPS AND THEY'VE DONE THAT BEFORE THEY DID IT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THE LEGISLATURE WAS UNABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION PETE IF THE UH JUDICIARY DOES STAY IN KEEPING WITH THE REPUBLICAN MAPS IN KANSAS COULD YOU IMAGINE A SCENARIO THEN WHERE SHARICE DAVIDS WOULD SAY UH BOY THIS IS BEING SO REDISTRICTING I DON'T NEED TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS RACE I DON'T SEE THAT NICK WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SHE'S GOT AS WELL STUNNED IF THAT HAPPENS WELL BUT IT MAY SEEM IMPLAUSIBLE BUT REMEMBER DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN INDEPENDENCE THIS WEEK LONG TIME MAYOR EILEEN WEIR CALLS IT QUITS JUST DAYS AFTER COMING IN SECOND IN A CROWDED MAYORAL PRIMARY I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A CANDIDATE THIS LATE IN THE PROCESS WHO DECIDES I MAY NOT WIN AFTER ALL SO I'LL JUST QUIT THE RACE HAVE YOU ERIC NO I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT AND HONESTLY I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED BUT THIS UH OVERTIME UH ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE THERE WITH THE POLICE OVER THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THEY HUNG AROUND HER NECK THAT WAS JUST TOO HEAVY FOR HER TO KIND OF SIDESWIPE OUT OF OR KEEP OUT OF DEBATES IF SHE GOT INTO A SITUATION WITH DEBATES I WAS SURPRISED BUT HEY POLITICS IS STRANGE SOMETIMES BUT DAVE YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED LAST WEEK SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE AN UPHILL STRUGGLE WHEN IT CAME TO THAT GENERAL ELECTION UH IN APRIL BUT YOU COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED SHE WOULD JUST UH QUIT THE RACE ENTIRELY NO THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL AND I YOU KNOW SHE'S A LONG TIME POLITICIAN NO PROFESSIONAL IN THAT REGARD SO YOU WOULD GUESS NICK THAT SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO WHEN SHE DECIDED TO RUN FOR REELECTION BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THERE ARE LEGAL ISSUES FLOATING AROUND INDEPENDENCE CONTINUING RUMORS OF FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE I THINK THAT THAT LOW-LEVEL HUM IS IN THE BACKGROUND OF EILEEN WEIR'S DECISION HERE AND SO RORY ROWLAND WHO IS A DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE WILL BECOME THE NEXT MAYOR OF INDEPENDENCE RIGHT RIGHT AND I THINK I MEAN TO TO PUT YOU KNOW ANOTHER POINT ON ON EILEEN WE'RE DROPPING OUT OF THIS RACE I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE REALLY HOW DISAPPOINTING THAT PRIMARY FINISH WAS FOR HER BARELY SQUEAKING OUT A A LEAD OVER A CONSERVATIVE CHALLENGER BY JUST ABOUT 100 VOTES AND HAVING OUTSPENT ROWLAND THREE TO ONE AND AND HAVING AND HAVING COME THROUGH WITH WITH THAT DISAPPOINTING RESULT I REALLY THINK SHE SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL NOW IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW IT HERE IN PUBLIC TELEVISION WE LOVE MUGS IN FACT IT IS ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS OF COURSE WE'VE THANKED VIEWERS FOR SUPPORTING US OVER THE YEARS SO LET ME BE THE FIRST TO SAY MUGS ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS AROUND HERE BUT WHY IS THIS MUG BECOMING ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES OF OUR WEEK THE HAWLEY CAMPAIGN IS NOW TRYING TO CASH IN SELLING COFFEE MUGS FEATURING THE IMAGE AND THE WORDS SHOW ME STRONG HERE IN PUBLIC TELEVISION WE GIVE OUT A MUG WHEN YOU DONATE AT THE SIXTY DOLLAR MEMBERSHIP LEVEL SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY IS GIVING A MUG TO PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HIS WORK WHEN THEY CONTRIBUTE TWENTY DOLLARS TO HIS CAMPAIGN SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT'S A BARGAIN SO WHY IS UPSETTING THIS UPSETTING SO MANY FOLKS THIS WEEK ERIC I GUESS BECAUSE THE NEWS CYCLE IS SO SLOW AND BECAUSE JOSH HAWLEY IS SO CONTROVERSIAL I GUESS PEOPLE DECIDED TO LATCH ON TO IT COULD IT ALSO BE THAT THERE WERE COMPLAINTS THAT WHILE HE SAYS THEY WERE MADE IN AMERICA THERE WERE STICKERS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MUGS THAT SAID MADE IN CHINA PETE YEAH NOT A GREAT LOOK AND I WILL SAY NICK I DO KNOW WHAT MY DAVE HELLING 2022 CH RISTMAS GIFT WILL BE THIS YEAR SO UH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT THAT'S ALREADY CHECKED OFF MY LIST BUT ANYWAY UH I MEAN YEAH THAT THE MADE IN CHINA THING IF ACCURATE IT'S NOT CERTAINLY A GOOD LOOK AT ALL IS IT A DAMAGING POLITICAL MOMENT UH WITH THE STICKER NO IT'S IT'S NOT I THINK IT'S A WAY FOR JOSH HAWLEY BECAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAREER-ENDING PICTURE SUPPOSEDLY TO KIND OF FIRE BACK BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE AS WE SIT HERE IN 2022.

