THERE'S THE BIG HEADLINES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN THERE'S THE IMPORTANT STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WE DO BOTH YOUR LOCAL WEEK REVIEWED NEXT 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 AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAYNES AND WE'RE ON A MISSION THIS HALF HOUR TO CONNECT THE DOTS FOR YOU ON THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES ON THAT JOURNEY WITH US IS KYLE PALMER WHO LEADS THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST MR UP TO DATE ON KCUR STEVE KRASKE MARY SANCHEZ FROM FLATLAND OUR OWN DIGITAL NEWSROOM HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS AND MICHAEL MAHONEY CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST FOR KMBC 9 NEWS LAST WEEK WHILE WE WERE BRINGING YOU NEWSMAKER GUESTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE KANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WAS HOSTING A BIG PARTY THIS IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE YOU KNOW HOW WE JUST LANDED THE LARGEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HISTORY OF OUR STATE KANSAS OFFICIALS MAY STILL BE NURSING HANGOVERS THIS WEEK AFTER ANNOUNCING THEIR BUILDING WHAT THEY CLAIM WILL BE THE LARGEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PLANT IN THE WORLD ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER SUNFLOWER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT IN THE JOHNSON COUNTY CITY OF DESOTO BUT FOR ALL THE HOOPLA THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS THIS WEEK SO FAR THERE'S NO WORD ON WHEN THE FOUR BILLION DOLLAR PLANT WOULD BE BUILT AND IT'S STILL UNCLEAR UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS THE JAPANESE ELECTRONICS JOINT COULD STILL PULL OUT OF THE DEAL COULD ONGOING CONTAMINATION ISSUES AT THEIR CHOSEN SITE DERAIL CONSTRUCTION AND STEVE KRASKE COULD INCREASE FEARS OF A RECESSION AND SUPPLY CHAIN DIFFICULTIES PROMPT PANASONIC TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON WELL I THINK LOTS OF THINGS ARE POSSIBLE HERE NICK I JUST WOULD POINT OUT THAT PANASONIC AND ITS LEADERSHIP APPEAR TO BE A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE THOUGHTFUL CAREFUL GROUP I MEAN THERE WAS A REASON WHY THERE WAS A THREE AND A HALF MONTH DELAY BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN KANSAS OFFICIALS THOUGHT THIS THING WAS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED AND WHEN IT ULTIMATELY WAS AND WHAT YOU HEAR FROM OFFICIALS WAS THAT THEY WERE THE PANASONIC FOLKS WERE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO ANSWER MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE RAISING HERE BUT SURE COULD SOMETHING SHORT CIRCUIT THIS THING GOING FORWARD THERE ARE LOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES STILL WITH THAT SITE STILL BEING WORKED THROUGH SO THE ANSWER IS YES WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT KYLE WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD AT THE SUNFLOWER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT THAT THERE WAS THIS HUGE CONTAMINATION THERE THAT COULD TAKE YEARS TO REMEDIATE COULD THAT BE A PROBLEM STILL FOR THIS UH WELL IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO REMEDIATE IN FACT THE US ARMY HAD A MEETING IN DESOTO THE NIGHT BEFORE WE'RE TAPING THIS SO EARLIER THIS WEEK SAYING THAT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE UNTIL 2028 BEFORE THAT SITE THEY ANTICIPATE IS FULLY CLEANED UP ALSO BEAR IN MIND THOUGH THAT THIS PANASONIC FACILITY AS BIG AS IT IS IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A SMALL PORTION OF THIS SITE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR HUNDRED ACRES OF WHAT THE ARMY SAYS HAS ALREADY BEEN REMEDIATED AND SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON CLEANING IT UP BUT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE PORTION OF LAND WHERE THIS SITE IS GOING TO GO BUT THEY'RE NOT IDLE CONCERNS FOR SURE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HELD UP DEVELOPMENT THERE FOR DECADES BUT YOUR INTEL IN OHIO IS BUILDING THIS HUGE MEGA PROJECT THERE WITH MICROCHIPS BUT THEY ARE ALREADY PUTTING THE WHOLE THE PAUSE BUTTON ON THAT MICHAEL BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THEY