COMING UP A NEW SPAT IN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF DOES THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE HAPPEN FOR THEIR CITY TWO YEARS AFTER BEING HIRED COULD THE CITY MANAGER BE HEADING OUT THE DOOR SHOULD IT BE CALLED OKU THE BIG HOSPITAL MERGER THAT'S SHAKING UP KANSAS CITY HEALTHCARE PLUS WRAPPING UP TWO WEEKS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON A PLAN TO TAKE THE STREETCAR TO THE STADIUMS WHAT HAPPENS NOW ALSO THIS HALF HOUR IS THE TOP RACE ON THE KANSAS BALLOT SO WHY ARE WE HEARING SO LITTLE ABOUT IT 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 HO TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HELLO AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES WE'RE GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US ON OUR WEEKLY ROMP THROUGH THE NEWS OF OUR WEEK DISSECTING THE MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL HEADLINES ARE LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM KCUR NEWS HEADING UP THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON FROM KMBC 9 NEWS CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST MICHEAL MAHONEY AND FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS NOW SINCE RICK SMITH STEPPED DOWN AS KANSAS CITY POLICE CHIEF NOW THE SEARCH FOR HIS SUCCESSOR IS CREATING NEW TENSIONS THIS WEEK THE KANSAS CITY CHAMBER AND SEVERAL OTHER CIVIC GROUPS HAVE SENT A JOINT LETTER TO THE POLICE BOARD EXPRESSING ALARM THAT THE PUBLIC IS BEING SHUT OUT OF THE SELECTION PROCESS NEXT WEEK THE POLICE BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO INTERVIEW SIX CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB BUT THEY HAVE NOT REVEALED ANY OF THE NAMES ONE POLICE BOARD MEMBER SAYS THEY WILL HOLD FORUMS WITH THE PUBLIC ONCE THEY'VE NARROWED THEIR SEARCH TO THREE FINALISTS SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT LISA WELL THIS IS THIS IS THE WAY THAT THEY CONDUCTED THE POLICE SEARCH LAST TIME AROUND AND AS MOST COMPANIES DO I THINK THE DIFFERENCE AND THE REASON THAT THAT WE'RE SEEING TENSIONS ARISE NOW IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN A FAR DIFFERENT MOMENT THAN WE WERE WHEN WHEN RICK SMITH BECAME POLICE CHIEF THE THE CONTROVERSY OVER HIS DEPARTURE THE CALLS OVER MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN UM AND AND KIND OF THE THE RACIAL TENSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CITIZENS OF KANSAS CITY PEOPLE WANT MORE THERE'S MORE STAKES HERE SO WHILE THE PROCESS IS PRETTY TRADITIONAL THE WAY THINGS HAVE DONE IT THE INTEREST IS SO MUCH HIGHER AND THE CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY ARE SO MUCH GREATER EARLIER THIS YEAR ERIC SEVERAL BLACK MINISTERS PUT OUT A CHECKLIST OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IN A NEW POLICE CHIEF THEY SAID EVERY RESUME FROM WITHIN THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE REJECTED BUT I'VE SEEN SOME NEWS REPORTS THAT SAY AT LEAST THREE OF THE SIX CANDIDATES BEING INTERVIEWED LIKELY NEXT WEEK ARE INTERNAL TO THAT DEPARTMENT SO WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES IS SELECTED TO BE THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF WELL ONE EYEBROW RAZOR IS THE FACT THAT NONE OF THEM ARE MINORITY AND I THINK THAT THAT CAUSED SOME CONCERNS ONE IS OF THEM IS AN HISPANIC UH MAJOR LET ME BE SPECIFIC THEN NONE OF THEM ARE BLACK AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT UPSET SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND I THINK THIS IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT ARE THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS ASKING THESE CANDIDATES AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS YOU GIVE US THREE CANDIDATES AT THE END BUT WHAT DID YOU ASK THE OTHER THREE CANDIDATES THAT YOU REJECTED WHAT'S THEIR RESUMES AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME ISSUES ABOUT PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO KNOW THAT THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT RELEASING THE NAMES BUT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE BOARD BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THIS BOARD BUT RACE REMAINS AN EXTRAORDINARILY INCOMPONENT OF THIS DISCUSSION NECK THE THE MAIN TENSION REMAINS IN THE DEPARTMENT OR OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A FEELING IN THE BROAD COMMUNITY THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A NEW VOICE LEAD THE DEPARTMENT AND PROPOSE SOME DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE WAY THE CITY IS IS POLICED AND YET YOU GET THE SENSE FROM THIS BOARD AND PASS BOARDS AND PAST HISTORY THAT THEY'RE JUST PAYING LIP SERVICE TO GOING OUTSIDE AND THAT THEY'LL PICK SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY ON THE FORCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND THAT WILL LEAD TO DISAPPOINTMENT BUT IF IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS MICHAEL THEY DO PICK SOMEBODY WHO'S ALREADY INTERNAL TO THE DEPARTMENT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN IF THERE'S NOT A FRESH SET OF EYES UH ON THIS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTED THERE WAS CONCERN ALSO ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION AND PERHAPS DAVID NOBODY WOULD EVEN APPLY WOULD OUTSIDE WOULD WANT TO COME AND DO THIS YET THEY HAVE A ROBUST SELECTION OF CANDIDATES 21 PEOPLE APPLY YEAH IT'S A LUCRATIVE POSITION YOU CAN MAKE SOME GOOD MONEY FOR A POLICE CHIEF BUT 199 000 UNLESS YOU PUT PERKS IN YOUR CONTRACT THAT'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF MONEY FOR A CITY THIS SIZE WELL YEAH ME TOO YEAH WELL HERE'S SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY GETS PAID MORE THAN THAT HE WAS PICKED TWO YEARS AGO AS CITY MANAGER BUT COULD BRIAN PLATT BE NOW ON HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR SEVERAL INTERNET SITES INCLUDING TONY'S KC CLAIMS A SHAKE-UP IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN ALSO DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO THOSE RUMORS IS THE HEAD OF THE PARKS BOARD JACK HOLLAND BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE WRITES SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE IS THERE ANY VALIDITY THAT THERE IS A BIG SHAPE ABOUT TO HAPPEN AT CITY HALL MICHAEL IT IS HARD FOR ME TO SAY UH DEFINITIVELY UH ON IT BUT UH YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S RUMBLINGS OUT THERE WITHOUT UH WITHOUT QUESTION DAVE YES I THINK THAT YOU REMEMBER ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON THIS SHOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE LETTER FROM BRIAN PLATT HIRING SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S INTERESTS ON THE STADIUM WHICH SORT OF COLLAPSED UH IN PART BECAUSE THE COUNT AND THE REASON I GOT THAT STORY IS BECAUSE THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH BRIAN PLATT AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UH THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT BUT BUT I THINK IT IS GROWING NOW HE DOES ENJOY THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR QUENTIN LUCAS AND THAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LUCAS CAN EXERCISE WHATEVER AUTHORITY HE CAN TO KEEP COUNCIL MEMBERS IN LINE BUT IT'S A IT'S A DEVELOPMENT WORTH WATCHING THERE'S NO QUESTION I DID SEE LISA YOU A STORY FROM YOU FROM TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS FIRST HIRED AND ALL OF THE HOPE AND OPTIMISM ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD DO TO KANSAS CITY BUT WE AS CONSUMERS THOUGH WE'RE MOST INTERESTED IN HAVING THE TRASH PICKED UP NOT HAVING POTHOLES UH HAVING THE SNOW SHOVEL FROM OUR STREETS WHEN WE'VE HAD A WINTER STORM HAS HE DELIVERED ON THOSE ITEMS I I THINK I THINK HE'S DONE A DECENT JOB AT THOSE BREAD AND BUTTER THINGS THOSE ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE DOMINATING CITY HALL THESE DAYS AS THEY WERE A FEW YEARS AGO