FIVE FOUR THREE TWO ONE BUCKLE UP IT'S OUR ANNUAL YEAR IN REVIEW EDITION OF THE PROGRAM THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BULL CRAP STATEMENTS I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE STILL IN DISBELIEF EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND RELAX ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THAT DEEP BREATH YOU'LL NEED IT AS WE DISSECT THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES AND NEWSMAKERS OF 2021.

THIS IS NOT ME RECORDED NOW IS IT AMERICA HAS LOST ONE OF OUR GREATEST PATRIOTS I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT I AM RUNNING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE I AM UNAFRAID AND I'M NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN WE HAVE A STRICT DRESS CODE THERE ARE NO MASKS AT ALL PERMITTED NO VACCINE PASSPORTS NO VACCINE MANDATES FOR COVID AND NO MORE LOCKDOWNS OKAY LET'S GET THIS REAL STRAIGHT OUR NUMBERS ARE INCREASING AT THE MOMENT WE'RE IN A CRISIS WE'RE NOT IN CRISIS MODE WE WILL FINALLY AXE THE FOOD TAX JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT CRITICAL RACE THEORY TALK TO MY CHILDREN IN SCHOOL DOES NOT MEAN THAT I'M A RACIST DAMMIT WE ARE CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL PROCESS FOR WHERE WE PLAY AND ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS TO PLAY DOWNTOWN BASEBALL IT'S PATRICK MAHOMES FAVORITE BURGER WE LOVE HIM I'M ANGRY ABOUT ALL THIS VIOLENCE IN TH IS CITY THE END RESULT WE WANT IS CHIEF SMITH GONE THAT'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHAT ELSE CAN WE EXPECT IN 2022 THIS WEEK WE'RE ALSO BRINGING OUT THE CRYSTAL BALL TO PREDICT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THIS BRAND SPANKING NEW YEAR HOW COULD I BE ANY MORE EXCITED GO CHIEFS LET'S GET THEM IN 2022 WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY 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 IT IS A HOLIDAY MIRACLE WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES YOUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING YOU WE ARE HERE BACK IN THE FLESH WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT THE STARS DAVE HELLING IS NOT JUST A DIGITAL IMAGE HE'S A LIVING BREATHING HUMAN BEING KCY STEVE KRASKE IS NOT A DISEMBODIED HEAD ON A ZOOM SCREEN HE'S GOT REAL ARMS AND LEGS AND THEY MOVE DON'T THEY OKAY KMBC RADIO'S DINNER WRITERS WITH US AND SHE'S PUT ON MAKEUP AND PANTS AS SHE MAKES HER RETURN TO TELEVISION AND THE CALLS ERIC WESSON HAS COME OUT OF HIS CONCRETE BUNKER AND DRESSED UP FOR US ON THIS YULETIDE EDITION OF THE PROGRAM DOESN'T IT FEEL KIND OF ODD IT FEELS WONDERFUL OH IT FEELS GOOD ABSOLUTELY WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN THINGS TO GO THROUGH REMEMBER ON OUR URINE REVIEW EDITION OF THE PROGRAM WE GO THROUGH THE BEST AND WORST OF THE YEAR IN GAME SHOW STYLE STEVE KRASKE WE BEGIN WITH A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION FOR YOU OF ALL THE STORIES MAKING NEWS IN KANSAS CITY OVER THE PAST YEAR WHAT WAS THE STORY THAT HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON OUR METRO NOW BEFORE YOU ANSWER HERE'S SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER WAS IT CONTINUING PUSHBACK OVER VACCINES AND MASS MANDATES THE MASS ARE A JOKE OR WAS IT THE CLASH OVER SCHOOL BOARDS FROM COVID RESTRICTIONS TO THE TEACHING OF RACE OR WAS IT THE DISPUTE OVER POLICE FUNDING IN KANSAS CITY WHICH DOMINATED THE HEADLINES FOR MOST OF THE YEAR OR WAS IT THE OVERWHELMING DISAPPOINTMENT BACK IN FEBRUARY AS THE CHIEFS LOSE THE SUPER BOWL OR THE LATEST HEADLINES THAT KANSAS CITY COULD SOON LOSE CERNER ITS LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER OR WAS IT KANSAS CITY'S LARGEST TRAFFIC JAM AS WHAT A BURGER COMES TO TOWN YOU HAVEN'T TASTED NOTHING YET ALRIGHTY STEVE DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YOU KNOW I PICKED ONE OF THOSE AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES NICK BUT I'M JUST OVERWHELMED