AND IT WON'T BE A GIFT FOR DAVE FOR THE HOLIDAY BECAUSE HIS WIFE GAVE HIM ONE OF THOSE MUGS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY IS THAT RIGHT DAVE YEAH I'VE GOT ALL THE MUGS I NEED AND BY THE WAY I WILL SEND PETE MUNDO THE DEMOCRATIC MUG WHICH WAS PUT OUT THIS MORNING WHICH SHOWS THE SAME PICTURE OF JOSH JOSH HAWLEY WITH A RAISED FIST BUT IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT WITH A NUMBER STITCHED ON UH THE UH THE POCKET AND THE WORD PRISONER SO UH YOU KNOW THE BOTH SIDES ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN WITH THIS AND I DON'T AGREE WITH PETE I THINK THAT UM UH THE THE IMAGE OF JOSH HAWLEY RAISING HIS FIST IS STILL AN ISSUE FOR HIM BUT HE'S STILL MADE RAISING LOTS OF MONEY DESPITE THAT UH LISA YEAH I THINK I THINK THERE THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE UH WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS POSSIBLY UH YOU KNOW ENDING HIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN WITH WITH PEOPLE WITHDRAWING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS MENTORS TURNING THEIR BACKS ON HIM IT CLEARLY HAS NOT PANNED OUT TO BE THAT CASE I THINK I THINK THE MUG PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO HATE HOLLY ARE ARE GOING TO LATCH ONTO THIS AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM WILL WILL KIND OF RUB IT IN THEIR FACES AS WELL BY THE WAY THE SOURCE OF THE MADE IN CHINA STICKERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE JOSH HAWLEY MUGS WAS COMING FROM BILLY LONG THE MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN WHO'S TICKED OFF THAT WHOLLY ENDORSED VICKI HARTZLER OVER HIM THIS WEEKEND VICKI IS SOMEONE WHO I AM CONFIDENT HAS THE INTEGRITY SHE HAS THE CHARACTER SHE'S GOT THE TOUGHNESS TO DO THIS JOB HOW DOES JOSH HAWLEY'S ENDORSEMENT OF MICKEY HOTZER CHANGE THE DYNAMICS IF AT ALL OF THAT MISSOURI SENATE RACE PETE I THINK IT MAKES MANY MISSOURI REPUBLICANS GIVE HER A SECOND LOOK BUT I'VE NOT HEARD FROM ANY MISSOURI REPUBLICAN VOTERS WHO SAY YOU KNOW I WAS KIND OF UNSURE OF WHO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR AND THIS REALLY JUST TIPPED ME OVER THE EDGE I THINK IT CERTAINLY HELPS HER DOES IT LOCK HER IN AS A AS A TOP CONTENDER YES BUT SHE STILL HAS SOME GROUND TO MAKE UP I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONALITIES IN THIS RACE WE KNOW THAT MUCH SHE MAY BE THE MOST SUBDUED OF THAT AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE WOULDN'T BE A GOOD U.S SENATOR BUT POLITICS IN 2022 THERE'S PERSONALITY THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE EQUATION COULD A JOSH HAWLEY ENDORSEMENT HELP HER MORE THAN ONE FROM DONALD TRUMP DAVE NO DONALD TRUMP REMAINS THE THE MOST IMPORTANT ENDORSEMENT YOU CAN GET AND MAY ACTUALLY MOVE SOME VOTERS ENDORSEMENTS ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE NICK HOWEVER UH AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PRIMARY POLLS SUGGEST THAT ERIC GREITENS REMAINS IN THE LEAD AND SO THE BATTLE AMONG ERIC SCHMIDT AND VICKY HARTZLER AND BILLY LONG AND DAVE SCHATZ WHO GOT INTO THE RACE UH UH IS TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS THE ONE ALTERNATIVE TO ERIC GREITENS THEY WON A TWO-PERSON RACE AND IN THAT SENSE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM JOSH HAWLEY MIGHT HELP VICKI HARTSFORD SAY LOOK I'M THE ONLY VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO GREITENS VOTE FOR ME SO IT MIGHT HELP AT THAT LEVEL BUT IN TERMS OF GETTING LOTS OF VOTES ONLY THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT REALLY MATTERED NOW AFTER YEARS OF COMPLAINING THAT IT'S NEVER LIVED UP TO ITS POTENTIAL KANSAS CITY IS NOW