CAN'T GET SOME OF THOSE RAW MATERIALS AND THAT AND THAT'S A POSSIBILITY HERE TOO BUT UH UM LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THIS THIS IS A BIG SCORE FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS IF IF IT COMES THROUGH AND UH I THINK STEVE IS RIGHT THE PANASONIC HAS PROBABLY SPENT THAT 90 DAYS OR SO CROSSING THE TEES DOTTING THE EYES DOUBLE DOUBLE CHECKING THE THINGS LIKE THAT THIS THIS PLANT WON'T BE ONLINE FOR A COUPLE OF MORE YEARS IT IS PAIRED UP WITH ANOTHER PANASONIC PLANT IN TEXAS AND IT IS ABOUT ELECTRONIC VEHICLES WHICH IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE A MAJOR PART OF TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICA BIG SCORE MARY BUT AT WHAT PRICE I SEE SOME LOCAL ECONOMISTS SAYING BOY FOR EVERY SINGLE JOB THEY'RE BRINGING IN OF THESE 4 000 IT'S COSTING THE STATE 207 000 TO LAND THAT JOB UH OF COURSE A LOT OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ALSO SIGNING OFF ON THIS DEAL BUT IS THAT JUST THE PRICE TODAY OF BEING ABLE TO GET A BIG MEGA COMPANY TO COME TO YOUR STATE WELL IT IS IN SOME VENUES UM THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE PANASONIC DEAL THOUGH IS THAT AS MICHAEL JUST MENTIONED IT'S TIED TO THAT TESLA PLANT IN TEXAS SO APPARENTLY IT WAS EITHER GOING TO BE KANSAS OR OKLAHOMA AND I WONDER I MEAN WITH THESE DELAYS YOU KNOW COVERT RELATED SUPPLY CHAIN IS IT STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT OKLAHOMA COULD COME IN IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS FOR WHATEVER RHYME OR REASON AT THE OLD SUNFLOWER PLANT I DON'T KNOW WELL ANY JOHNSON COUNTY WITH A SENSE OF HISTORY KNOWS THIS SITE IN PARTICULAR HAS A CHECKERED HISTORY I MEAN I REMEMBER WHEN I WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL THE BIG THING IS THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD THE UH THE WIZARD OF OZ I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND THAT YOU KNOW NEVER CAME TO FRUITION IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATION ISSUES ALSO BECAUSE I THINK THAT DEVELOPER JUST MAYBE OVER-PROMISED BUT STILL THIS IS A SITE THAT HAS HAD ITS ISSUES AND SO I THINK ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN AROUND JOHNSON COUNTY FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME IS LOOKING AT THIS DEAL STILL WITH BAITED BREATH WE'RE TOLD BY THE WAY STEVE KRASKE THAT THE ECONOMY IS THE BIGGEST ELECTION ISSUE ON PEOPLE'S MINDS THIS UH IN THIS MIDTERM YEAR DOES THIS DECISION THEN TO BRING PANASONIC TO KANSAS CHARGE GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN I THINK IT DOES IT WOULD TURBO CHARGE ANY GOVERNOR IN A SIMILAR SITUATION MIKE I THINK MOST VOTERS ARE SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT INFLATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON ON THAT SCORE BUT THEY SEE THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING ALONG WITH THAT CUT IN THE FOOD SALES TAX THAT GOES INTO EFFECT IN THE NEW YEAR TWO BIG WINS THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO FOR GOVERNOR KELLY TO BUILD OFF STEVE'S POINT ON THIS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HER LIKELY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT DEREK SCHMIDT IS GOING TO UH CAMPAIGN ON IS HE WANTS TO BRING OR KEEP YOUNG KANSAS PEOPLE IN KANSAS THIS PLAN IS GOING TO BE EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT IS GOING TO HAP HAPPEN AND THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT KELLY IS GOING TO CAMPAIGN UPON SAYING WE HAVE HAD SOME DIFFICULT TIMES BUT I'VE BEEN A STEADY STEWARD AT THE HELM BUT BASICALLY AT THIS POINT THOUGH KYLE WANT TO KNOW HOW DO YOU GET ONE OF THESE JOBS THEY'RE SAYING THESE ABOVE AVERAGE WAGES THESE ARE GOING TO BE OVER FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THERE ARE FOUR THOUSAND OF THEM AND DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE TODAY IS HOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR ANY OF THESE POSITIONS I THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO EARLY FOR THAT I I DO KNOW A LOT OF JOHNSON COUNTIES WHO WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH THE IDEA OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BEING A LIVABLE INCOME IN JOHNSON COUNTY BUT UM I THINK IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPACT COULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE IN JOHNSON COUNTY 4 000 JOBS IS A LOT OF JOBS BUT HISTORICAL CONTEXT HERE AT ITS HEIGHT SUNFLOWER AMMUNITION PLANT I THINK EMPLOYED OVER 25 000 PEOPLE STILL A MANUFACTURING PLANT OF THIS SIZE AND SCOPE IN JOHNSON COUNTY OF COURSE IS A BIG DEAL IF YOU WANT A JOB OUT THERE MAYBE CHECK OUT JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEY'LL BE DOING SOME TRAINING FOR THESE WORKERS MIKE I HAD GOVERNOR YOU'RE NICK THAT'S MIKE I HAD GOVERNOR KELLY ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK AND SHE POINTS OUT THAT THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN OUT THERE PANASONIC WILL BREAK GROUND IN THE FALL COMPLETED LATE NEXT YEAR FULLY OPERATIONAL EARLY 2024.

THE KIND OF THING VERY QUICKLY THAT COULD LITERALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF DE SOTO KANSAS THIS IS A REALLY SMALL TOWN AND IT MAY NOT BE TEN YEARS FROM NOW I I'M NOT ALWAYS FOR THE BETTER HOUSING PRICES I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO FACE A LOT OF PRESSURES AS WELL ABSOLUTELY THERE'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF DESOTO AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DESOTO RIGHT NOW LIVE THERE BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE MORE QUAINT SMALLER AREA THAT IT IS IT'S NOT REALLY RURAL BUT IT'S KIND OF SORT OF YEAH AND THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT THAT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE I'M CURIOUS WHY THIS PROJECT BY THE WAY IS GETTING SO MUCH MORE ATTENTION THAN ANOTHER BIG PROJECT ANNOUNCED RECENTLY IN OUR AREA THAT'S THE NEW MILLION SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER THAT FACEBOOK OWNER META HAS AGREED TO BUILD IN KANSAS CITY'S NORTHLAND ACCORDING TO THE STAR FACEBOOK SAYS IT'S WILLING TO INVEST UP TO 40 BILLION DOLLARS ON THIS PROJECT THAT'S 10 TIMES AS BIG AS THE KANSAS UH PANASONIC PLANT AND THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY HAVE AGREED ALREADY TO 1.8 BILLION DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES THAT'S TWICE AS MUCH AS IS GOING TO THAT KANSAS PANASONIC PLANT SO HOW COME WE DON'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION ON THIS AND WHY HAS THIS PANASONIC DEAL TAKEN UP ALL OF THE NEWS OXYGEN WELL BOTH ARE BIG DEALS THE PANASONIC THING THE BIGGEST UH PRIVATE IN DEVELOPMENT UH INVESTMENT IN THE STATE OF KANSAS HISTORY AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS ON THE KANSAS SIDE PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT JUST A HUNDRED OR A FEW PERMANENT JOBS ON THE MISSOURI SIDE DESPITE ALL THAT MONEY BEING SPENT NICK THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE 100 JOBS NORTH OF THE RIVER AT A DATA PROCESSING CENTER VERSUS 4 000 PLUS SEVERAL MORE THOUSAND IN IN IN TERMS OF SUPPLIER JOBS TO THE PANASONIC PANASONIC PLOT IF IT PANS OUT IT'S A HARD WORD TO SAY PANS OUT YEAH WHILE THE U.S SENATE RACE IN MISSOURI AND THE KANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT ARE ABSORBING MOST OF THE MEDIA'S ELECTION COVERAGE THERE ARE SOME OTHER BIG DECISIONS VOTERS WILL BE MAKING IN THIS UPCOMING AUGUST PRIMARY SOME VIEWERS WHO'VE BEEN ADVANCED VOTING THIS WEEK SAY THEY WERE SURPRISED THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO CHOOSE A NEW LEADER IN JOHNSON COUNTY WELL THAT'S TRUE ED ISLET IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE AT THE HELM AND AFTER 40 YEARS IN POLITICS THE MAYOR OF ROLAND PARK TWO SITTING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND A CPA ALL WENT THE JOB I'M A CPA I CAN LEAD THIS COUNTY AND ITS HUGE BUDGET INTO A MORE EFFICIENT PLACE OUR COUNTY HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS THE TROUGH IS OPEN TO THE BIG DEVELOPERS THERE'S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE THAT HAS THE EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE THERE'S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE THAT HAS PUBLICLY STATED HIS SUPPORT FOR A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN HEALTH CARE DECISIONS CAL PALMER THOSE WERE EXCERPTS FROM YOUR RECENT DEBATE WITH THE CANDIDATES WHICH OF THESE CANDIDATES IS GOING TO BE MOST LIKE ED ISLET AND WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO LEAD THE COUNTY IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION WELL YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE TWO CURRENT SITTING COMMISSIONERS ON IN THIS RACE AND I THINK THEY BOTH ARE THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION I THINK CURRENT COMMISSIONER SHIRLEY ALLEN BRANDT WHO WHO REPRESENTS A PART OF SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY MAYBE BOTH TEMPERAMENTALLY AND MAYBE EVEN GENERATIONALLY ARE IS MOST ALIKE WITH WITH ED EILERT HE'S ENDORSED HER CITING HER POSITIONS ON LOW TAXES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS THE OTHER COMMISSIONER IN THE RACE CHARLOTTE O'HARA ALSO REPRESENTING ANOTHER DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY PROBABLY MOST UNLIKE ILERT SHE HAS A VERY DIFFERENT VISION FOR THE COUNTY SHE'S VERY SKEPTICAL OF OF TAX INCENTIVES SHE HAS CLASHED FREQUENTLY WITH UM COUNTY STAFF ESPECIALLY OVER PUBLIC HEALTH MANDATES SHE'S BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPENLY DOUBTING MASKS AND VACCINES SAID IN OUR IN OUR FORUM THAT UM UH UNPROMPTED THAT SHE WAS NOT VACCINATED AND DID NOT PLAN TO GET VACCINATED UM AND SO JUST AGAIN TEMPERAMENTALLY VERY DIFFERENT FROM EYELID HAS HAS CLASHED WITH EYELID AS WELL ON THE ON THE BOARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE THE STARKEST DIFFERENCE AND THEN SELZER AND KELLY ALSO I THINK OFFER INTERESTING CHOICES AS INSIDER OUTSIDERS THEY'RE NOT IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT UH BUT THEY'RE POLITICALLY EXPERIENCED AND THEY'RE KNOWN QUANTITIES WITHIN THEIR SECTORS OF JOHNSON COUNTY FOR SURE MIKE KELLY SAID HE IS AS THE MAYOR OF ROLAND PARK THE ONLY ONE WITH EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE BUT HE IS A HUGE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST IN THIS COMMUNITY HE WAS ONE OF THE QUICKEST MAYORS TO ENFORCE UH COVET LOCKDOWNS AND MASS MANDATES UM WOULD HE BE TAKE THE COUNTY IN A FAR MORE LEFT DIRECTION THAN ANY OF THESE OTHER CANDIDATES I THINK FAR MORE LEFT IS TOO STRONG OF A STATEMENT NICK BUT IT WOULD BE MORE LEFT AND CERTAINLY WHAT ED EILERT HAS DONE YOU KNOW ALL THIS MAY SOUND LIKE ALPHABET SOUP TO SOME OF YOUR LISTENERS TO THIS BUT THERE'S A KEY QUESTION HERE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND THAT IS WHICH OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE MOST WILLING TO WORK WITH OFFICIALS ON THE MISSOURI SIDE IN KANSAS CITY MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER PAYING FOR SOME OF THE JEWELS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA THE STADIUM SPORTS STADIUMS FOR EXAMPLE MUSEUMS UH FOR ANOTHER ONE MIKE KELLY MIGHT BE MORE INCLINED TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT MORE SO THAN THE OTHER CANDIDATES I WOULD AGREE THAT WOULD BE MY STATEMENT AS WELL OKAY YOU KNOW THE THING IS THAT ED EILERT'S LEGACY IS JUST HIS LENGTH OF LEGACY AND HOW FORWARD THINKING HE WAS FOR BACK IN THE DAY WHEN HE WAS STILL MAYOR OF OVERLAND PARK IN KIND OF JUST LEADING JOHNSON COUNTY TO WHAT IT IS TODAY BUILDING ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OUT ALONG RIDGEVIEW ALL THE THINGS GARMIN EVER I MEAN EVERYTHING WHO IS GOING TO BE THE LEADER THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF VISION FOR THE GOING FORWARD THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO MATCH AND WHO THAT CANDIDATE IS NICK THIS IS A SEMINAL FIGURE LEAVING THE PUBLIC STAGE HERE IN ED EILERT 40 YEARS AT TOP LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN JOHNSON COUNTY I UNDERSCORE EVERYTHING MARY SAID THIS IS SOMEONE WHO WILL BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS IN JOHNSON COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER HIM NICK YOU KNOW OUR MISSOURI SIDE VIEWERS MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE HEAD OF JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS ALSO FACING VOTERS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHAT HAS FRANK WHITE DONE FOR OUR COUNTY THAT'S ATTORNEY AND FORMER SMALL BUSINESS OWNER STACEY LAKE WHO'S CHALLENGING FRANK WHITE WHITE OF COURSE HAS A BIG NAME IN THIS TOWN AFTER HIS TIME WITH THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS HOW WOULD JACKSON COUNTY BE DIFFERENT IF STACY LAKE WERE LEADING INSTEAD OF FRANK WHITE MICHAEL IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT FOR LOTS OF REASONS NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT SHE'S RELATIVELY NEW TO THE BYZANTINE ASPECTS OF JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE POLITICS QUITE FRANKLY I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE WASN'T A MORE SERIOUS PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION CHALLENGER TO UH MR WHITE BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THERE WAS A LEAK OF WOMEN VOTERS DEBATE THIS WEEK WHICH HAD TO BE CANCELED BECAUSE FRANK WHITE DIDN'T SHOW UP IS HE WORRIED HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SHOW UP NICK HE'S A FORMER ROYALS BASEBALL GREAT AND AS SUCH HE HAS GREAT NAME ID HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO WIN THIS RACE GOING AWAY DESPITE ALL THE ISSUES THAT MIKE RIGHTLY POINTS TO HERE DEFEATING FRANK WHITE DESPITE THE PROBLEMS WOULD BE A MONUMENTAL TAX THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF IS NOT ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR BUT HE'S MAKING AN AWFUL LOT OF HEADLINES IT'S TRAGIC UM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTY SHERIFF CALVIN HAYDEN IS BEING ACCUSED OF INTERFERING IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION BY CALLING ON THE COUNTY TO INSTALL SECURITY CAMERAS TO MONITOR BALLOT BOXES LIMITING THE HOURS DROP BOXES ARE AVAILABLE AND FOR SUGGESTING HIS OFFICERS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTING THE BALLOTS TO THE ELECTION BOARD SO WHAT IS SHERIFF CALVIN HAYDEN WORRIED WILL HAPPEN IF THESE PROCEDURES AREN'T IMPLEMENTED KYLE WELL HE IS SAYING THAT HE'S MERELY DOING HIS DUE DILIGENCE AS THE COUNTY'S TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL I THINK PROMPTED BY A LOT OF THE OUTCRY HE ISSUED A STATEMENT THIS WEEK MAYBE REVEALING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND BACKGROUND BEHIND HIS INVESTIGATION AND HE SAID THAT SINCE NOVEMBER 2021 HIS OFFICE HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO PURPORT TO BE EITHER WITNESSES OR VICTIMS TO ELECTION FRAUD THIS RUNS IN THE FACE OF REPEATED ASSERTIONS ADAM AND ASSERTIONS FROM COUNTY AND STATE ELECTED ELECTION OFFICIALS SAYING THAT THERE'S NO WHIFF OF ELECTION FRAUD AT ALL THAT THE ELECTIONS IN 2020 AND 2021 UM WERE FREE AND FAIR AND THE RESULTS VALID AND LEGITIMATE BUT CALVIN HAYDEN IS TRYING TO PORTRAY THIS AS JUST HIM DOING HIS JOB AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE THE BOXES ARE CHECKED WOULDN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TRUST IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE SYSTEM BECAUSE HE'S MONITORING IT WITH HIS OFFICES WELL I THINK THE DANGER IS TO NOT LISTEN TO THE VOICES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTIONS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE SCOTT SCHWAB SECRETARY OF STATE REPUBLICAN WHO HAS SAID THAT THESE ELECTIONS WERE SECURE BUT HE SAYS HE'S JUST INVESTIGATING IT HE'S NOT SAYING THAT THERE IS ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM HE'S GOT 200 TIPS THE ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT HE HAS SAID IN HIS REPEATED PUBLIC PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT OF ALL FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH BEEN MOSTLY TO CONSERVATIVE GROUPS BOTH HERE LOCALLY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY HE KEEPS RAISING THIS IDEA THAT HE'S SUSPICIOUS THAT THE THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DEMOCRATS IN JOHNSON COUNTY HAS GONE UP AND THAT JUST DOESN'T QUOTE SMELL RIGHT TO HIM WHEN UH OF COURSE WE'VE SEEN THAT TREND PLAY OUT IN SUBURBAN METRO AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND EVEN DATING BACK BEFORE 2016 SO THERE'S NOTHING NECESSARILY SPECIAL OR INEXPLICABLE ABOUT DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATIONS GOING UP THAT IS THE ONE SPECIFIC PIECE OF AND I HESITATE TO CALL IT EVIDENCE BUT THAT'S THE ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT HE POINTS TO IS LIKE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE RAISING HIS SUSPICIONS BUT OTHER THAN THAT HE'S DOING THIS INTERESTING TWO STEP OF SAYING IT'S A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WE CAN'T REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE BUT ALSO GOING IN PUBLIC AND SAYING I HAVE MY SUSPICION MARY'S RIGHT IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE ELECTIONS WHO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE NOT SOME GUY WHO'S JUST RECEIVING UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS FROM PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY NOW SPEAKING OF BALLOT MEASURES IF YOU THOUGHT YOU'D BE VOTING ON LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN MISSOURI THIS FALL YOU MAY BE DISAPPOINTED A NEW STORY FROM THE MISSOURI INDEPENDENT NEWS SERVICE CLAIMS THE SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN HAS COME UP SHORT IN FOUR OF THE SIX CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE BALLOT ALSO FALLING SHORT AS A PLAN TO ASK VOTERS TO CHANGE THE WAY ELECTIONS ARE COUNTED IN THE STATE OR CONDUCTED RATHER BY ADOPTING RANK CHOICE VOTING WE GET THE IMPRESSION OF COURSE THAT MISSOURI ADDS PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING TO THE BALLOT SO IT'S NOT QUITE THAT EASY MARY WELL APPARENTLY NOT UNDER COVET THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE CITING THEY HAD HIRED A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO GO OUT AND GATHER THESE SIGNATURES AND GENERALLY IT'S NOT NOT I MEAN IT'S HARD WORK BUT IT'S AN EASY MARK TO HIT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT UNDER COVER THAT THEY COULDN'T JUST GET OUT AS MUCH AND PEOPLE WEREN'T OUT AS MUCH SO THEY'RE HOPEFUL STILL THEY HAVE UNTIL I THINK NEXT TUESDAY FOR THE COUNTIES TO CHECK THESE SIGNATURES AND VALIDATE BUT IT'S LOOKING SLIM RESPECTFULLY THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A COVERED CONCERN I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR PETITIONERS TO BE IN BUSY SPOTS FOR MOST OF THE SPRING AND CERTAINLY ALL OF THE SUMMER SO WHY IS WHY ARE THEY WHY ARE THEY STRUGGLING I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MONEY'S WORTH I THINK THEY'RE GETTING SCAMMED BY THE INITIATIVE PETITION DOES THIS SPEAK TO THE CHALLENGE THAT UM GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING NOW TO PUT AN AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT IN MISSOURI FOR INSTANCE ALTHOUGH ABORTION WOULD FACE TO TRY AND GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED WELL CLEARLY AND I DON'T KNOW MIKE HAS ALLUDED TO THIS I'M REALLY SURPRISED I THOUGHT THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA THING WOULD SAIL THROUGH WITHOUT MUCH PROBLEM I CAN BEGIN TO MAKE A CASE WHY RANKED CHOICE VOTING MIGHT NOT BECAUSE THAT'S A COMPLICATED CONCEPT AND YOU GOTTA EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE AND THEY'RE RUSHING INTO THE GROCERY STORE AND LEAVE ME ALONE BUT RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA I THOUGHT THE TIME HAS COME AND HERE IT'S FALLING SHORT A NATIONAL HEADLINE ABOUT COVID EARLIER THIS YEAR DECLARED SHAMING AND VACCINATED PEOPLE HAS TO STOP WE'VE TURNED INTO AN ANGRY MOB AND IT'S GETTING UGLY ANOTHER DECLARED SHAMING THE UNVACCINATED DOESN'T WORK SO WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE THIS WEEK OF CALLS TO TRADE OR FIRE 10 ROYALS PLAYERS WHO HAD TO SIT OUT THE TEAM'S LAST SERIES AGAINST TORONTO BECAUSE OF CANADA'S RESTRICTIONS ON UNVACCINATED TRAVELERS ONE SPORTS COLUMNIST CALLING THE TEN THE MOST SELFISH MEN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH MEANWHILE IN KANSAS LEEWARD MAYOR PEGGY DUNN ALSO BEING PUBLICLY SHAMED WITH CALLS FOR HER TO RESIGN AFTER SHE APPEARS IN A POLITICAL AD SUPPORTING THE VALUE THEM BOTH AMENDMENT I'VE READ THE VALUE THEM BOTH AMENDMENT AND IT DOESN'T BAN ABORTION OR REMOVE EXCEPTIONS THAT'S JUST A SCARE TACTIC THAT'S NOT A BAN IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE AND IT'S WHY I'M VOTING YES ON VALUE THEM BOTH IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT DAN SPOKE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN NOWHERE IN THE AD DOES IT SAY THAT DUNN IS THE MAYOR OF LEADER LEEWARD SO ISN'T SHE ENTITLED TO EXPRESS HER VIEW ON A POINT OF MORAL CONSCIENCE KYLE ABSOLUTELY SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO TO SAY HOW SHE FEELS AND AND TO VOICE IT I THINK SHE MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR HOW SHE FEELS AND IT WAS ALSO EMINENTLY CLEAR THAT SHE WAS DOING IT SO AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN NOT IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY I ALSO THINK UM THIS IS MY TAKE THAT YOU KNOW IF SHE'S GOING TO VOICE A STRONG OPINION ON A MATTER OF OF PRETTY GREAT CONTROVERSY THAT UM ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FOR CRITICISM AND OR OR OR OPPONENTS TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AS WELL SHE'S A PUBLIC FIGURE IN MANY REALMS IN THIS YOU KNOW A CIVIC LEADER REALLY SO I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'S ALWAYS JUST TIED TO LEAWOOD IN A WAY AND SHE OBVIOUSLY MADE THE GAMBLE THAT SHE WANTED TO SPEAK OUT ON THIS INITIATIVE AND ON THE AMENDMENT AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DID WHETHER THEY'LL HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT I KIND OF DOUBT IT I MEAN FRANKLY PEGGY DUNN HAS BEEN AN INSTITUTION IN LEAWOOD I JUST I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING SHOULD WE BE VIEWING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ROYALS ANY DIFFERENTLY IS THAT JUST PUBLIC SHAMING TOO THERE WAS AN INTERESTING LETTER IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING UH MICHAEL IT'S FROM GAY HALL IN BONNER SPRINGS SAYS WHETHER THEY'RE VACCINATED IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS EXCEPT THOSE UH BETWEEN THE MEN AND THEIR DOCTORS WHY WERE THE NAMES AND VACCINATION STATUS WHICH IS A PRIVATE HEALTH MATTER PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST PLACE WELL THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE NUMBER ONE IN THE INSTANCE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BEING PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FOLKS THEY'RE ALSO IN A CHARTERED AIRPLANE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE TO GO TO GAMES AND SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY RISKING THE HEALTH OF THEIR UH THEIR UH TEAMMATES AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY SORT OF STICKING ON THE CROSS SOME ROYALS FANS IS THE QUOTE FROM WHITMERFIELD WHO'S ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYERS ON THE TEAM THAT STRUGGLES IS THAT YOU KNOW IF I WERE PLAYING FOR A CONTENDER OR I WOULD GET TRADED FOR A CONTENDER I'D GET VACCINATED AND THAT JUST DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH FANS OF THE TEAM AND THEY'RE HAVING AN AWFUL SEASON AND THAT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE SALT IN THE WOUND THE MAN BEHIND ONE OF KANSAS CITY'S MOST POLARIZING ARTWORKS HAS DIED CLAY ZOLDENBERG CREATED THE SHUTTLECOCKS ON THE LAWN OF THE NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM BEFORE THEY BECAME AN ICONIC LOCAL SYMBOL AND SLAPPED ON EVERYTHING FROM HATS SHIRTS AND SOCKS THEY WERE VIEWED AS A MONSTROSITY THAT WAS BACK IN 1994 WHEN THEY FIRST APPEARED OUTSIDE THE NELSON SOME FELT THE SHUTTLECOCKS MADE A MOCKERY OF THE STATELY BUILDING BEHIND THEM AND COULDN'T BE CONSIDERED ART NEARLY 30 YEARS OLD HAVE KANSAS CITIANS CHANGED THEIR TUNE MARY I THINK THEY HAVE THEY'VE BECOME YOU KNOW KIND OF LIKE A SHOWCASE BEHIND SO MANY SELFIES THEY ALSO THEY PEOPLE IN GENERAL DIDN'T LIKE THE BLOCK EDITION AND SAID THAT IT WAS FAR TOO MODERN AND I DON'T HEAR THAT ANYMORE I MEAN PEOPLE KIND OF JUST TEND TO MOVE ON AND ACCEPT THESE THINGS I'VE PERSONALLY ALWAYS LIKED THEM I THINK THEY'RE JUST KIND OF WHIMSICAL AND FUN YOU KNOW THIS IS THE SECOND ROUND WITH AN OLDENBURG PUBLIC PIECE OF ART THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH IN UH IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES UH HE PUT UP IN THE 70S AND IT'S A STEEL UMBRELLA IF YOU WILL UH A LOT MORE IMPRESSIONISTIC AND IT WAS CALLED CRUSOE'S UMBRELLA AND FOLKS UP IN DES MOINES WERE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS ABOUT IT AT THE TIME NOW THEY'RE VERY MUCH PROUD OF IT AS A DISTINCTIVE PIECE OF ART AND I ALWAYS LIKED THE SHUTTLECOCKS I THOUGHT THEY WERE FUN THEY WERE FUN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW SID LOUIS HAS ITS GATEWAY ARCH IS ARE THE SHUTTLECOCKS THE MOST ICONIC IMAGE TODAY OF KANSAS CITY COMES PRETTY CLOSE NICK AND UH WHAT A GREAT COUNTERPOINT TO THAT STATELY BUILDING BEHIND IT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A STROKE OF GENIUS KYLE NOT THE MUSEUM OF PRAIRIE FIRE IN JOHNSON COUNTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT IS STILL THE UH ICONIC SHUTTLECOCKS WE'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER 20 25 YEARS WE'LL SEE YOUR FAIRY FIRES THERE ALL RIGHT 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 JUST A SAD DAY FOR NORTH KANSAS CITY A NORTH KANSAS CITY POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED AFTER PULLING OVER A DRIVER FOR AN EXPIRED TAG 16 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH BACK O'NEILL FINALLY HEADED TO THE HALL OF FAME HIS INDUCTION CEREMONY THIS SUNDAY IN COOPERSTOWN NEW YORK NO MASK MANDATES AT LEAST NOT YET BUT MORE BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REQUIRING FACE COVERINGS AS COVETED CASES JUMPED 25 IN THE LAST WEEK HOW ARE YOU STAYING COOL KANSAS CITY MELTING IN THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES IN FOUR YEARS POLICE OFFICERS PAID OVERTIME FOR THEIR COMMUTE TO WORK ONE FINDING IN A BRUISING REPORT INTO THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF YOU'RE A REGULAR TRAIN TRAVELER YOU'LL KNOW THAT COVID AND BUDGET CUTS HAS DISRUPTED SERVICE TO SAINT LOUIS THIS WEEK AMTRAK RESTORING TWICE DAILY TRAINS TO JEFFERSON CITY IN SAINT LOUIS IS HE DEFENDING ALL CONSUMERS OR JUST BEING A NUISANCE A MISSOURI MAN MAKING NATIONAL NEWS AS HE SUES BASS PRO FOR NOT STANDING BY ITS LIFETIME SOCK GUARANTEE AND DID KAUFMAN STADIUM JUST GET ITS BIGGEST ATTENDANCE OF THE YEAR SADLY IT WASN'T FOR THE ROYALS BUT A MEGA ROCK CONCERT IN CENTER FIELD ALREADY MARY SANCHEZ DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT UM NO I ACTUALLY DID PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES AND THE DEATH OF THE OFFICER AS MORE DETAILS COME OUT IT'S JUST HORRENDOUS I MEAN HE WAS EXECUTED AND OVER A TRAFFIC STOP WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TIMES OTHER THAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES FOR POLICE OFFICERS SO IT JUST UNDERSCORES SO MANY ISSUES WITH FIREARMS THE AVAILABILITY OF FIREARMS AND SOME DANGERS STEVE KRASKE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BOO ME HERE I PICKED UH KOVID NICK AND EVERYONE IN MY ORBIT SEEMS TO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW AND I THINK FOLKS GOT TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING THE MASS BACK ON I KNOW I'M DOING IT NOW AND IT'S ANOTHER NEW DAY IN THIS ONGOING SAGA WITH A PANDEMIC KYLE PALMER WHAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER KIND OF COMES FULL CIRCLE THE THE DESOTO AND HOW IT WILL GROW WITH THIS NEW PANASONIC PLAN WE'RE SEEING GROWING PAINS IN THE EX URBAN OUTER PARTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY ALREADY WITH THIS MASSIVE EXPANSION OF WAREHOUSES IN EDGERTON OUTSIDE OF GARDNER EDGERTON AND WE JUST PUBLISHED A STORY THIS WEEK ABOUT HOW HOMEOWNERS DOWN THERE ARE CONTINUING TO TRY TO FIGHT TO BLOCK THEM SO THIS IS LIKE A 10 MILLION SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE EDITION OUTSIDE THE BNSF INTERMODAL FACILITY THEY LOST IN COURT EARLIER OR LAST MONTH AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GO TO THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO I ALSO WILL SAY IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR BUT TO TRY TO SEE IF HE MIGHT INTERVENE IN THAT CASE AS WELL SO GROWING PAINS ON THE OUTER RIMS OF JOHNSON COUNTY FOR SURE MICHAEL BUCK O'NEIL GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING AND KNOWING THE GUY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE DURING HIS LIFETIME HE THREW HE PUT MANY NEGRO LEAGUE PLAYERS DESERVINGLY IN THE HALL OF FAME HE GOT EXCLUDED ON A PETTY MATTER WHEN HE WAS ALIVE I'M GLAD HE'S GOING IN THIS WEEKEND AND I'LL BE WATCHING YES ON THAT CEREMONY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO OUR OWN MARY SANCHEZ AND KYLE PALMER FROM THE SHAWNEE MISSION POST FROM CHANNEL 9 MICHAEL MAHONEY AND KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE WEEKDAYS AT 9 ON KCUR FM STEVE KRASKE AND I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM KEEP COOL AND CARRY ON