BUT UM BUT I DO THINK DAVE IS RIGHT THERE ARE TENSIONS THERE THERE ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT PLEASED OR DON'T THINK THAT HE IS WORKING FOR THEM THE WAY THAT HE SHOULD I DON'T KNOW IF HE ENJOYS THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT RIGHT NOW AS MUCH AS IT'S ELECTIONS TIME AND THE MAYOR MIGHT BE IN A POSITION WHERE IF WE MAKE A MOVE TO GET RID OF THE CITY MANAGER NOW THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR MY ELECTION BUT I HAVEN'T TALKED TO A LOT OF CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT ARE WARM AND FUZZY ABOUT HIM I THINK BRIAN PLATT MIGHT BE MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR HIM YEAH FOR LUCAS IF WE FELT LIKE AND MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES AGREE OR DISAGREE IF WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS REALLY GOING TO BE A RACE FOR MAYOR IN 2023 AND YET CERTAINLY IF THERE IS A MAJOR CANDIDATE GETTING READY TO RUN AGAINST LUCAS I'M NOT AWARE OF IT AND BY THE WAY THAT APPLIES REST OF THE POLICE CHIEF SELECTION TOO NICK THE LACK OF A COMPETITIVE MAYORAL RACE WILL CHANGE THE DYNAMIC I THINK OF THE CHOICE OF THE CHIEF AND WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BRIAN KANSAS CITY TRANSIT LEADERS WRAPPED UP THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS WEEK TO TRY AND GAUGE YOUR INTEREST IN A NEW STREETCAR LINE THAT WOULD TAKE RIDERS ALL THE WAY TO THE SPORTS STADIUMS THE CURRENT STREETCAR THAT WE DO HAVE IS LIMITED CAPACITY AS AS MANY PEOPLE THAT DO GO TO THE GAMES DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S GOING TO FIT IN ONE STREET CAR THERE WOULD BE MORE UM HELPFUL FOR US PEOPLE THAT DO WORK AT THE STADIUMS AND WORK ACROSS FROM THE STADIUMS TO GET TO AND FROM WORK THE CITY'S FIRST EAST-WEST ROUTE WOULD CROSS STATE LINES MOVING PASSENGERS FROM AS FAR AS THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL TO KAUFMAN AND ARROWHEAD STADIUMS LIKELY ALONG 39TH STREET WHAT DID WE LEARN IF ANYTHING FROM THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS LISA I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE ST WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS I THINK THE DESIRE FOR A MORE ROBUST EAST-WEST TRANSIT LINE IS CLEARLY THERE THE NEED IS THERE IS IS THE STREETCAR THE WAY TO DO IT EXACTLY HOW MANY STOPS WOULD IT BE DOES IT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY BE AN EFFECTIVE TRANSIT OPTION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GO FROM THE STADIUM TO UH TO KU MED OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN I THINK THAT'S THAT'S STILL A QUESTION THE STREETCAR IS IN A FAST-MOVING UH VEHICLE BY ANY MEANS AND SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS I THINK THE NEED IS THERE WHETHER THE STREET CART'S THERE WHETHER IT'S A QUESTION OF MAX BUSES THAT'S THAT'S STILL UP IN IN THE AIR IT WAS CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT MICHAEL MAHONEY WHO SAID HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT STREETCAR LINE BE READY AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE TIME OUR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COMING TO KANSAS CITY FOR THE WORLD CUP IN 2026 ARE THEY STILL MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION OR ARE THEY GIVEN UP ON THAT IS JUST TOO BIG TO CORRECT I'M SURE THEY WOULD LIKE THAT AS A GOAL BUT THAT'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING 10 MILES OR SO OF STREETCAR LINE AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO PUT THE EXTENSION FROM A UNION STATION DOWN TO UH UMKC IN IN THE PLAZA THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE READY TO UH UNTIL 25.

UH GOING OUT TO THE STADIUM WITH THE MASS TRANSIT PROJECT LIKE I LIKE THAT IS IS VERY UNREALISTIC AND THE THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE NEED FOR EAST-WEST MASS TRANSIT IS MOST DEFINITELY THERE I DON'T THINK THAT THE PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO SPORTS COMPLEX DOES NEED TO HAPPEN BUT MAYBE A SHORTER LINE BUT THE WORLD CUP IS LOOMING AND TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THAT DAVE HELLING AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO KATHY NELSON FROM VISIT KC WHO ALSO IS THE HEAD OF THE SPORTS COMMISSION AND I ASKED HER ABOUT THE BID WAS THE STREETCAR GOING TO THE STADIUMS PART OF THAT KANSAS CITY BID TO HOST THOSE UH EARLY WORLD CUP GAMES AND SHE SAID NO WE ONLY HAD BUSES I MEAN BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK ARE THEY GOING TO BE TRYING TO RENT OR BUY THOUSANDS OF BUSES WELL NO THEY WOULDN'T BUY THEM NICK AND IT WOULDN'T BE THOUSANDS THERE MIGHT BE HUNDREDS OF BUSES INVOLVED BUT MIKE WILL REMEMBER THIS WHEN KANSAS CITY BID ON THE 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION THERE'S A WHOLE PLAN INVOLVED IN TERMS OF GETTING ADDITIONAL BUSES INTO A COMMUNITY TO GET DELEGATES FROM THEIR HOTELS DOWNTOWN IT'S VERY INTRICATE AND CAN BE DONE AND WOULD BE DONE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT SPEND 60 MILLION DOLLAR A MILE ON A STREET CAR 10 MILES DO THE MATH THAT'S 600 MILLION DOLLARS MINIMUM JUST TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS TO SOCCER GAMES THAT WOULD NOT BE A WISE EXPENDITURE SO THE IMPORTANT POINT MIKE MAKES AND THE OTHER MY OTHER COLLEAGUES MAKE IS THIS IS ABOUT MASS TRANSIT FOR COMMUNITIES THAT COULD USE IT AND COULDN'T AND NEED IT AND IT WOULD GET THEM FROM JOB TO JOB IT'S IT SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT SOCCER OR BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL REALLY AND I THINK THAT CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE NOW THAT KU HOSPITAL IS BUYING UP THE OLATHE HEALTH SYSTEM PERHAPS WE COULD SEE THE STREETCAR FINALLY MAKE IT TO JOHNSON COUNTY DID YOU SEE THAT STORY WE'RE EXCITED TO EXTEND OUR HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PROVIDER NETWORK TO THE OLATHE HEALTH SERVICE AREA INCLUDING SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND BEYOND THE VASTLY EXPANDING KU HEALTH SYSTEM IS NOW GOBBLING UP OLATHE MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS SYSTEMS MORE THAN 2 000 DOCTORS NURSES AND MEDICAL SUPPORT STAFF WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN TO US AS PATIENTS LISA I THINK I THINK IT'S IT'S AN EXPANSION OF KU'S FOOTPRINT ACROSS THEM ACROSS THE METRO OLATHE OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT THIS COULD HELP THEM MODERNIZE SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT IT'S AN INFUSION OF OF MORE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE MORE STABILIZED DOES IT DOES IT CREATE FEAR FOR PEOPLE LIKE A TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER WHO ARE THINKING BOY EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE GOBBLED UP THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS IN KANSAS CITY WHEN IT COMES TO HOSPITALS IN THE NEAR FUTURE EVENTUALLY IT PROBABLY WOULD BE LIKE THAT BUT IF YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT AREA YOU MIGHT GET BETTER SERVICE UPDATED STAFF UPDATED EQUIPMENT REALLY IMPACT TRUMAN QUITE AS MUCH AS TRUMAN IS SUPPORTED BY TAXPAYERS AND IT'S A FACILITY FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS WHICH IS GOOD AND IT MAY NOT COMPETE THAT MUCH WITH THE HEALTH SYSTEM KU HEALTH SYSTEM BUT IT MAY RAISE SOME EYEBROWS IN TOPEKA NICK FOR THIS REASON THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN TOPEKA WHO SAY WHY CAN YOU BUY OLATHE BUT NOT BUY THE HOSPITAL IN MY BACKYARD THAT'S UNDER STRESS BECAUSE OF OF LACK OF PATIENCE OR WHATEVER AND SO THE UN YOU KNOW IT'S NOT UNEASY BUT THE INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEGISLATORS AND THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM MIGHT GET MORE INTERESTING IN PART BECAUSE OF THIS DEAL NOW LAST WEEK WE DEBATED AMENDMENT THREE WHICH WOULD DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA IN MISSOURI IT BECAME THE SAME WEEK PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED PLANS TO PARDON AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED ON FEDERAL POT POSSESSION CHARGES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PUSHING STATE GOVERNORS TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD DID MIKE PARSON IN MISSOURI AND LAURA KELLY IN KANSAS SAY YEP MR PRESIDENT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING HERE MICHAEL NOPE THEY DIDN'T MIKE PARSON FAMOUSLY SAYS THAT UH IF THEY LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN MISSOURI IT'S GOING TO BE A DISASTER UH GOVERNOR KELLY DURING THE DEBATE THAT YOU HOSTED SO WELL UH A LITTLE WHILE AGO WAS VERY VERY CIRCUMSPECT ABOUT MARIJUANA EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SHE WANTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE STATE AND HER OPPONENT DEREK SMITH'S KICKED THE DOOR OPEN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN HIS VIEW BUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN KANSAS SHOULD IT EVER COME TO PASS IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT EVEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA WHY WOULD LAURA KELLY THEY'LL BE SO RELUCTANT TO DO SO WHICH IS IT BECAUSE SHE WOULD BE VIEWED POTENTIALLY BY HER OPPONENT AND HER CRITICS AS BEING SOFT ON CRIMELESS I I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT YOU KNOW SHE'S WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT SHE'S IN AN ELECTION AND SHE'S WALKING THE LINE AND TRYING NOT TO BE TOO FAR TO THE LEFT ON ANY SINGLE ISSUE I THINK THERE'S ALSO SOME COMPLICATIONS IN THE WAY THAT KANSAS LAW HAS WRITTEN IN HER ACTUAL ABILITY TO CARRY THROUGH IF SHE WERE TO MAKE A BLANKET PROMISE AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON IT THAT WOULD HAVE VERY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR HER AS WELL BUT I DO THINK YOU KNOW IF THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROPOSAL FROM FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS TO DECLASSIFY MARIJUANA AS A FEDERAL AS A FEDERAL OFFENSE THEN THAT DOES OPEN THE DOOR THAT ELIMINATES A LOT OF BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN KEEPING KANSAS LAWMAKERS FROM TAKING ANY STEPS TOWARD ANY SORT OF LEGALIZATION I DID SAY THIS WEEK ALSO THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT HAS NOW WRITTEN TO THE GOVERNOR SAYING IT NOW NEEDS NEARLY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE COST OF A RACING UH THOSE MARIJUANA RELATED CONVICTIONS DAVE AS PART OF THAT AMENDMENT THREE ACTION SO IS THIS GOING TO BE LIKE THE MEDICAID EXPANSION ISSUE WHERE LAWMAKERS WILL FIND A WAY OF NOT GIVING THEM THE MONEY IT'S TO STOP IT FROM FROM TAKING PLACE NOW REMEMBER THEY TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO STOP MEDICAID EXPANSION BUT FAILED BECAUSE THE COURT STEPPED IN AND SAID NOPE THE VOTER SAID YES AND YOU'VE GOT TO IMPLEMENT IT AND THEY'RE DOING SO QUITE RELUCTANTLY NOW THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT OF COURSE LEGAL MARIJUANA GENERATES MONEY FOR THE STATE MEDICAID EXPANSION DOES NOT DO SO DIRECTLY ALTHOUGH THERE'S AN ARGUMENT THAT BECAUSE IT HIRES PEOPLE AND THERE'S THAT MONEY GOES THROUGH THE ECONOMY SO I THINK THERE'LL BE A LITTLE LESS UH A REACTION TO IT THAN THERE WAS ON MEDICAID ALTHOUGH THIS LEGISLATURE AND THE SUBSEQUENT LEGIS SLAGERS MAY SHOW THAT THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE WHAT THE VOTERS WANT TO SAY ON VIRTUALLY ANYTHING AND SO YOU CAN EXPECT THIS TO BE A SUBJECT OF SOME DEBATE GOING FORWARD AND THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER VERY QUICKLY ON THIS IS THAT GOVERNOR KELLY DID TRY TO LINK UP MEDICAL MARIJUANA WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION AND THAT WENT NOWHERE IN KANSAS NOW ADVANCED VOTING BEGINS NEXT WEEK IN KANSAS AND WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR BALLOT YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT AT THE