LOOKING BACK AT WHAT A YEAR THIS WAS IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF NEWS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SO MUCH OF THAT NEWS I PICKED A PUSH BACK OVER VACCINES AND MASS YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW 50 YEARS FROM NOW HISTORIANS ARE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT US AND THINK WHAT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH WAS GOING ON ACROSS AMERICA DURING THIS TIME WHEN KOBUT WAS ON THE RISE AGAIN THAT FIGHT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY IT'S WHITE HOT IT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON DANA WRIGHT I CHOSE A AND B BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD BATTLE WITHOUT THE VACCINE MASK PUSHBACK I THINK THEY GO HAND IN HAND UNFORTUNATELY I AGREE WITH YOU UH WE ALL LOOK LIKE FOOLS I I'VE SAID THIS FROM THE BEGINNING I THINK THE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES HANDLING THIS BETTER THAN ANY OF THE ADULTS AND IT'S ALSO ACTING LIKE YES THE ADULTS ARE ACTING LIKE CHILDREN IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT AND NOW WE HAVE TIMES SQUARE IS ON THE BUBBLE THIS YEAR THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN HAMILTON A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK ON A CRUISE SHIP WHO SAW THAT COMING EVERYONE UH BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T ABIDE BY THE RULES IT JUST IT'S IT'S MADDENING ERIC I CHOSE UH THE GUILTY PLEA FOR THE DETECTIVE IN THE CAMERON LAMB HOMICIDE OR MURDER I CHOSE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A POLICE OFFICER IN THIS AREA HAD EVEN BEEN CHALLENGED OR BEEN ATTEMPTED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THE DEFUNDING THAT THEY CALLED IT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS A HOT TOPIC BECAUSE THAT FORCED THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HERE AND NOW WITH THE POLICE BUDGET DAVE ALL GOOD CHOICES BUT I PICKED THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID IN MISSOURI WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT LONG TERM A COURT ORDERED A MISSOURI TO FUND MEDICAID EXPANSION THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS EARLIER THAT MEANS THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MISSOURIANS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH COVERAGE AND WILL BE HEALTHIER AS A RESULT AND THE COURT ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE RULE OF LAW STILL EXISTS IN MISSOURI THAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN'T SIMPLY IGNORE WHAT THE VOTERS WANTED AND NOT PAY FOR IT THOSE ARE TWO GOOD DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN THE YEAR ERIC WEST NEXT UP WE'RE PICKING OUR PERSON OF THE YEAR IN KANSAS CITY ARE YOU READY BEFORE YOU ANSWER HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TIME MAGAZINE JUST NAMED TESLA FOUNDER ELON MUSK AS ITS PERSON OF THE YEAR BUT WHO SHOULD BE KANSAS CITY'S PERSON OF THE YEAR IS IT THIS MAN PATRICK MAHOMES WHO ARGUABLY HEALED MORE DIVIDES AND BROUGHT MORE JOY TO OUR CITY THAN ANYONE ELSE THIS YEAR OR IS IT THE HISTORY MAKER TYRONE GARNER WHO UPENDED POLITICS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY KANSAS OR IS IT KEVIN STRICKLAND FINALLY FREE AFTER 43 YEARS AND THRUST INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT AS A PAINFUL REMINDER OF THE FLAWS IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR IS IT THE MAN THE KANSAS CITY CHAMBER NAMED KANSAS CITIAN OF THE YEAR NEW ROYALS OWNER JOHN SHERMAN WHO'S REIGNITING TALK OF A DOWNTOWN BALLPARK OR IS IT THE OWNERS OF OUR NEWEST SPORTS TEAM THE KC CURRENT BUILDING A SPLASHY RIVERFRONT SOCCER STADIUM USING THEIR OWN CASH AND REFUSING PUBLIC SUBSIDIES EXCELLENT CHOICES HERE EXCELLENT OPTIONS WHICH DID YO U CHOOSE ERIC I CHOSE KEVIN STRICKLAND 43 YEARS FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T DO THE POLITICS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN IT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE THE GOVERNOR SAYING HEY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HIM LOCKED UP DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME FROM MAY TO AUGUST HIS MOTHER DIED AND THEN HE'S FINALLY RELEASED YOU KNOW ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT IT WAS I HAD ALWAYS ASKED WHAT DOES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THE GOVERNOR KNOWS THAT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS TO DRAG HIS CASE OUT AGAIN AND THEN TO HAVE THE POSITIVE SPIRIT THAT HE HAD IN FORGIVING PEOPLE I WAS THERE WHEN HE WALKED AROUND ROYAL STADIUM BAREFOOT AND HE SAID HEY IF I GET OUT THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO AND THE ROYALS OWNERS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE LUNCH OUT AT THE STADIUM AND WALK AROUND THE STADIUM BAREFOOT AS MUCH AS YOU ALL WANT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT JUST THE HIS RELEASE AND ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCES THAT HE NOW HAS IT JUST BLEW OPEN THAT GAPING HOLE THAT IS THE FLAWED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE THAT WE ENJOY IT'S THE BEST SYSTEM IN THE WORLD BUT IT IS A HUMAN SYSTEM AND AND WHY IS IT WHEN WE GET IT WRONG WE GET IT SO WRONG AND IT IS SO HARD TO CORRECT IT'S SO HARD FOR POLITICIANS TO SAY WE SCREWED UP WE KIDNAPPED THIS MAN WHICH IS WHAT THIS WAS FOR 43 YEARS WE'RE SORRY WE'LL PAY YOU BUT WAIT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A MECHANISM TO DO THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO AND KEVIN STRICKLAND IS NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE OTHER KEVIN STRICKLANDS OUT THERE WITH ALSO A DIFFICULT PATH TO FREEDOM AND THEN NO PATH FOR COMPENSATION IN MISSOURI UNLESS THERE'S SOME CSI EPISODE INVOLVED WHERE THERE'S DNA INVOLVED DID YOU PICK KEVIN STRICKLAND OR SOMEBODY ELSE I DID NOT USUALLY AT THIS UH THIS IN THIS SEGMENT NICK ON THE SHOW I REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED AND THIS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY SAD YEAR IN THAT REGARD OF COURSE SENATOR BOB DOLE AS WE ALL KNOW PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT ALSO DENNIS MOORE FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT IN KANSAS BURDETTE LOOMIS WHO WAS A GREAT FRIEND TO SOME OF US WHO COVER POLITICS IN KANSAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS AND THEN CAROL CO CAROL CO PASSED AWAY SHE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY INTERESTING LOCAL POLITICIAN SHE MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON CITY HALL AND SHE ALONG WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE I MENTIONED WILL BE MISSED AND THOSE ARE THE PERSONS OF THE YEAR FOR ME YOU'VE GOT A CROWDED TIME MAGAZINE COVER WHEN YOU DO THAT I PICKED SOMEONE DIFFERENT BUT SOMEONE THAT WE ALL KNOW WELL AND THAT'S MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS NICK FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW NO ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY MAKES NEWS AS CONSISTENTLY AS QUENTIN LUCAS DOES AND THIS YEAR ON SO MANY BIG MEATY IMPORTANT ISSUES POLICE BUDGETS COVET HOUSING HE WAS INVOLVED FROM DAY ONE ON ALL THOSE ISSUES HE'S HAVING A HUGE IMPACT EVERY DAY IN THE METRO YOU KNOW FOR A LOT OF YEARS ON THIS PROGRAM WE WOULD ASK WHO HAS THE HARDEST JOB IN KANSAS CITY AND ALMOST EVERY YEAR PEOPLE SAID IT WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT DAVE HELLING WHO HAS THE TOUGHEST JOB IN 2021 WAS IT THE POLICE CHIEF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REMEMBER THEY DON'T GET PAID NOTHING WHATSOEVER UNLIKE TEACHERS A PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR AS YOU KNOW MOST OF OUR LOCAL ONES QUIT RETIRED OR WERE FIRED THIS YEAR OR WAS IT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER OUTSIDE OF WHATABURGER WHATABURGER WAS NOT INVOLVED A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OR SCHOOL BOARD PERSONNEL ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THEY'VE HAD TO ENDURE JUST ENORMOUS INVECTIVE FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR UNDESERVED FOR THE MOST PART BUT I WROTE DOWN THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF IT ISN'T RICK SMITH THAT HAS THE TOUGHEST JOB IN KANSAS CITY IT WILL BE HIS REPLACEMENT WHO WILL TAKE OVER A DEPARTMENT THAT IS CERTAINLY DEMORALIZED IN SOME WAYS AT WAR WITH SOME PEOPLE AT CITY HALL AND WITH THE OUR WHOLE NOTION OF POLICING CHANGING IN KANSAS CITY NICK THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF HIM OR HER WILL HAVE AN ENORMOUS ENORMOUS DIFFICULT JOB ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT JOB GOING FORWARD DID YOU PICK THE POLICE CHIEF ERIC YES I DID AND DAVE WAS IN MY HEAD THE DIFFERENCE THAT I HAD WITH IT WAS THE NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE BUT THIS GUY HERE RICK SMITH YOU GOT NORTH OF THE RIVER SAYING YOU'RE A GREAT GUY STAYING THERE YOU GOT SOUTH OF THE RIVER SAYING YOU'RE A BUM GET OUT OF THERE AND IN THE MIDDLE YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING AND SAY AM I DOING THE MOST EFFECTIVE JOB POSSIBLE AND THEN COME OUT AND ACT LIKE NONE OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON AROUND HIM HAS HAPPENED AND EVERY SINGLE DAY HE WENT INTO WORK PEOPLE WERE ASKING YOU'VE GOT TO GO YOU NEED TO RESIGN WAIT ON HIS FAMILY OVER THAT YES DANA I CHOSE NOT ONLY UH THE SCHOOL BOARD FOLKS BUT ALSO ANYONE CRAFTING OR ENFORCING MASS POLICY WE HAVE HAD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PUNCHED IN THE FACE I SAID THE OTHER DAY ON OUR SHOW WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND RIGHT NOW WOULD RAISE THEIR HAND TO SERVE IN A LOCAL CAPACITY AND AND IN THAT VEIN I'M GOING TO ADD THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT MY GOD IT'S LIKE AN MMA FIGHT UP IN THE UH AIR RIGHT NOW ANYONE IN CHARGE OF ENFORCING THE RULES THAT THEY DID NOT CREATE UH WHILE MANY ADULTS AROUND THEM ACT A FOOL WELL I'M GOING TO TAG ON TO WHAT DANA SAID PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTORS NICK THESE FOLKS HOW DO YOU FIGHT CRAZY FOR ONE THING AND SECONDLY WHEN YOU'RE BEING THREATENED WITH YOUR LIFE FOR ENFORCING THE RULES AND THE SCIENCE THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO BELIEVE IN AND ACT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND THEY'RE BEING THREATENED WITH THEIR OWN LIVES THAT MAKES IT A PRETTY TOUGH JOB DANA WRIGHT COMPLETE THE SENTENCE THE BIGGEST WINNER IN KANSAS CITY THIS YEAR WAS BLANK SOCCER I'M GOING WITH SOCCER AND I DIDN'T EVEN EVER WATCH SOCCER UNTIL I WATCHED HIM AND I LOVE YOU TED LASSO AND I LOVE YOU JASON IF YOU LOOK OVERALL AT KANSAS CITY IN THE PICTURE RIGHT NOW THE SMASH SUCCESS OF OUR OWN JASON SUDEIKIS IS TED LASSO THE KC CURRENT THE CHANGING OF THE RIVERFRONT WITH THE WOMEN'S TEAM COMING IN THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE WOMEN'S TEAM AND THEN LET'S BRING IN THE WORLD CUP WHICH NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET IT BUT I HOPE THAT WE DO I WAS RIDING ON THE STREETCAR YESTERDAY SIGNS EVERYWHERE WE WANT THE WORLD CUP KANSAS CITY IS NOW A SOCCER TOWN AND I AM A FAN I'M A FAKE FAN WITH TED LASSO AND I'M A REAL FAN WITH THE WOMEN ALL RIGHTY STEVE THE BIGGEST WINNER WAS WHO CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES NICK IN THE WAKE OF JOE BIDEN'S TRILLION-DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL EVERY UH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BENEFIT AND BENEFIT MIGHTILY AS A RESULT OF THAT NEW LAW DAVE HELLING I WROTE DOWN KEVIN STRICKLAND UH RELEASED FROM CUSTODY UH THE THE SHAME THAT ATTACHES TO MIKE CAPARSON AND ERIC SCHMIDT FOR KEEPING THIS MAN IN CUSTODY WHEN THEY COULD HAVE RELEASED HIM WILL BE EVERLASTING IT WILL BE A STAIN ON THEIR MEMORIES KEVIN STRICKLAND WAS THE ONE THE BIGGEST WINNER FOR YOU ERIC CASEY TENNIS THEY GOT