INVESTING BIG IN THE 18TH AND VIOLENT JAZZ DISTRICT AS WE WERE FOCUSING ON WAY TO RADIO STATE ISSUES LAST WEEK THE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL WAS GREENLIGHTING A 23 MILLION PLAN TO BRING DOZENS OF NEW STORES AND NEARLY 60 MARKET RATE APARTMENTS TO THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT SOME ARE CALLING THE INVESTMENT THE BIGGEST GAME CHANGER IN A GENERATION WE'VE BEEN PROMISED DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA FOR DECADES OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY THEY'RE GETTING SOCCER STADIUMS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENTS POWER AND LIGHT SPRUNG UP OUT OF NOWHERE THERE IS NO REASON THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE BY ABANDONED BUILDINGS BURNED OUT BUILDINGS VACANT LOTS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY THOSE WERE TWO PERSPECTIVES OTHERS AREN'T AS IMPRESSED BY THIS LATEST MOVE INCLUDING KANSAS CITY COUNCILWOMAN MELISSA ROBINSON WHO SAYS IT WILL LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE AND GENTRIFICATION WHAT DOES SHE THINK IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN ERIC SHE THINKS THAT OR SHE THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE NO SAFEGUARDS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT AND TH ERE WAS IN THE AREA THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED THAT BLOCK OR THOSE TWO BLOCKS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED NOBODY'S THERE SO THERE'S NOBODY TO DISPLACE BUT LET ME SAY THIS NICK NOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PARADE OR THAT SITUATION OVER THERE WITH THOSE HOMES OR LET ME SAY THIS NICELY DISGUSTING AND SAD BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 50 YEARS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE FORCED OUT OF THERE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE THAT AREA IS SUCH IN SUCH A DISARRAY SO WE GOT ONE SIDE DONE NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON DOING SOMETHING TO HELP GREAT WORK HAVE WE REALLY GOT IT DONE THOUGH UH LISA UM SINCE THE 1980S THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN CIVIC INVESTMENT IN THE 18TH AND VINE JAZZ DISTRICT NOTHING HAS QUITE WORKED HOW WILL THIS BE DIFFERENT WELL I THINK I THINK THAT WILL DEPEND ON UM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT UM COMING TOGETHER ON ON A VISION FOR THIS I THINK SOME OF THE UM YOU KNOW THE THE FALSE STARTS OR OR THE YOU KNOW INCOMPLETION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS HAS BEEN BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR WHAT THIS SHOULD BE EVEN WITHIN THE DISTRICT IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROJECT TO TO REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT I MEAN HONESTLY GO DOOR TO DOOR AND ASK PEOPLE THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN 18TH AND VINE THAT DESPERATELY WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THEY DO THEY WANT A GROCERY STORE THEY WANT TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND SO I THINK A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT NOT JUST FROM THE BIG STAKEHOLDERS BUT ALSO FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL TO MAKE THIS THIS OPPORTUNITY A SUCCESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS MISSOURI VOTERS HAVE LEGALIZED MEDICAL MARIJUANA THEY'VE EXPANDED THE STATE MEDICAID PROGRAM THEY'VE GREENLIGHTED A 15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE NOW MISSOURI LAWMAKERS WANT TO MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS TO MAKE IT TO THE BALLOT THIS WEEK LAWMAKERS IN JEFFERSON CITY WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO PUT AN AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT THEY ALSO WANT TO RAISE THE BAR ON WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE IS REQUIRED TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION ONE PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE PEOPLE WITH SO MANY OTHER ISSUES ON THEIR PLATES WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO MISSOURI LAWMAKERS PETE WELL I THINK THERE IS A SENSE UM I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT UNDERSTANDABLE TOO THAT