VERY TOP IS A U.S SENATE RACE EVEN THOUGH IT'S GETTING VERY LITTLE ATTENTION REPUBLICAN SENATOR JERRY MORAN IS FACING OFF AGAINST A PRETTY WELL-KNOWN NAME AROUND HERE MARK HOLLAND HE'S THE FORMER MAYOR OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY WHO IS NOW A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S SENATE SEAT WITH LITTLE MONEY HE'S RUNNING A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WHEN HE GOES ON A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SEARCH FOR MORAN WHO HE CLAIMS IS DODGING DEBATES HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR JERRY MORAN TO DO A DEBATE AND IT TURNS OUT YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE SASQUATCH HERE THAN JERRY MORAN ON DEBATE DAY AT THE STATE FAIR WELL FORGET ABOUT THE SASQUATCH THE LAST TIME KENSON'S ELECTED A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR WAS IN 1932 THE SAME YEAR FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WON HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM IS THAT WHY WE'RE HEARING SO LITTLE ABOUT THIS RACE PUNDITS HAVE WRITTEN OFF DEMOCRATS FROM TAKING THE OFFICE UH YES BECAUSE I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK MOST SORT OF PUNDITS DON'T THINK IT'S A COMPETITIVE RACE WE ACTUALLY MET WITH MARK HOLLAND TODAY ON THE EDITORIAL BOARD AND HE THINKS HE HAS A PATH IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING NATURE OF JOHNSON COUNTY WHICH IS GROWING IN DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATIONS AND NOT SHRINKING IN REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION BUT THE GAP IS REALLY NARROWING AND BECAUSE OF THE OUTCOME OF THE ABORTION VOTE IN AUGUST 2ND AND HE THINKS IF HE CAN GET HALF OF THE MARGIN UH FOR HIS CAMPAIGN AS THE NO VOTE GOT IN AUGUST IN THE COUNTIES THAT MATTER THAT HE HAS A CHANCE TO CATCH FROM GERMANY BUT HE'S NOT RUNNING ANY TV ADS HE DOESN'T HAVE UH HE'S NOT SHOWING ANY OF THAT PROMISE IN THE HOLES ERIC NO AND IF I HADN'T DRIVEN OUT NULL THIS PAST SUNDAY I WOULDN'T BE BENONI WAS RUNNING MAYOR HOLLAND'S PROBLEM HERE IS THE FACT THAT HE IS JUST GETTING SWAMPED BY A BOATLOAD OF MONEY HIS HIS UH UH THIRD QUARTER REPORT ISN'T IN YET BUT HE HAD LESS THAN A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN JULY AND AT THE SAME TIME THE MORAN CAMPAIGN HAD OVER 6 MILLION AND UH 5 MILLION WAS STILL IN CASH IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO RUN SUCCESSFULLY STATEWIDE NO MATTER WHAT SORT OF UH PATH YOU YOU THINK YOU SEE OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE BROKE HARDY HASN'T DONE IT FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS THE THE BATTLE IS UPHILL TO MIX MY METAPHOR WELL TAKE THE PARTY OUT OF IT WAS HE A GOOD MAYOR YEAH WE TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO YEAH I THINK DESPITE THE MOST PEOPLE ONE OF THE GROCERY STORE HIS WHOLE TERM YEAH I I THINK UH I THINK HE WASN'T A A BAD MAYOR BUT HE GOT BEAT BECAUSE THERE WAS A SENSE OF UH THAT KCK WANTED A SENSE OF CHANGE THERE AND HE WAS THE STATUS QUO AND UH AND AND IT COSTING I YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK HE HAD A PARTICULARLY TROUBLED MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE ELECTION YEARS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW DEBATES NONE IN FACT ARE PLANNED IN THE BIG U.S SENATE RACE IN MISSOURI THAT PUTS ERIC SCHMIDT AGAINST TRUDY BUSH VALENTINE BUT EVEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL SOME CANDIDATES ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO AVOID THE LIMELIGHT AND DODGE ANY PUBLIC EXCHANGES WHICH BRINGS US TO THE QUESTION WHERE IS FRANK WHITE AND LIKE THE TWO CANDIDATES RUNNING TO BE LEADER IN JOHNSON COUNTY THE JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS SO FAR AVOIDED EVERY FORUM IN HIS RE-ELECTION BID AGAINST COUNTY LEGISLATOR THERESA GALVIN WHITE EVEN DECLINED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD DAVE I KNOW MANY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES DON'T CHOOSE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS BUT HOW UNUSUAL IS IT THAT A LOCAL LEADER AND A DEMOCRAT WANT TO DO BOOT SIMPLY DECLINES TO TAKE PART WELL IT'S UNUSUAL I MEAN MOST OF THE TIME MOST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN RACES WE CHOOSE TO ENDORSE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO EARN THAT ENDORSEMENT IF THEY COME IN AND CHAT AND THEY SHOW UP OF FRANK WHITE UH NOT ONLY BUT LET'S TAKE THE EDITORIAL BOARD PROBLEM OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE THAT'S A TACTICAL DECISION THAT HE AND OTHER CANDIDATES FREE TO MAKE THE FACT IS THAT HIS RECORD IS UH UH CONTROVERSIAL AND WE ENDORSE TERESA GALVIN IN PART BECAUSE FRANK WHITE HAS HAD PROBLEMS ON THE JAIL ON PROPERTY VALUATIONS IN UM IN JACKSON COUNTY AND BECAUSE THE STADIUM DISCUSSION WILL BE CRITICAL IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF THAT AND WE GET NO SENSE FROM FRANK WHITE OF HOW HE MIGHT HANDLE THAT OTHER THAN GENERALITIES SO I THINK HE'S IN MORE TROUBLE THAN PEOPLE KNOW AGAIN BUT BUT BUT IS THE TACTIC ON HIS PART THAT LET'S NOT GIVE THERESA GALVIN HIS OPPONENT ANY OXYGEN SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANY OF THESE FOR HIM RIGHT AND THAT'S A LOT OF THEM THAT'S THEIR PHILOSOPHY WE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY IT'S NOT GIVING THEM A PLATFORM OR EXPOSURE BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE THEM EXPOSURE YOU'RE EXPOSED THEIR WEAKNESSES BY NO NAME DOING NO MONEY SO HE'S VERY VULNERABLE HE'S VERY VULNERABLE BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD STRATEGY WHEN FEWER PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE NEWSPAPER FEWER PEOPLE ARE WATCHING LOCAL TV NEWS RIGHT I MEAN THERE THERE MAY BE A TACTIC WITH HIS CAMPAIGN THAT MORE PEOPLE KNOW WHO FRANK WHITE IS THAN KNOW WHO THE JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS AND SO AND SO THERE'S YOU KNOW THERE HE STILL DOES HAVE THAT NAME RECOGNITION AND AND REFUSING TO YOU KNOW TO TO PARTICIPATE IN DEBATES DOES KIND OF TAKE THE OXYGEN AWAY FROM HIS OPPONENT THE GALVIN CAMPAIGN LIKES WHERE THEY'RE AT WE'LL BE ONE TO TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND THE THE THIS WHOLE IDEA OF POLITICIANS DUCKING A SEMI-HARD QUESTION IS COWARDLY WHEN HE PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY STORY GRABBING THE HEADLINES WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED LOVE THIS DUDE RIGHT HERE BABY WE KEEP FIGHTING BABY IT'S THE WEEK OF THE MASSIVE COMEBACK THE BIG SHOVE AND AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY PROTEST CALLING FOR A NEW NAME FOR THE CHIEFS IT MAKES ME FEEL DISGUSTED I THINK WE MAKE TOO MUCH POLITICAL HYPE ABOUT THAT NOWADAYS PEOPLE JUST WON'T COME OUT AND HAVE FUN TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COULD CLOSE AS EARLY AS NEXT FALL THE LATEST RECOMMENDATION IN A CONSULTANT'S REPORT LOOKING INTO DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT PLUS THE NUMBERS ARE IN 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S HOW MUCH KANSAN SPENT ON SPORTS BETTING DURING THE FIRST MONTH IT BECAME LEGAL IN THE STATE IT'S A PITTANCE COMPARED TO HOW MUCH FORMER MISSOURI SENATOR JACK DANFORTH SPENT ON PROPPING UP JOHN WOOD'S FAILED INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN FOR MISSOURI SENATE WOODS 55-DAY CAMPAIGN COST AND FORTH SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND WE MIGHT NOT BE GETTING VISITS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN OR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BUT LOTS OF OTHER BIG POLITICAL NAME STOPPING BY TED CRUZ HERE THIS WEEK CAMPAIGNING FOR ERIC SCHMIDT AND MARK ALFORD FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HEADS TO KANSAS NEXT WEEK TO RALLY FOR DEREK SCHMIDT ALREADY ERIC WESSON DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YES I PICKED ONE OF THOSE I PICKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSING SCHOOLS I THINK ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL POSSIBLE CLOSING IS GOING TO BE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 400 KIDS MY OTHER STORY IS THE KANSAS CITY CALLS FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO FIX OUR BUILDING YOU'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OVER THERE ARE YOU WE ARE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO BEING THERE THE CITY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP US WITH SOMETHING AND THEY KIND OF PULL BACK ON US SO UH WE'RE WE'RE GONNA WE NEED TO GET THAT BUILDING FIXED I KNOW A PRINTING PLANT YOU COULD PROBABLY BUY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED LISA I THINK THAT KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RE RESTRUCTURING IS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING STUDENTS AROUND AND HOW MUCH LONGER IT MAY TAKE THEM TO GET TO SCHOOL ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING TO WATCH AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO SOME NECESSARY PAIN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL THE OTHER THING IS SHAWNEE CITY COUNCIL TAKING A VOTE ON UH ON SUPPORT OF A POTENTIAL STATEWIDE TRANSPORTS BAN WHICH IS THE FIRST LOCAL JURISDICTION TO TO PUBLICLY PUT A STAKE IN THE GROUND ON THAT MICHAEL YEAH KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION WITHOUT QUESTION BUT I'LL ADD THIS BUT IT IS ONLY A RECOMMENDATION IF THEY HAVEN'T SAID IT'S A DONE DEAL RIGHT BUT YOU KNOW I THINK WE CAN ALL READ IT ANYWAY THE POINT IS ON TWITTER SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE SEEN ABOUT UH THIS UH TECH ON THE FIELD AT THE ARROW AT ARROWHEAD IT GOT SHELVED BY THE OAKLAND RAIDER ASTONISHINGLY THE GUY HAD CREDENTIALS HE WAS WORKING HE WAS ENTITLED TO BE THERE AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING WELL YOU KNOW HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE HE YES HE WAS THERE HE WAS HE WAS WORKING AND SOME EXCUSING THE ACTIONS OF THAT FOOTBALL PLAYER IS JUST ASTONISHING AND I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN BEING SHOVED BY PEOPLE AT CAMPAIGN EVENTS SO WE'RE WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO THAT NO I THOUGHT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT STORIES WAS THE SUBTEXT OF THE SPORTS GAMBLING STORY IN KANSAS YOU MENTIONED 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS THE FIRST MONTH THE STATE'S TAKE WAS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IS NOTHING IF THAT CONTINUES THAT'S A YEARLY TAKE OF ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS FIVE IT'S VIRTUALLY NO MONEY AT ALL THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO GET A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM TO KANSAS YOU KNOW WE WERE DOING THE MATH THE OTHER DAY TO GET THE CHIEFS TO GO ACROSS TO KANSAS OR OUT AT THE SPEEDWAY YOU'D HAVE TO USE THAT MONEY FOR 150 YEARS OR SOME INCREDIBLE NUMBER IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO DO THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT IS OKAY TAKE THAT MONEY AND USE IT ON SOMETHING ELSE NOW THEY'D HAVE TO CHANGE THE STATUTE TO DO IT BUT IF IT'S JUST THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH THE IDEA THAT SPORTS GAMING CAN HELP SOLVE A STATE'S FISCAL CRISIS IS BEING DISPROVED SO FAR IN KANSAS AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO CASEY WAS LISA RODRIGUEZ AND CHANNEL 9'S MICHAEL MAHONEY ALWAYS ON CALL AT THE KANSAS CITY CALL ERIC WEST AND I'M DAVE HELLING OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR NEXT WEEK SHARICE DAVIDS WILL BE IN THIS STUDIO AS WE PARTNER WITH THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST AND KCUR NEWS IN BRINGING YOU THE KANSAS THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE IT'S DAVID'S VERSUS ATKINS I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US THEN I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON