WOULD YOU STAY WITH US AND NOT SWITCH OVER TO THE OLYMPICS IF WE WERE TO REVEAL THE NAME OF THAT BIG MYSTERY COMPANY MAKING NEWS IN KANSAS THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS A BIG DEAL OVERRULING THE GOVERNOR AND RESHAPING THE STATE'S ENTIRE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OUR COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT LUCAS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND IS ANOTHER METRO MAYOR ON THE ROPES 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 HELLO I'M NICK HAYNES AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES HOPPING ON BOARD THE WEEK IN REVIEW BUS THIS WEEK HE IS MR UP TO DATE ON KCUR FM STEVE KRASKE THE EDITOR OF THE COAL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING AND TRACKING THE KANSAS STATE HOUSE FOR CAKE TV IN WICHITA PILAR PEDRAZA WHO BY THE WAY HOSTS THE KANSAS VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM FOR WICHITA PUBLIC TELEVISION PEOPLE ARE PERHAPS RATHER THAN SAYING YOU'RE THE NICK HAINES OF KANSAS AM I THE PILAR PEDRAZA OF KANSAS CITY WELL I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE YEARS ON ME SO I'LL TAKE THAT ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT BEFORE HEADING IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU PILAR TO TOPEKA AND THEN ON TO JEFFERSON CITY THIS WEEK WE WANT TO MAKE A QUICK PIT STOP CLOSER TO HOME DID YOU SEE MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS BACK IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT HE WAS ONE OF JUST TWO MAYORS JOINING VICE PRESIDENT CAMILA HARRIS IN A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT CHILD TAX CREDITS HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MAYOR IN KANSAS CITY THAT HAS GOTTEN AS MUCH NATIONAL EXPOSURE AS QUINTON LUCAS ONE WEEK HE'S AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE PRESIDENT THE NEXT HE'S BEHIND A PODIUM TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND LET'S NOT FORGET HE'S BEEN ON BOTH FACE THE NATION AND 60 MINUTES IN JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS I KNOW MAYOR LUCAS HAS SAID HE'S RUNNING FOR REELECTION BUT IS THERE SOMETHING BIGGER GOING ON HERE IS THERE A CABINET SPOT IN THE OFFING ERIC I DON'T THINK SO UH I THINK THAT THE ISSUES THAT HE IS ADDRESSING OR ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT AND CAN BRING SOME SPOTLIGHT AND EXPOSURE TO KANSAS CITY FOR MAYBE SOME FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS UH YOU FORGOT THAT HE WAS AT THE BUS TERMINAL WITH THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AS WELL SO HE'S UH HE'S DIBBLING AND DABBLING IN UH RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE RICH AND FAMOUS BUT THERE ARE 1600 MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY GIVE OR TAKE STEVE KRASKE I'M SURE MOST OF THEM ARE DOING AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB WHY IS HE GETTING ALL THIS LIMELIGHT MAYBE BECAUSE HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARILY UH GIFTED POLITICIAN WHEN IT COMES TO HIS RHETORICAL ABILITIES NICK THE MAN CAN FLAT OUT TALK I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS QUESTION LAST NIGHT AND I WAS THINKING WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY DIDN'T HIS MOTHER OR HIS SISTER OR SOMEONE USED TO CALL HIM THE LITTLE MAYOR I MEAN HE'S BEEN AUDITIONING FOR THIS MOMENT AND REHEARSING FOR IT FOR 35 YEARS AND HE'S A GREAT SPOKESMAN FOR A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES AND THAT'S WHY THE MEDIA AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS KEEP GOING BACK BUT THIS WAS ABOUT CHILD TAX CREDITS WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT THIS WEEK WHAT HAS HE GOT TO DO WITH THAT DAVE WELL NOT A LOT ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY CHILD TAX CREDITS ARE IMPORTANT IN KANSAS CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE DON'T NEED TO GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE CABINET TALK NICK BECAUSE YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS DICK BERKELEY WAS GOING TO BE IN THE CABINET OF PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN OR GEORGE H.W BUSH AND EMANUEL CLEAVER FAMOUSLY HAD A BIG GOOD TO DO ABOUT LEAVING THE MAYOR'S JOB TO GO TO WASHINGTON TO SERVE IN THE CABINET MID-LEVEL CITY MAYORS ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL POLITICIANS UH BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT GENERALLY THE MAYOR MAYOR LUCAS DOES HAVE IS GETTING MORE SORT OF EXPOSURE THAN UH THAN OTHER MAYORS MIGHT HAVE IN PART BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE OUTLETS THAN THEY'RE USED TO I SHOULD POINT OUT ALSO THIS WEEK ERIC THAT THE MAYOR WAS MAKING HIS UH STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS THIS WEEK OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW HE WAS DOING IT VIRTUALLY NOT IN PERSON WHAT ELSE IF ANYTHING DID WE LEARN FROM THAT SPEECH THIS WEEK THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO GET A RAISE UH THEY THEY DID A GOOD JOB SHOVELING THE SNOW OFF OF THE STREETS THE POTHOLES UH THE THINGS THAT HE RAN ON I THINK HE WAS JUST KIND OF GIVING US AN UPDATE ALTHOUGH THOSE POTHOLES ARE STILL KIND OF AN ISSUE UH DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF TOWN THAT YOU DRIVE IN BUT IT WAS HE TOOK A VICTORY LAP ON THE TRASH PICKUP AND THE CITY SERVICES DAVE QUICKLY THE BATTLE OVER POLICE FUNDING IS NOW OFFICIALLY JOINED THE CITY'S BUDGET WILL BE RELEASED AS WE TAPE THIS PROGRAM THE MAYOR'S REFERENCE TO POLICE FUNDING CAME AT THE END OF HIS STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND SET THIS 20 THRESHOLD THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT AND THEN ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR OTHER THINGS BUT THE MECHANISM REMAINS FUZZY AND THAT WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND STEVE AND NICK SPEAKING OF POLICE THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED HIS SUPPORT FOR SPENDING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE ON A PROGRAM UH CALLED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS CURE VIOLENCE AS A WAY TO BEGIN TO COMBAT THE INTENSE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS PLAGUED KANSAS CITY FOR SO MANY YEARS WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE WALKED AWAY FROM IT DEFUNDED IT ST LOUIS HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH SUCCESS WITH IT NICK AND THE MAYOR WANTS TO GET BACK ON BOARD WITH THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HIM IN THE MOVIE GROUNDHOG DAY BILL MURRAY IS DOOMED TO REPEAT THE SAME DAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT'S HOW IT FEELS RIGHT NOW COVERING THE STATE HOUSES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW KANSAS LAWMAKERS WERE TRYING TO PUSH OVER THE FINISH LINE THE LARGEST TAX INCENTIVE IN KANSAS HISTORY TO LURE A MYSTERY COMPANY TO THE SUNFLOWER STATE WE'RE A FINALIST FOR WHAT WOULD BE THE LARGEST PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL GUESS WHAT THEY'VE DONE IT IN RETURN FOR MORE THAN A BI LLION DOLLARS IN STATE SUBSIDIES KANSAS LAWMAKERS SAYING YES TO LURING AN UNNAMED ADVANCED MANUFACTURING COMPANY PROMISING 4 000 PERMANENT JOBS PILAR I THOUGHT LAWMAKERS WERE NERVOUS ABOUT GIVING AWAY THE STORE TO A COMPANY THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW NEVER MIND WHERE IT WOULD BE LOCATED AND I ALSO NOTICED EVEN A DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS IN WICHITA SAYING FOR ALL WE KNOW THIS COMPANY COULD BE A PORNOGRAPHIC BUSINESS SO SO WHAT CHANGED WHAT CHANGED IS A LOT OF FOLKS THEY SIGNED A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THEY FOUND OUT MORE ABOUT IT AND HONESTLY THEY COULDN'T WALK AWAY FROM THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR KANSAS DESPITE HOW MUCH THEY DISLIKED DEALING WITH THE WHOLE MYSTERY FACTOR YOU KNOW I FIND IT INTERESTING THOUGH THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SECRETS TODAY ANYWHERE IN AMERICA HOW IS THIS STILL A SECRET I MEAN ARE YOU GETTING LAWMAKERS COMING TO YOU AND SAYING YOU KNOW UH PILAR I I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE NAME BUT THE UH THE COMPANY HAS A FRUIT IN THE LOGO WITH A BITE IN IT ARE YOU GETTING ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF HINTS UH I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NOT YOU KNOW I HAVE AN AUDIENCE I HAVE TO KEEP HAPPY HERE STEVE SO PLEASE PUT US ALL OUT OF OUR MISERY JUST REVEAL NOW WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY STEVE WELL I WISH I KNEW TOO NICK UH THE LID HAS BEEN PRETTY TIGHT IN TOPEKA THESE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS ARE NOT TO BE MESSED AROUND WITH HAVING SAID THAT ANY NUMBER OF LEAKS HAVE COME OUT OF THE CAPITAL UH THAT KANSAS IS IN COMPETITION WITH OKLAHOMA THAT THIS COULD BE A CAR BATTERY MANUFACTURER MAYBE IT'S AEROSPACE IT MIGHT BE LOCATED OUT AT THE SUNFLOWER AMMUNITION PLANT IN JOHNSON COUNTY NICK SO THESE LITTLE IDEAS KEEP HINTS KEEP TROTTING OUT HERE WE DON'T KNOW MUCH FOR SURE THOUGH AND THAT ONLY ADDS TO THE FRUSTRATION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS YOU KNOW A LOT OF INFORMATION IN OUR MEDIA HERE PILAR ABOUT IT OH HE'S GOING TO COME TO THE KANSAS CITY AREA AS STEVE POINTED OUT PERHAPS THE SUNFLOWER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT IN WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY BUT IF I WERE TO PICK UP THE WICHITA NEWSPAPER WOULD THEY BE SAYING OH IT'S COMING THERE OR IF I'M IN TOPEKA WOULD THEY BE THINKING IT WAS COMING THERE WELL THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION I THINK EVERYBODY IS SPECULATING OH COULD IT BE AROUND OUR PART OF THE STATE IS IT COMING TO WOODSHOP BECAUSE WICHITA IS THE BIGGEST TOWN IN KANSAS COULD IT GO TO CELINA WHERE YOU'VE GOT UH 35 AND I-70 CROSSING A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE PERHAPS STEVE IT COULD GO TO THE MISSION GATEWAY PROJECT ON SHAWNEE MISSION PARKWAY THAT SEEMS TO BE IN A HOT MESS NOW FOR OVER A DECADE IT'S STILL A HOT MESS NICK AND IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH TO GO THERE BUT NICK HAVING SAID THAT THERE'S A LOT TO SORT OF UH WONDER ABOUT HERE AND IT IS EXCITING THIS IDEA OF THIS COMPANY COMING HERE WITH ALL THESE JOBS BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY HERE AS A LIFELONG JOURNALIST IS REALLY TROUBLING YOU HAVE THE INCENTIVE OF A LOT OF POLITICIANS IN TOPEKA WHO ARE UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS YEAR WHO WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO GO TO VOTERS TO SAY THEY LANDED THIS BIG FISH THEY'VE GOT THIS DEAL DONE AND UH THIS THING IS HAPPENING VERY QUICKLY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE LINE AND I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WITH ALL OF THIS AND THE WAY IT'S ROLLED OUT ERIC SAID LAST WEEK AND THAT YOU MADE A GREAT OBSERVATION ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE GIVE ALL THESE TAX GIVEAWAYS AND IT WOULD BE LIKE SOONER THAT COMES INTO TOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE AND THEN START SELLING CAMPUSES MAY EVEN GO OUT OF BUSINESS HOW DAVE WOULD WE KNOW THAT IF IF WE GIVE MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS IN KANSAS TO THIS MYSTERY COMPANY THAT FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD TEN YEARS UH DOWN THE ROAD THEY DON'T LEAVE OR MERGE WITH ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEY WON'T BE ON THE HOOK ANYMORE WELL THAT OF COURSE IS ONE OF THE BIGGER QUESTIONS AND IT CERTAINLY UH BACKS UP WHAT MY COLLEAGUE STEVE KRASKE TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY BEING IMPORTANT SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS DEAL AND THAT THEY'RE UH ASSURED THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF CLAWBACK MECHANISM OR A DELAYED DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS SO IF THIS COMPANY DECIDES TO MOVE UH THEY CAN GET THIS MONEY BACK I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED THOUGH WHEN IT'S REVEALED THAT THIS IS AN AMUSEMENT PARK BASED ON THE WIZARD OF OZ THAT'S GOING OUT BY DESOTO UH AND THAT THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING TO KANSAS NO I THINK ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY OF SPENDING A BILLION DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE DAVE P LAW YEAH WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE CLAWBACKS THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID THE HOUSE THAT MANY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEY ACTUALLY CHANGED THE BILL AND THAT'S WHY IT TOOK A DAY LONGER TO GET IT DONE THAN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY EXPECTING THEY DID PUT SOME CLAWBACKS IN SO THAT FOR THE FIRST 10 YEARS IT'S PRETTY STRICT IF THIS COMPANY DOES NOT DO EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS THAT MONEY COMES BACK TO THE STATE NEXT FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT THOSE DRAWBACKS START TO UH GO AWAY BIT BY BIT LET'S HEAD OVER TO MISSOURI NEXT WHERE GUNS ARE BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT HEARING A CHALLENGE THIS WEEK TO A CONTENTIOUS NEW STATE LAW THAT BLOCKS POLICE FROM ENFORCING FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS IT'S CALLED THE SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT YOU MAY REMEMBER IT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A BIG 60 MINUTE STORY A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LAW PASSED IN AUGUST IT ALSO PROHIBITS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM GIVING QUOTE MATERIAL AID AND SUPPORT TO FEDERAL AGENTS TRYING TO ENFORCE FEDERAL GUN STATUTES MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENTS VIOLATING THE LAW ARE SUBJECT TO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINES SO WHAT HAPPENED DID THE JUSTICES SAY LAWMAKERS ARE WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO DECIDE WHAT LAWS THEY WANT POLICE TO ENFORCE IN THEIR OWN STATE OR DID THEY SAY JUST STOP STEVE THIS IS BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL WELL WE DON'T HAVE WORDS FROM THE STATE SUPREME COURT YET NICK BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH HERE I HAD GOVERNOR MIKE CARSON ON UP TO DATE THIS WEEK AND HE TALKED VERY OPENLY ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE THAT BLOCKS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM IMPLEMENTING FEDERAL GUN LAWS IT REALLY IS A HIGHLY UNUSUAL LAW THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF CONTINUES TO BE OPEN TO REJIGGERING THIS LAW GOING FORWARD SO NO MATTER WHAT THE STATE SUPREME COURT DOES THE LEGISLATURE MAY STILL WEIGH IN HERE THIS SESSION NICK AND MAKE SOME REVISIONS ERIC JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A FINE YOU KNOW IF IF YOU HAVE A LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT UH COOPERATING WITH SAY THE ATA YOU COULD BE FINED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST BECAUSE THERE IS THE THREAT OF A FINE HAS ANY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT BEEN FINED OVER THIS NOW THAT I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK THE THREAT OF IT IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI HAS HAD A LOT OF THEM SAYING HEY HANDS OFF IF THEY SEE A CONVICTED FELON WITH THE FIREARM AND THEY PULL THEM OVER THEY LET THEM GO AND I THINK IT'S BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THAT AS WELL BUT AREN'T WE ALREADY SEEING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DAY PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH LAWS THEY WANT TO FOLLOW NOW WHEN YOU CONSIDER FOR INSTANCE I KNOW MARIJUANA FOR INSTANCE IS STILL A FEDERALLY PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE AND YET LOCALLY WE HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND PROSECUTORS REFUSING TO GO AFTER PEOPLE WITH MARIJUANA OFFENSES IGNORING THAT LAW AND SIMILARLY WITH IMMIGRATION SAYING NO WE'RE NOT GOING TO COOPERATE IN OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH IMMIGRATION IS THAT THE SAME OR DIFFERENT YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME TREND NICK WHICH IS THAT UH LAWMAKERS AND PEOPLE WHO EXECUTE THE LAWS OFTEN USE A WIDE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHAT IS ENFORCED AND WHAT ISN'T BUT I THINK THE BIG STORY HERE WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT IS THAT THE BIG OPPONENTS TEND TO BE POLICE DEPARTMENTS SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS WHO SAY LOOK WE REALLY NEED THE HELP OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND THIS HAS A CHILLING EFFECT ON OUR DECISION MAKING WE JUST DON'T WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO RISK A FINE WE DON'T WANT TO RISK PROSECUTION AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COURT IS GOING TO GRAPPLE WITH AND WE EXPECT A DECISION LATER THIS YEAR AS MANY AMERICANS ARE FIXATED ON WATCHING THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING CHINA HAS BECOME THE SURPRISING NEW WEDGE ISSUE IN MISSOURI'S U-S SENATE RACE FORGET MASK MANDATES AND VACCINE PASSPORTS EVEN CRITICAL RACE THEORY HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT IN A SERIES OF NEW CAMPAIGN ADS ERIC GREITENS CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO BE TOUGH ON COMMUNIST CHINA JUST LISTEN TO HIS OWN WORDS WHEN APPEARING ON CHINESE PROPAGANDA TELEVISION IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION THAT'S THAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE OUR VERY FIRST TRADE MISSION IS ALSO TO CHINA ERIC GREITENS GOOD FOR CHINA BAD FOR MISSOURI HOW DID CHINA GET SO POWERFUL FRIENDS LIKE ERIC SCHMIDT SCHMIDT SPONSORED A BILL TO SPEND 480 MILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO CREATE A CARGO HUB HERE FOR AIRLINES OWNED BY CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY AND SCHMIDT VOTED TO LET CHINA BUY UP MISSOURI FARMLAND ERIC SCHMIDT GOOD FOR CHINA BAD FOR MISSOURI DAVE HELLING I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO BE OVER AT KCTV5 YOU WERE KNOWN FOR YOUR TRUTH WATCH REPORTS LOOKING AT THESE COMMERCIALS WOULD THIS BE SLAPPED WITH A TRUTHFUL LABEL OR A FALSE LABEL WELL FIRST WE'D SAY IT'S IRRELEVANT I DON'T THINK THE VOTERS ARE CLAMORING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES IN CHINA BUT ERIC YOU KNOW THESE CAMPAIGNS TODAY ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED THEY DO FOCUS GROUPS AND SO ON THEY WOULDN'T BE RUNNING THESE ADS IF THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO RESONATE WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD THEY NO THEY THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY SPLATTER ENOUGH ARROWS AGAINST THE WALL SOMEBODY WILL CATCH ON TO IT AND THEY'LL TELL SOMEBODY AND THEY'LL TELL SOMEBODY CAN WE EXPECT THE SAME TACTICS TO BE USED IN KANSAS PILAR MIGHT WE SEE AD SAYING LAURA KELLY GOOD FOR CHINA BAD FOR KANSAS IF IT COMES OUT THAT THERE IS A STATEMENT ON CHINESE TELEVISION LIKE THAT WITH LAURA KELLY WHICH I DON'T THINK IS POSSIBLE I DON'T AT LEAST NOT WHILE SHE'S GOING TOGETHER I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S BEEN TO CHINA IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE MASKS THAT SHE THOUGHT WHAT AMMUNITION PEOPLE COMBINED JUST FOR THE RECORD I THINK THIS IS JUST UTTER SILLINESS ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF THIS IS JUST FEAR-MONGERING TRY TO CREATE A WEDGE ISSUE BETWEEN CANDIDATES HERE AND IF I WAS A VOTER NICK I WOULDN'T PAY A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY JUST QUICKLY NICK ERIC GREITENS GOING AFTER SCHMIDT AND SCHMIDT GOING AFTER GREITENS IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC IN THAT RACE BECAUSE I THINK IT INDICATES THAT THOSE TWO CANDIDATES FEEL THEY'RE COMPETING FOR THE SAME VOTERS THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE LIKE A VICKI HARTZLER TO COME IN MAYBE AND PREVAIL IN THAT PRIMARY IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED TRY TRY AND TRY AGAIN THE MOTION PREVAILS AND THE BILL PASSES IT TOOK MORE THAN ONE ATTEMPT BUT KANSAS LAWMAKERS MAKE A SPLASH THIS WEEK THEY OVERRULE GOVERNOR KELLY AND RESHAPE THE POLITICAL MAP OF KANSAS THE CITY OF LAWRENCE MOVES INTO THE SAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS WESTERN KANSAS AND WYANDOTTE COUNTY GETS CUT IN HALF DEMOCRATS SAY THE GOP DRONE MAP AIMS TO SQUEEZE CONGRESSWOMAN CHERISE DAVIDS OUT OF OFFICE OUR COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE A FAULT LINE A SEISMIC SHIFT HAS TORN US APART IT DOES NOT CONTRARY TO SOME ACCUSATIONS DILUTE THE MINORITY TO VOTE IT'S A FAIR MAP SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS THIS THE MAP OR IS THIS JUST THE START OF A PROTRACTED BATTLE IN THE COURTS PILAR I THINK IT'S THE START OF A BATTLE IN THE COURTS UH THERE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH PROMISES THAT IF THIS MAP WAS APPROVED THAT IT WOULD BE CHALLENGED IN THE COURTS I FULLY EXPECT WE'LL SEE THAT PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK OR SO AND THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF COURSE WE SEE EVEN IN PLACES LIKE MARYLAND AND NEW YORK AND IN ILLINOIS WHERE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE LEGISLATURE LAWSUITS ARE BEING FILED BECAUSE THEY'RE SQUEEZING OUT REPUBLICANS IN THOSE DISTRICTS BUT DAVE IF I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND I'M EITHER HAPPY OR SAD ABOUT THIS LATEST UH MAP BEING DRAWN IF IT'S HEADING TO THE COURTS DO I HAVE ANY SAY WHATSOEVER DO I HAVE ANY ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS WELL NOT NOW YOU HAD A ROLE EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND LATE LAST YEAR THEY TOOK TESTIMONY WHICH THEY MORE OR LESS IGNORED IN THE KANSAS SIDE IN DRAWING THE MAPS THAT THEY ENDED UP DRAWING BUT NO IF THE COURTS MAKE THE DE CISION THAT'S IT AND LET ME JUST SAY QUICKLY NICK I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN IN KANSAS WAS NOT NECESSARILY WYANDOTTE COUNTY BEING SPLIT ALTHOUGH PEOPLE WERE MAD ABOUT THAT BUT PUTTING LAWRENCE KANSAS IN THE BIG FIRST DISTRICT WHICH STRETCHES ALL THE WAY TO THE COLORADO BORDER REALLY UPSET UH PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE AND REALLY UPSET SOME PEOPLE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT AS WELL THAT'S ALSO PROBLEMATIC WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COURTS SAY IF A LAWSUIT IS FINE UH BY THE WAY ERIC YOU CALLED IT LAST WEEK WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MISSOURI SIDE ON THIS AND YOU KNOW WOULD WOULD EMMANUEL CLEAVER'S SEAT BE SAFE YOU SAID IT'S GONNA BE A WILD RIDE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN JEFFERSON CITY AND THIS WEEK THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO CUT HIS DISTRICT IN HALF YOU KNOW SO IT WOULD BE TWO REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS UM BUT DID THAT HAPPEN OR IS HE STILL SAFE SHOULD HE BE WORRIED THIS WEEK WELL HE PROBABLY CAN PROBABLY GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF SLEEP BUT IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT HE'LL HAVE TO OBSERVE YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CHANGE IN LOCAL LEADERSHIP LATELY IN JUST THE LAST THREE MONTHS WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND OVERLAND PARK HAVE NEW MAYORS THE HEAD OF JOHNSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT ED ISLAND IS CALLING IT QUITS AND COULD IT BE THE END OF THE LINE FOR THE MAYOR OF INDEPENDENCE EILEEN WEIR THIS WEEK VOTERS IN MISSOURI'S FIFTH LARGEST CITY WENT TO THE POLLS AND GUESS WHAT LONG-TIME MAYOR WEIR BARELY MADE IT THROUGH A CROWDED PRIMARY IN FACT A LITTLE MORE THAN 100 VOTES SAVED HER FROM BEING OUSTED BY VOTERS THE MAYOR CAME IN SECOND TO MISSOURI STATE LAWMAKER RORY ROWLAND THAT MEANS SHE GETS TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY SHE'LL FACE OFF AGAINST ROLAND IN THE APRIL GENERAL ELECTION BUT FIVE PEOPLE RUNNING AGAINST THE MAYOR THIS WEEK IN INDEPENDENCE THEY ALL SAID THE CITY IS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF CHANGE WHAT ARE THEY SO UNHAPPY ABOUT STEVE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE FBI SNOOPING AROUND LOOKING AT CITY CONTRACTS THAT'S AN ISSUE THE TIMING OF THE STORY THIS WEEK ABOUT POLICE OVERTIME OFFICERS OVER HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN OVERTIME THAT PROBABLY FALLS AT THE HANDS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND INDEPENDENCE AS OPPOSED TO THE MAYOR NICK BUT NONETHELESS IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF CONTROL IN INDEPENDENCE AND IT'S THAT KIND OF THING THAT VOTERS ARE REACTING TO YEAH WHAT STEVE'S TALKING ABOUT THERE WAS