IF YOU BASICALLY HAVE A TON OF MONEY BEHIND THE CAUSE THAT YOU WANT WHICHEVER SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT'S ON IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO GET SOMETHING TO BALLOT AND THEN OF COURSE YOU CAN FUND THE GRASSROOTS EVER TO KIND OF GET THOSE SIGNATURES AND MAKE IT HAPPEN MEANTIME YOU KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE WHAT'S THE POINT OF A STATE LEGISLATURE WITH HOW LOW THAT BAR IS WHAT DOES THIS DO TO THAT PUSH TO MAKE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGAL IN MISSOURI WHICH IS ALSO LOOKING TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT THIS YEAR DAVE WELL IT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THAT NICK BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T TAKE A FACT UNTIL VOTERS VOTE ON IT AND YOU DON'T AMEND THE CONSTITUTION UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR IF YOU DO IT SO IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THAT IF IT GETS ON THE BALLOT WE'LL SEE GOING FORWARD IT IS IRONIC OF COURSE THAT THE AMENDMENT UH ON CHANGING THE PETITION PROCESS IN MISSOURI WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PASS BY THE SIMPLE MAJORITY THAT IS NOW THE LAW AND ATTEMPTS TO SORT OF RAISE THAT TO A TWO-THIRDS MARGIN OR FIFTY PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS WERE UH REJECTED BY REPUBLICANS THEY DON'T REALLY UH PETE'S RIGHT THEY DON'T CARE WHAT VOTERS THINK THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF POLICY IN MISSOURI AND WITH THE VOTERS ARE JUST A NUISANCE AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS BY THE WAY IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS GET READY TO DECIDE A NUMBER OF BIG STATEWIDE QUESTIONS AT YOUR POLLING STATION THIS YEAR IN AUGUST YOU'LL BE ASKED TO AMEND THE KANSAS CONSTITUTION TO EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT ABORTION AND IN NOVEMBER YOU COULD BE ASKED TO APPROVE A STATEWIDE MEASURE THAT WOULD LIMIT THE GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY TO PASS EXECUTIVE ORDERS I AM ASSUMING REPUBLICANS IN KANSAS AREN'T GOING TO INSIST THAT TWO-THIRDS OF VOTERS HAVE TO SAY YES BEFORE THOSE CHANGES BECOME LAW DAVE NO YOU CAN GET THE IMPRESSION THAT OUR ELECTED LEADERS SOMETIMES SPEND FAR TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE NO RELEVANCE TO YOUR LIFE WHATSOEVER WHY CAN'T THEY DO THINGS THAT REALLY HELP AVERAGE PEOPLE YOU MAY SAY WELL GUESS WHAT THEY SOMETIMES DO IT JUST MAY NOT CAPTURE AS MANY MEDIA HEADLINES BUT THIS WEEK MISSOURI LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING A MEASURE THAT COULD MAKE A SIZABLE DIFFERENCE FOR MANY STRUGGLING PARENTS THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE THE TAX ON DIAPERS YOU MAY HAVE NOT GIVEN IT MUCH THOUGHT BUT DIAPERS ARE ACTUALLY TAXED AS A LUXURY GOOD IN MISSOURI NO DIFFERENT THAN BUYING A DIAMOND RING OR A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE WITH ONE IN THREE AMERICAN PARENTS SAY THEY STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR DIAPERS IS THIS THE ISSUE BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS FINALLY COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT AND DIAPERS ARE EXPENSIVE NOW I I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS NOT YET BUT BUT FROM FROM WHAT I KNOW THESE ARE A HUGE EXPENSE UM ON A DAILY BASIS THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY AND SO WHAT TO SEE A PIECE OF LEGISLATION LIKE THIS AMID ALL OF THE OTHER CULTURE WAR ISSUES WE'RE SEEING IT'S KIND OF LIKE LIKE MAYBE WE CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AND AND PASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT TRULY WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERYDAY FAMILIES YOU'RE PROBABLY THE CLOSEST PERSON TO BUYING LOTS OF DIAPERS ON THIS PROGRAM PETE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUNG KIDS UH BUT IS THIS FINALLY THE ISSUE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE CONFLICTING ISSUES ON THE PROGRAM THAT BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CAN GET BEHIND YEAH I MEAN I UH I TOOK OUT A SECOND MORTGAGE FOR MY DIAPERS THE LAST FEW YEARS IT'S BAD I MEAN I'M GOING ON FOUR YEARS OF UH NON-STOP DIAPERS BETWEEN THE TWO KIDS SO NO IT'S TRUE I MEAN IT'S IT'S TRUE IT'S IT'S AN EASY BIPARTISAN ISSUE AND UM THEY ABSOLUTELY ADD UP AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG YOU JUST BURN RIGHT THROUGH THEM SO THIS IS A NO-BRAINER BY THE WAY IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS YOU SHOULD KNOW A SIMILAR MEASURE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN FACT IT WOULD GO EVEN FURTHER BY ALSO ELIMINATING THE SALES TAX ON OTHER HYGIENE ESSENTIALS INCLUDING TAMPONS AND OTHER FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY BIG STORY MAKING THE HEADLINES WHAT WAS THE BIG STORY WE MISSED WAS IT THE CITY SHUTTING DOWN AFTER ANOTHER BIG SNOWSTORM OR THE EMERGENCY LANDING AT KCI AS AN UNRULY PASSENGER ON LA TO NEW YORK FLIGHT ATTEMPTS A COCKPIT TAKEOVER HE ACTUALLY TRIED TO OPEN THE THE PLANE DOOR YEAH BOTH OF THEM YEAH I REMEMBER THINKING THIS PLANE IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO DIE TOGETHER IT WAS THE WEEK OF THE GREAT UNMASKING MOST LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW DROPPING STUDENT FACE COVERING RULES THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE WEEK THE ROYALS HEADED TO ARIZONA FOR SPRING TRAINING BUT LIKE SO MUCH IN BASEBALL RIGHT NOW IT'S ON HOLD WILL THE LOCKOUT ALSO HALT THE START OF THE ROYAL SEASON NEXT MONTH IT'S NOW 51 WEEKS TILL THE NEXT SUPER BOWL AND GUESS WHAT THE CHIEFS LEAD THE BETTING LINE TO WIN NO VICTORY PARADE THIS YEAR BUT ANOTHER MAJOR PARADE ON THE WAY BACK IT'S CONFIRMED THE KANSAS CITY ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE RETURNING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS ALRIGHTY LISA DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT I I WILL SAY RELATED TO TO SCHOOLS DROPPING MASK MANDATES UM THIS WEEK I DO THINK THAT WE ARE ENTERING KIND OF A NEW PHASE OF THIS PANDEMIC WE ALSO SAW REPORTING FROM THE MISSOURI INDEPENDENT THIS WEEK OF MISSOURI OFFICIALS PLANNING TO DECLARE AN END TO THE PANDEMIC AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH ARE WE REALLY THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC I I'M NOT SURE BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY MOVING INTO A DIFFERENT PHASE AS FAR AS LEADERSHIP AND MASS MANDATES GO ERIC AGAIN UH PARADE PARK THEY HAVE AN INSPECTION COMING UP ON THE 23RD IF THEY DON'T PASS THAT INSPECTION THEN HOOD COULD FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTY OR DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY UH AND THEY HAVE NO MONEY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS TOO PAST THE INSPECTION SO THAT'S GOING TO BE TRAGIC PETE WELL NICK WE'RE SITTING HERE AT THE END OF THE WEEK UH FRIGID SNOW-COVERED KANSAS CITY NOTHING SOUNDS BETTER THAN SPRING TRAINING SO I'M GONNA PICK THE ROYALS AND UH THE OTHER ANGLE HERE TOO IF THIS LOCKOUT DOESN'T END QUICKLY THINK ABOUT JOHN SHERMAN THE NEW MAJORITY OWNER FOR THE ROYALS STEPS INTO THIS JOB COVERT YEAR LIMITED ATTENDANCE YEAR TWO AND NOW POTENTIALLY A LOCKOUT YEAR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE ROYALS DOWNTOWN BASEBALL HIS BOTTOM LINE THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THERE AND JOHN SHERMAN COULDN'T HAVE TAKEN OVER AT A WORSE TIME HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH HERE IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE WITH THIS LOCKOUT DAVE THIS WEEK THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SUING THE STATE OF MISSOURI OVER THE SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT CASE THE GOVERNMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TELLING MISSOURI IT CANNOT NULLIFY FEDERAL LAWS THAT WILL HAVE NATIONWIDE IMPORTANT AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM KCUR NEWS ERIC WESTON FROM THE CALL DAVE HELLING FROM YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR AND SIX TO TEN WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND I'M NICK HAINES OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE HITS THE AIR NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER NEXT WEEK BUT AS TRUCKERS LIKE TO SAY WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE UNTIL THEN FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON