>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF DONNYBROOK AT 7:00.

LET'S MEET THE PANELIST.

WENDY WIESE.

BILL MCCLELLAN, LOUIS POST DISPATCH.

RIVER FRONT TIMES FOUNDER RAY HARTMANN.

AND FROM T AMERICAN, WE WELCOME ALVIN REID.

ALL RIGHT, BILL, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

TURNS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JEFFERSON CITY, DOUBLE DIPPED.

AND PHILADELPHIA, AIR FARE HOTELS, HE BILLED THE STATE FOR THAT, AND PERSONALLY REIMBURSED.

DISCOVERED THAT THE SPEAKER WAS ALSO REIMBURSED BY THE CAMPAIG HE WAS REIMBURSED TWICE, 4 OR $5,000.

IT'S STILL A TRANSGRESSION.

HE HAS SINCE WRITTEN CHECKS TO THE STATES TO RECOVER THE LOSSES.

HE'S RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

THIS IS JEFFERSON CITY AS FAR AS SINS GO, THIS IS NOT A BIG ONE AT ALL.

WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT WON'T HELP PROSECUTOR THE ILLEGAL GAMBLING.

GOING ON AND HE DOUBLE DIPPED BIT.

OF THINGS THIS AMOUNTS TO ANYTHING.

THE EARLY 90S, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STEVE CLARK ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO RUN FO GOVERNOR.

ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

WELL NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT HIS OFFICE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON TRAVEL AND MEALS.

INCLUDING A LOT OF DINNERS AND MEALS WITH PEOPLE WHO THEY CONTACTED AND SAID, I NEVER HAD LUNCH OR DINNER OR STEVE CLARK.

AND WE CAME TO THE ESTIMATION THAT HE HAD WRITTEN DOWN EVERYONE WHO HAD W GAZETTE, INCLUDING MYSELF.

THIS ENDED UP TO THE TUNE OF $100,000.

IS THEFT, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

THIS WILL HAUNT HIM.

THIS WILL COST H WINNING.

MAKE A BIG DEAL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS WILL DEFINITIVELY BE SOME FEAST ON.

BUT I DON'T THIN TRACTION.

HEAR ABOUT IN HEADLINES.

>> AND THE ACCUSATION, DISHONEST.

THAT DOESN'T H >> EVERYONE -- &g >> OR WASHINGTON, DC.

>> YOU HAVE TO A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS THE PARTY WHO'S REALLY OUT FOR HIM.

THE DEEP POCKETS ONE OF THE POLITICIANS ON THE LINE OF ERIC SCHMIDT.

WHO HE WAS CONSERVATIVE BUT MODERATE CONSERVATIV CO THEY LOST THEIR MINDS.

BUT THE INTEREST ALL THIS PEARL CLUTCHING, THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLETELY LOYAL, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR IN THIS TO DONALD TRUMP.

THAT'S A SERIOUS MATTER, INSURRECTION, STEALING GOVERNME SAME PEOPLE LIKE, TH HE'S THE GREATEST PRESIDENT.

THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF PROPORTION.

IT'LL INSULATE >> THE PSYCH WEIRD WAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR THE POOR GUY THAT ROBS THE LIQUOR STORE THAN THOSE WHO STEAL WHITE COLLAR MONEY.

THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT THIS.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

>> ISN'T IT PLAUSIBLE, HIS WIFE IS THE CAMPAIGN TREASURER.

SHE REIMBURSED CHECKS NOT KNOWING HE WOULD ASK FOR IT.

AND HE WOULD ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE.

>> AT THE LEAST, HE'LL MAKE A GREAT POLITICIAN.

THIS IS A SELLABLE STORY.

IT IS.

FLORIDA.

AND BY THE WAY, YOU WROT THIS WEEK -- OKAY.

>> I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL IF HE'LL SURVIVE.

IT'S A LITTLE VERSION OF WHAT WENT ON IN WASHINGTON.

IT'LL BE BACK AND FORT >> WELL SA OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ISSUE NU TWO.

WE ACADEMY.

ST. LOUIS , AND IT TURNS OUT THERE'S A POT DISPENSARY THAT'S PLANNING TO OPEN ITS DOORS 150 FEET FROM THE DOOR OF WHERE THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL.

DISPENSARIES HAVE TO BE 500 FEET AWAY FROM A SCHOOL.

SAME IS TRUE IN NEW YORK.

CALIFORNIA IT'S 1,000 FEET.

DON'T YOU THINK THOSE KIDS HAVE ENOUGH CHALLENGES WITHOUT WA WALKING INTO A SCHOOL AND BEING TEMPTED BY POT, THAT'S JUST NEXT DOOR.

TEAPOT.

IT IS LE MISSOURI.

HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, I'M A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

I'M NOT WORRIED OF MY 2-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON WALKING IN DISPENSARY AND MAKING A PURCHASE.

>> OR A TEEN?

NOT WORRIED OF A TEEN?

>> NO, IF THEY'R POT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROXIMITY.

EASILY THEY CAN WALK IN A DISPENSARY.

HILL.

SAID.

IT'S -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 150 FEET AND 500 FEET, THAT'S INMATERIAL.

-- IMMATERIAL.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE LIGHTLY, WE DON'T WANT YOUNG PEOPLE ON POT, BUT HOW -- THE PROXIMITY OF A PLACE THAT WOULD IN FACT GET SHUT DOWN SERVING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, AND SHOULD BY THE WAY.

PR >> THE REST -- >> THE KIDS DON'T KNOW IT EXISTS.

DISTANCES BUT THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS SAYS WE DON'T NEED DISTANCES.

UNDERSTAND THAT.

MASSACHUSETTS, HAVE THESE WHAT I CONSIDER PROGRESSIVE REGULATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT'S ILLEGAL FOR THEM.

SELL IT ON CAMPUS?

>> MAYBE WE'RE AHEAD OF PL ACES.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

> THERE.

LIQUOR BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH SCHO AND THE SAME THING WOULD THE POT STORE.

>> LICENSE BEFORE THE KIDS ARE EVEN OUT THE DOOR.

>> AND THEY SHOU > WHEN THESE THINGS PASS, THE VICES, ALL THESE REGULATIONS ON THEM.

ONCE THE VICE GETS PAST ALL THE REGULATIONS GET CHIPPED AWAY.

INCLUDING THE DISTANCE THE POT DISPENSARY HAS TO BE SCHOOL.

SAY.

I THINK THIS IS REACTIONARY.

WHY DID NO ONE NOTE THAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE THIS DISTANCE, THAT DISTANCE FROM A SC I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YO THEY'RE WHO CAN'T UNDERSTAND FATHERED IN, CAN GO IN AN OPEN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S OPEN.

>> I >> QUITE WENT ON, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT IF THE CITY, IF THE MAYOR, IF SOMEONE DECIDED I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE IT, YOU'LL HAVE TO MOVE SOMEPLACE ELSE.

AND I DON' I THINK IT'S FINE.

>> T LOUIS.

>> ALVIN REI OF ANDREW BAILEY.

STATE OF MISSOURI.

AND SOME STORIES ABOUT HIM RIG NOW.

GAVE HIM A -- NOT HIM BUT A PACT SUPPORTING HIM, $50,000.

THIS WAS AFTER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FILED A BRIEF IN FAVOR OF OF MOVING A -- OF MOVING A PERSONAL INJURY LAWSUIT FROM FEDERAL COURT HERE TO PERU.

BAILEY SAYS, HEY, IT'S A PERU CASE, SEND THE CASE TO PERU.

BUT, DO YOU THINK IT'S A LITTLE, UNSEEMLY THAT HE GETS MONEY FROM THE COMPANY THAT HE'S HELPING.

>> FIRST OF ALL, IS 50,000 ENOUGH FOR YOU ALL TO BE CONCERNED?

>> YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR, AND THEY PAY FOR THIS BRIEF AND SHUFFLED HIM $50,000, AND COME HOME BILL BAILEY.

>> ANDREW BAILEY.

>> IT'S BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS.

BUT IT'S THE LEGALIZED BRIBER, LEGALIZED BRIBERY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

OF COURSE, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT ANDREW BAILEY IS DOING IN PROSECUTORILY.

BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS IN THIS INCREDIBLE WORLD OF OURS, IT'LL NOT -- THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO THIS GUY RIGHT NOW IS BEATING WILL SHARP IN THE PRIMARY.

THIS I SHARPE OPENS HIS MOUTH ABOUT THIS, BRING UP THE CON FAB, THEY CALL, THEY USE THIS THING TO DESTROY THE E-MAIL.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT SHOULD MATTER, BUT IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, IT'S HORRIBLE BUT IT WON'T MATTER IN PRIMARY.

MENTIONED EARLIER YOU REFERRED TO EARLIER, ANDREW BAI ACCUSING THE OFFICE FROM THE WHOLE VIDEO SLOT MACHINE THING.

AND DOE RUN'S PARENT COMPANY SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, NOTHING NEWS WORTHY OF MAKING A DONATION TO POLITICIANS.

THE ARROGANCE OF THE STATEMENT, IT'S NOT UP TO YOU TO DECIDE, IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI TO DECIDE IF IT'S NEWS WORTHY AND IT'S NEWS WORTHY.

>> HANG ON, WHICH WAS YOUR OUT RAGE.

PAGE GOT MONEY FROM BOEING AFTER HE LED THE CHARGE FROM THE BOEING TAX RATES.

WHEN WESLEY BELL WAS TAKING MONEY AND IS TAKING MONEY FROM TRIAL LAWYERS THAT HAS BUSINESS WITH HIS OFFICE.

>> THE PROSECUTORS AND THE RACE IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, THAT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO REALLY GIVE MONEY ARE THE LA >> THEY ARE.

>> IT' >> NO, NO -- >> CORRUPTION.

THAT'S A SUABLE TERM.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST I OF INTEREST.

>> BOB GOT >> THIS IS A STATE OFFIC HOLDER.

>> CHARLIE, CHARLIE, CAN I SAY SOMETHING, IT'S ABOUT SCALE.

FOR EXAMPLE, $50,000 DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING FOR WRONG, B MEANS A LOT TO POLITICIANS.

AND YOUR POINT ABOUT PAGE WITH BOEING, NO, NO I'M SAYING, I'M NOT A PAGE FAN.

IF IT'S A THOUSAND OR 500, IT' GOT TO BE IN PROPORTION.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LAWYERS GIVING $50,000 TO BELL.

>> IT'S 3,000.

>> THAT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANYONE.

IN A PERFECT W WOULD TAKE MONEY FROM ANY LAWYER.

>> IT'S A MATTER SCALE.

THE SYSTEM ALLOWS IT -- IT'S N LIKE EVERYONE OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO GIVES MAX DONATIONS TO POLITICIANS FOR DOING SOMETHING WRONG, IT'S A MATTER WHEN YOU TAKE 50 GRAND, IT'S A DIFFERENT SCALE.

> LAUGHLIN, A TEACHER IN ST. JAMES, MISSOURI.

SHE'S ON CHARGES BECAUSE SHE SENT NUDE PHOTOS O 16-YEAR-OLD.

MENTIONED YOU THINK SHE'S OVERCHARGE >> A BIT.

I WANT TO BE IF YOU'RE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT'S AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL.

I'M NOT GOING TO MINIMIZE THIS.

IN A WORLD WE HAVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS.

>> I'LL JUMP IN CHARGES.

ATTEMPTED STATUTORY RAPE, POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN, TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS.

TAMPERING -- KNOW WHO'S ACCURATE OF TRAFFICKING, CHILD TRAFFICKING.

THE CHILD PORN CHARGES.

I THINK THAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN NEEDS HELP.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH ELSE IS OUT THERE IN THE YOUTH SPORTS, SCHOOLS STUFF.

REALLY DIMINISHES THE SERIOUSNESS OF CHILD PORN WHICH IS A MONSTEROUS PROBLEM.

AND TRAFFICKING.

THIS ISN'T THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK THOS IN THIS CASE, OBVIOUSLY THE ATTEMPTED RAPE, SOME OF ARE FINE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A CHILD PORN OR TRAFFICKING CASE, IT'S OVER THE TOP.

WORK IS THEY PILE CHARGES ON TO A PERSON AND THEN THE PERSON DECIDES TO PLEAD GUILTY AND THEY DROP FOUR OF THE CHARGES AND YOU PLEAD TO TWO.

>> THAT'S FINE, BU THINK THIS IS A CHILD PORN OR TRAFFICKING CASE.

>> >> I GET IT, BUT I DON'T IT IS.

BUT I DO MONSTEROUS PROBLEM AND IT DOESN'T HELP US TO CALL THERE'S SO MUCH OF THE TRAFFICKING.

>> WE'VE HAD THIS SPATE OF FEMALE YOUNG, ATTRACTIVE FEMALE EDUCATORS CROSSING THIS LINE AND REALLY EGREGIOUS WAYS.

THERE'S A TEND YOU, PUT SO BRILLIANTLY IN THE PREPRODUCTION MEETING IF THIS WAS A GU TO DO.

THE TABLES.

IF THIS WAS A MA 25-YEAR-OLD MAN, THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTIONS.

>> THE SAM IT'S A CHILD PORN.

I'M NOT DEFENDING THE CONDUCT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S TRAFFICKING.

I THINK THOSE PROB BIG WE DIMINISH -- >> THERE'S A DIFFERENCE A MAN DOING IT AND I DO.

>> I A >>> RAY I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BIG SCHISM BETWEEN TWO FORMER POLITICAL BUDDIES.

JONES.

FIRST COUPLE PRESIDENT GREEN SAYS THE JAIL DIRECTOR SHOULD STEP DOWN AND THEN THE MAYOR DEFENDED HER.

THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT GREEN SAID THE MAYOR HAS RE-- ON HER CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO THE HOMELESS.

GREEN WANTS A 30 DAY NOTICE BEFORE HOMELESS IS REMOVED.

ENCAMPMENT, SECURITY AND WATER AND SERVICES SHE'S ALSO LOOKING TO DIAL B SOME OF THE LAWS AGAINST AGGRESSI APPARENT IN THAT LEGISLATION.

IT SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A DISSENSION ROCKING THE BOAT.

>> I THINK IT'S YOU WANT THE GOVERNMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTS, BUT YOU WANT TENSION BETWEEN THE BRANCHES A THAT'S HOW YOU GET COMPROMISES WORKED OUT.

CERT HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS HAS SOME ASPECTS TO IT THAT WERE REALLY OVER THE TOP.

BUT IT'S A PRO ON.

ENCAMPMENTS, AND THE POSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATION, I'M NOT SURE OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND DOESN'T ALLOW OUTDOOR CAMPING.

THAT'S TRUE ON STATE PROPERTY.

NOT NECESSARILY TRUE ELSEWHERE.

I THINK THAT THE FACT -- I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH MEGHAN GREEN OF T BUT IT'S A NATURAL GIVE AND TAKE.

SOMEONE, IN THIS CASE MEGHAN GR ENVELOPE HARD ON DOING SOMETHING ON HOMELESSNESS, AND THE UNHOUSED WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

IT'S BEEN TOO LONG I TOP.

OBVIOUSLY TO THE PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS O BUT WE HAD AN INSURANCE COMPANY ANNOUNCE IN THE BUSINESS J THAT HUMANE SOCIETY LEADING CRANE, THE CRANE C WEEK, IT'S LEADING ST. LOUIS , WE'RE -- WE SEEM TO BE OUT OF BALANCE THAT WE'RE PAYING THIS KIND OF ATTENTION TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE, WHICH DESERVES ATTENTION WHEN ROME APPEARS TO BE TO SOME PEOPLE, BURNING IN SOME QUARTERS.

>> IF THE CITY HAS $25 YOU WOULD THINK LEADERS COULD SPEND 20, 30 ON HOMELESS SITUATIONS THAT MANY OTHER CITIES CAN'T AFFORD TO DO.

>> I DON'T DEVOTE THAT TO I IN THE GAME OF CHESS, EVERYO GETS REELECTED, I THINK EVERYONE IS MAKING THE MOVES TO GET REELECTED.

ON THE WAY TO WORK, YOU SAW A DEAD ANIMAL.

ON JAMIESON.

>> IT MAKES YOU WONDER, YOU TALK ABOUT ROME BURNING, AND THERE'S BIGGER PROBLEMS, BUT THE SAME GUY IS LAYING ON THE SID HIGHWAY FOR A FULL WEE WHO DO YOU CALL?

IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY OR THE COUNTY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF Y DRIVING ALONG CAN'T SOMEONE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND CALL THE CI OR THE COUNTY AND SA SOMEONE GET THE DEAD DEER OFF THE ROAD?

MOTORISTS HAVE SEEN.

>> MAYBE WE COULD HAVE ADOPT AN ANIMAL DAY.

>> A I WAS SO RELIEVED TO HEA SAY THAT.

I TH WE'VE HAD THE SAME CARNAGE ON HIGHWAY 40.

AND IT J >> IT'S AN INTERESTING WE LAUGH ABOUT IT, BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING COMING THROUGH ON IS SOMETHING -- >> WE'RE NOT -- >&g THEY WOULD ASSOCIATE -- >> ABSOLUTELY.

>&g >> I TOOK NO ACTION TO PRESERVE, YOU KNOW -- >> YOU WOULD SOME VEHICLE NOTIC SOMEONE CALLING IN.

OF PEOPLE.

&g MORNING I'LL BE IN SPANISH LAKE, WITH THE GREEN TEAM.

FREE TICK TICKETS -- TICKETS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

I MENT THE SHOW.

A 9:00 CITY GAME AGAINST KANSAS CITY.

SUNDAY NIGHT, 9:00, SCHOOL KID SCHOOL NIGHT.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS WRONG.

10:00 EASTERN TIME.

THERE MUST BE CONFUSION, B CONFUSION.

9:00 ON SUNDAY NIGHT BETWEEN TWO TEAMS NOT ONLY FROM THE MIDWEST BUT THE SAME STATE.

I MEAN, THINKING ABOUT US, AREN'T THEY.

>> YES, I WILL SAY IT.

ST BEYOND MLS.

-- IT'S BEYOND MLS.

>> IT'S A GAME THA I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT MLS, BUT THE BIGGEST PART OF THE REASON THE FRANCHISES TAILORS NICE ENOUGH TO GET OR SMART ENOUGH I SHOULD SAY, REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MARKETING AND MERCHANDISE RIGHTS, AND I DON'T THINK -- AND PLUS, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LEVERAGE, LIKE NBA WITH THE NETWORKS.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY -- >> IT'S KID ORIENTED SPOR >> AND THE -- THERE'S NO QUESTION IT'S NOT GOOD.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OW NERSHIP GROUP HAS TOLD MLS THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I AM SURE THEY HAVE.

>> PLE >> ARE WE NOT SURE THAT WE'RE JUST NOW DISCOVERING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A KID ON THE EAST COAST.

THIS, THAT'S BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE TIME FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

I VERY SELDOM SAW THE SECOND HALF OF ANY GAME.

A LITTLE -- FOR THAT.

HOWEVER, A LITTL LUMINARY, THE ART MUSEUM ON CHEROKEE.

HAS AN EXHIBIT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THIS SHOW.

CHECK THAT O AND THE LETTERS.

AS ONE OF THE TEN VICTIM FRIDAY MASSACRE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.

IF ALL OF US VOLUNTEERS COMMITTED FIREABLE OFFENSES WHY WERE WE DISMISSED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

THANK YOU HOUND DOG BROWN.

AND WE HEARD FROM TRISH OF TOW GROVE, WHILE DISAPPOINTED IN THE DECISION TO SUPPORT JIM JORDAN FOR HOUSE SPEAKER, I TOOK THE TIME TO READ HER STATEMENT.

SHE COMPROMISED WE NEED THAT TODAY.

LUCAS, OF ST. LOUIS WROTE, THE POPULATION OF OUR REGION IS AGEING, SHRINKING TO REVERSE THAT TREND WE'RE BETTER SE BY GIVING TAX BREAKS TO MILLENNIALS AND NEW FAMILIES.

OR JUST EXTEND THE FREEZE TO ALL AGE DEMOGRAPHICS.

WRITE TO US.

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