ONE INDEPENDENCE POLICE OFFICER EARNED MORE THAN 263 THOUSAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR MAKING HIM THE HIGHEST PAID CITY EMPLOYEE THAT'S A LOT OF OVERTIME ERIC YEAH THAT'S A LOT OF TIME THAT'S A LOT OF OVERTIME AND SICK TIME AND I THINK THEY'LL DO SOMETHING QUICKLY TO CHANGE WHATEVER LOOPHOLE THAT IS THAT UH ALLOWED THAT PERSON TO MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY AND BY THE WAY HE WASN'T DOING IT YOU KNOW HE WASN'T PATROLLING HE WASN'T POLICE WORK HE WAS DOING CARPENTRY AND PAINTING WORK APPARENTLY UH FIXING UP THE JAIL BUT DAVE WHEN WE WE LOVE STORIES LIKE THIS IN THE MEDIA OF COURSE THAT SHOW ONE INDIVIDUAL ARE THEY MAKING OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ISN'T THERE A LOT MORE WASTE HAPPENING IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE THAN THAT MAYBE BUT THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN INDEPENDENCE ALLEGED CORRUPTION AND FBI INVESTIGATIONS IN OVERTIME ALL OF THAT PILES UP AND A LOT OF IT HAS ACCRUED TO EILEEN WEIR AND THAT MAKES HER A LONG SHOT I THINK IN APRIL SOME GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK COVID CASES ARE WAY DOWN IN OUR METRO BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'VE HEARD THE LAST ABOUT THIS VIRUS OR THE POLITICAL BATTLES OVER VIRUS CONTROL MEASURES IN FACT IN KANSAS THIS WEEK LAWMAKERS BEGAN DEBATING A BILL THAT WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME PROVIDE NO QUESTIONS ASKED VACCINE EXEMPTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHILD CARE CENTERS AND PILAR JUST TO CLARIFY THIS IS NOT JUST GIVING PARENTS THE RIGHT TO SAY NO TO GIVING THEIR CHILDREN A COVETED VACCINATION IN ORDER TO ATTEND SCHOOL THIS IS ANY VACCINATION WHETHER IT BE MEASLES MUMPS TETANUS CHICKENPOX IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD IT INVOLVES ALL CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATIONS I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PARENTS SCHOOL LEADERS DOCTORS WHO ARE VERY UPSET THAT THIS BILL IS EVEN MOVING FORWARD AT ALL IN FACT IT DID NOT ORIGINALLY MAKE ANY LEEWAY AT ALL UNTIL SENATOR MARK STEFAN WITHHELD HIS VOTE ON THE REDISTRICTING VETO OVERTURN SO GET UP CHANGE YOUR VOTE ON REDISTRICTING AND YOU GET THE VACCINE ISSUE PRETTY MUCH YEAH UH SOME VERY OLD-FASHIONED HORSE DEALING WENT ON STEVE A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF YOU UH OF YOURS BRAD COOPER WHO'S NOW THE EDITOR OF THE SUNFLOWER STATE JOURNAL SAYS THE BILLS THAT GET THE MOST MEDIA ATTENTION ARE THE BILLS MOST LIKELY TO END UP IN A SHREDDER AT THE END OF THE SESSION SO IF THAT'S THE CASE WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS OF THIS BILL GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND BECOMING LAW WELL THE GOVERNOR CERTAINLY WOULDN'T LOOK KINDLY ON THIS NICK BUT THEY ARE FAST TRACKING THIS THING IT'S WORTH KEEPING AN EYE ON GOING FORWARD I LOVE YOUR REACTION THOUGH UH PILAR YOU YOU SEEM A STRONG NO ON THAT I DON'T SEE IT GOING ANYWHERE I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THE SENATE AND I DEFINITELY DON'T SEE IT PASSING THE HOUSE YOU KNOW THERE IS A BRIDGE IN KANSAS CITY THAT HAS BECOME SO FAMOUS IT HAS ITS OWN T-SHIRT UNDEFEATED IT'S CALLED THAT'S NOT THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE BUT ITS CLAIM TO FAME IT HAS SHEARED THE TOP OFF OF DOZENS OF TRUCKS WITH ANOTHER BIG WRECK THIS WEEK UNDER THE INDEPENDENCE AVENUE BRIDGE AND LOTS OF MONEY NOW AVAILABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS NOW SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH KANSAS CITY NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BUT WHAT'S THE PLAN REMOVE IT RAISE IT OR FIND ANOTHER ROUTE ERIC FOR BIG TRUCKS TO REACH THEIR FINAL DESTINATION YOU KNOW ONE OF THE TRUCK DRIVERS I TALKED TO SAID THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO DIP OR LOWER THE STREET BECAUSE I BELIEVE A TRAIN UH IT'S A RAILROAD BRIDGE SO THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TOP-WISE TO IT SO HE WAS TELLING ME THAT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS LOWER THE STREET AND THEN TRUCK DRIVERS NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGN BUT STEVE HASN'T THERE BEEN NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME THOUGH IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE LIVING IN LEEWOOD OR LEE'S SUMMIT AND YOU HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT SOME ASPECT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE CALLING PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING YOUR LOCAL CITY HALL THEY'VE GOT MONEY TO FIX THESE THINGS NOW THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT NICK AND TO YOUR POINT MAYOR LUCAS IS LOOKING AT THIS HE'S AWARE OF THE SITUATION THE CITY'S LOOKING AT A WHOLE SERIES OF OPTIONS HERE HOPEFULLY SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN YOU KNOW WHEN YOU 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 IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THERE WERE PROTESTS ON THE STREETS OF KANSAS CITY THIS WEEK DEMONSTRATORS RETURNED TO THE PLAZA TO PROTEST POSSIBLE WAR OVER UKRAINE SO THE CHIP CRISIS ISN'T OVER AFTER ALL THE TRUCK SIDE OF FORD'S KANSAS CITY ASSEMBLY PLANT SHUTTING DOWN AMID LINGERING MICROCHIP SHORTAGES AFTER A PUBLIC OUTCRY THE MAYOR OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY RETURNING THAT 85 000 LUXURY SUV BOUGHT WITH COUNTY MONEY IS IT RACISM IN THE NFL OR SOMETHING ELSE THE CHIEFS ERIC B ENEMY IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER BEING PASSED OVER AGAIN FOR A HEAD COACHING JOB THIS TIME WITH THE SAINTS IT WAS HIS 15TH HEAD COACH INTERVIEW IN FOUR YEARS KANSAS CITY HIRING ITS FIRST BLACK HEALTH DIRECTOR DR MAVIA JONES SUCCEEDS REX ARCHER SHE STARTS MONDAY AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE NEGRO LEAGUE'S BASEBALL MUSEUM BEFORE THERE MAY NEVER BE A BETTER TIME TO GO ADMISSION IS NOW FREE IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS SAID THEY WILL COVER THE COST OF EVERY ADMISSION THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH ALRIGHTY ERIC WESSON DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT I PICKED ONE OF THOSE STORIES DR MARVIA JONES OF COURSE BEING THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STEVE I THINK SOMETHING DIFFERENT NICK WE GOT THE NEWS THIS WEEK THAT REED THE FURNITURE STORE ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA IS CLOSING MICHAEL KORS HAS CLOSED IN RECENT MONTHS VICTORIA'S SECRET KATE SPADE BRIDGETON COLLECTIBLES IT STRIKES ME THAT WITH MORE THAN TWO DOZEN UH OPEN SPACES RIGHT NOW ON THE PLAZA THAT SOMETHING'S AMISS DOWN THERE I THINK IT'S WORTH KANSAS CITY TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA WHICH CONTINUES TO BE THE JEWEL OF THE CITY PILOT WELL THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS INVOLVING ELECTIONS WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT NOW ONE IN PARTICULAR IS CONCERNING LOCAL COUNTY LEADERS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS AND THAT ONE WOULD REQUIRE ANY MAIL-IN BALLOT TO BE RETURNED VIA THE U.S POST OFFICE BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT AN UNINTENDED SIDE EFFECT WOULD HAVE THIS BILL BASICALLY BANNING THE USE OF THOSE DROP BOXES THAT WE SAW POPPING UP OUTSIDE OF ELECTION OFFICES AROUND THE STATE LAST YEAR DAVE FIRST WE HAVE MY CAT WANTING TO BE ON TELEVISION AGAIN UH A SECOND UH I DO THINK ONE OF THE STORIES WE'LL NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE MINORITY HIRING PRACTICES IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE IF THE CASE THAT'S BEEN FILED GOES TO TRIAL AND DISCOVERY IS ALLOWED WE'RE GOING TO SEE EVIDENCE ABOUT FOOTBALL TEAMS THAT WILL BE VERY VERY UGLY I BELIEVE AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED OUR THANKS TO ERIC WESSON ALWAYS ON CALL AT THE KANSAS CITY CALL FROM YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING WITH HIS CAT BUTTONS FROM THE HEART OF KANSAS CAKE TV'S PILAR PEDRAZA AND KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE WEEKDAY MORNINGS AT 9 ON KCU RFM STEVE KRASKE AND I'M MCCAINS FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL 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