ANOTHER WIN LAST WEEK UH THEY'VE HAD WINS ALL YEAR LGBT COMMUNITY THEY MADE THEM RECONSTRUCT CITY HALL AND MEN'S RESTROOMS WOMEN'S RESTROOMS NOW THEY'RE EVERYBODY'S RESTAURANTS WELL WHAT ABOUT THEN FILL IN THE BLANK FOR ME STEVE THE BIGGEST LOSER IN KANSAS CITY IN 2021 WAS BLANK EASY ONE FOR ME NICK ERIC SCHMIDT THE MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ENFORCING UH MASKED MANDATES AND GOING AGAINST THOSE AND THEN THE KEVIN STRICKLAND THING JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DAVE SAID THIS IS A GUY WHO I DON'T THINK REALLY BELIEVES WHAT HE'S DOING THIS IS A GUY WHO'S RUNNING FOR HIGHER OFFICE AND HE'S PLAYING POLITICS HERE AND THIS IS BEYOND THE RULES OF THE GAME ANY ANY RULES OF THE GAME THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN BIGGEST LOSER DANA HE IS A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING I WILL JUST STATE IT AS A FACT I CHOSE IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY ANYONE IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PARTICULARLY TEENAGERS RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK THERAPISTS CALL KANSAS CITY A BLACK HOLE WHEN IT COMES TO TEENAGERS NEEDING HELP WITH ADDICTION ANXIETY SUICIDAL IDEATION AND TENDENCIES THINGS LIKE ANOREXIA BULIMIA WE ARE A BLACK HOLE IF YOU ASK ANY PARENT WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THIS THEY SCRATCH THEIR HEAD WHY AREN'T THERE ANY SERVICES HERE THERE ARE PARENTS SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SHIP THEIR KIDS TO ARIZONA COLORADO CALIFORNIA TO GET HELP FOR THEIR CHILDREN WE DO NOT HAVE IT HERE THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE ALL OF THAT WORSE FOR KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING I CHOSE TO PETITION DRIVE PEOPLE THAT TRIED TO RECALL THE MAYOR LOST ERIC BUNCH LOST THE WHOLE AT-LARGE COUNCIL LOST THEY HAVE TO BE THE BIGGEST LOSERS OF THE YEAR DAVE THAT'S A VERY GOOD PICK VERY GOOD PICK BUT I WROTE DOWN JOSH HAWLEY WHO RAISED HIS FIST ON JANUARY 6TH AND MAY HAVE UH PLAYED A ROLE IN THE INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL UH IN A WAY THAT UH DESERVES THE CONDEMNATION AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF EVERY MISSOURI AND THINK BACK TO JANUARY 6 NICK AND HOW ALL OF US WERE JUST SHOCKED BEYOND BELIEF ABOUT WHAT WE SAW ON TELEVISION JOSH HAWLEY WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ERIC WESSON A FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION FOR YOU THE MOST OVER REPORTED STORY IN OUR METRO THIS YEAR WAS BLANK I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL BALANCED I DIDN'T SO YOU WERE FINE WITH WHATABURGER COMING IN AND ALL OF THE HOOPLA WHATABURGER ALL RIGHT HOW ABOUT YOU DAVE WELL I WROTE DOWN WATER BURGERS HOW ABOUT YOU UM TAKING UP THE IRRITATION I WAS INVOLVED IN THIS SO I'M CALLING A FOUL ON MYSELF THE KCI CONCESSIONS CONTRACT WHICH AS YOU REMEMBER WAS A HUGE BATTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER I WROTE ONE STORY ON IT AND THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT AND MAYOR LUCAS REACTED SO AGGRESSIVELY ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL CRITICISM OF WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THAT CONTRACT THAT HE INVITED MORE SCRUTINY AND BY GOD HE GOT IT WE GOT A LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF THAT STORY THE MOST OVER REPORTED STORY NICK YOU NEED TO GET A VACCINE AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK THE BOOST YOU NEED TO GET A BOOSTER SHOT NOW THAT'S NOT PLAYING OUT VERY WELL EITHER BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE STILL SO LOW UNBELIEVABLE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ADHERING AND TO ALL THIS GREAT ADVICE I WENT WITH ONE TWO WELL-KNOWN BROTHER OF OUR BELOVED PATRICK MAHOMES I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT ALL RIGHTY UH DAVE COMPLETE THE SENTENCE THE MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE YEAR WAS WHAT WELL I HAD A LONG LIST TO HEAR TOO AS WELL BUT I PUT DOWN DOWNTOWN BASEBALL AND HERE'S WHY I THINK IT'S MORE COOKED INTO THE BOOKS THAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT IT WAS WELL WE'RE STUDYING IT WELL WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT IF YOU COULD GET SOME OF THESE FOLKS ON TRUTH SERUM THE DRAWINGS ARE BEING MADE THE TAX PROPOSAL IS BEING CRAFTED THIS THING IS GOING TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S WHY IT WAS UNDER-REPORTED I THINK COVET POSITIVE TESTS IN SCHOOLS WHERE YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE BEING QUARANTINED AND THE FACT THAT OUR KIDS ARE BEHIND YOU KNOW THEY HAD A WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF OF ONLINE VIRTUAL LEARNING NOW THEY'RE IN A CLASSROOM THOSE KIDS ARE BEHIND AND I THINK WE DON'T FOCUS ON THAT ENOUGH DANA WHAT DID YOU PUT DOWN AS THE UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE YEAR YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DING THE MEDIA A LITTLE BIT ON THIS WE REPORTED IN A TIMELY FACTUAL MANNER THAT ALL OF THE AFGHAN REFUGEES WERE COMING TO KANSAS CITY AND IT WAS EXCITING THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT AND THEN THAT STORY BY AND LARGE DROPPED OFF THE MAP AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE EASIEST TRANSITION COMING TO OUR TOWN THERE'S OV ERCROWDING THERE'S THREATENS OF EVIC EVICTION THE KANSAS CITY STARTED A GREAT PIECE ON THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF NOT JUST SPLASHING THE HEADLINE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS BUT THEN FOLLOWING UP AND SAYING HEY HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHO SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE REFUGEES IN HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND SAYING OKAY WHERE ARE THEY STAYING HOW ARE THEY DOING HERE AND I FEEL LIKE THE MEDIA AS A WHOLE SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION TO THE AFTERMATH OF THAT STEVE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT HOMICIDES IN OUR COMMUNITY NICK THE STAR YOU ARE HAVE TAKEN LOOKS AT THIS BUT EVERYONE IS WEARY OF THIS STORY NO ONE REALLY QUITE KNOWS WHAT TO DO BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND IMPLEMENTED WE'VE ALL WALKED AWAY FROM THIS THING WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK DANA OUR NEXT SECTION IS CALLED PICK A GIFT IT SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING A GIFT TO ONE METRO AREA PUBLIC FIGURE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON BUT WHO WOULD RECEIVE THE GIFT WHEN THEY OPEN THAT WRAPPING PAPER WHAT IS THE GIFT THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE I CHOSE FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC SCHMIDT AND GOVERNOR PARSONS AN ETHICS CLASS A HEART AND A MIRROR SO THEY CAN TAKE A LONG LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND ASK THEMSELVES WHY DID I GET INTO PUBLIC SERVICE DAVE I THINK THAT ERIC SCHMIDT COULD USE IN ETHICS COURSE BUT HE HAS TO WAIT UNTIL HE OPENS MY GIFT FOR ERIC SCHMIDT AND DERRICK SCHMIDT IN KANSAS AND THAT'S A ONE-WAY TICKET ALL EXPENSES PAID TO ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD THEY'D LIKE TO GO EXCEPT MISSOURI AND KANSAS AND STAY THERE FOR A YEAR I'M GOING TO TAKE ERIC SCHMIDT DOWN TO THE NEAREST TARGET STORE AND BUY HIM A CAN OF AMBITION REMOVER AND SPRAY IT ALL OVER HIM WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE HIM A SENSE OF SOME COMMON SENSE AGAIN AND GET HIS HEAD BACK IN THE GAME WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IN AISLE NINE AND TALKING THANK YOU THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING WE'VE LOOKED AT THE TWISTS AND TURNS AND HIGHS AND LOWS OF 2021 WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AS WE START THIS NEW YEAR TOGETHER STEVE COMPLETE THE SENTENCE I DON'T OWN A CRYSTAL BALL BUT IF I DID THIS IS WHAT I'D SEE HAPPENING IN OUR METRO IN 2022.

WE ARE GOING TO PICK AN OUTSIDER UH FOR KANSAS CITY POLICE CHIEF NICK THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT IT'S BEEN SINCE THE 1970S THE 1970S WITH JOE MCNAMARA SINCE THIS COMMUNITY HAD AN OUTSIDER COME IN AND REASSESS AND TAKE A NEW LOOK AT THE WAY WE POLICE OURSELVES THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2022 DANA WRIGHT WHAT DID YOU PUT DOWN SADLY I BELIEVE A CONTINUED MASS EXODUS OF GOOD GOOD TEACHERS UH THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH ANY HUMAN BEING CAN TAKE AT THE RATE THAT WE PAY THEM IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI WE ARE 50TH OUT OF 50.

THINK ABOUT THAT WE ARE AT THE VERY DEAD LAST IN WHAT WE PAY OUR TEACHERS YOU COMBINE THE PANDEMIC WITH PARENTS ACTING LIKE A FOOL I I FEAR WE ARE GOING TO LOSE MORE GOOD TEACHERS IN 2022.

ERIC I PUT ON MINE IN 2022 KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS GOING TO HAVE AN NBA BASKETBALL TEAM COME IN TOWN JUST FOR EXHIBITION GAMES BUT AN NBA TEAM IS GOING TO COME IN HERE AND PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME AND THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO US GETTING OUR OWN NBA TEAM WOW THERE'S A HOCKEY TEAM AVAILABLE IN ARIZONA BY THE WAY IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION MY PREDICTION IS FOR A SERIOUS MULTI-WEEK BATTLE OVER POLICE FUNDING IN KANSAS CITY I'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE IS ENTHUSIASM FOR A 20 PERCENT CAP ON WHAT THEY GIVE THE POLICE AND THEN NEGOTIATING FOR ANYTHING ABOVE THAT THAT WILL BE THE BATTLE OF ALL THE BATTLES IN KANSAS CITY ONE YEAR BEFORE THE ELECTION NOW HOW MUCH ARE THESE PREDICTIONS WORTH BY THE WAY WE TOOK A LOOK BACK AT WHAT PANELISTS SAID ON LAST YEAR'S SHOW WERE THEY RIGHT YOU BE THE JUDGE I THINK ONCE THESE VACCINATIONS KICK IN OUR TOWN OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO HAVE A ROLLICKING GOOD TIME FOR A WHOLE NUMBER OF YEARS TO COME MORE PRESSURE ON THE CHIEFS TO CHANGE THAT NAME TRUE OR FALSE ON FEBRUARY 7TH IN TAMPA THE CHIEFS WIN BACK-TO-BACK SUPER BOWLS TRUE BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL THEY'RE GOING TO WIN AGAIN I'M GOING TO SAY TRUE ALL RIGHT I'M WRITING MY LESSON LAST YEAR ALL RIGHT IT'S FACING BIG BUDGET DEFICITS KANSAS FINALLY LEGALIZES MEDICAL MARIJUANA KANSAS WILL BE THE LAST DOMINO TO FALL KICKING SCREAMING AND THEN EVERYONE WILL SAY WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS EARLIER TRUE OR FALSE THE KANSAS CITY STAR CEASES PRINT EDITION AND BECOMES AN ONLINE ONLY NEWSPAPER THAT'S TRUE THEY'RE ON TOP OF THINGS AREN'T THEY YEAH SO HOW MUCH WEIGHT SHOULD WE PLACE ON OUR PANELISTS CRYSTAL BALL GAZING FOR 2022 WE'RE HEADING NEXT INTO OUR LIGHTNING FAST TO A FALSE ROUND BEFORE THE BUZZER UH BLOWS TRUE OR FALSE SHARICE DAVIDS LOSES RE-ELECTION IN GOP WAVE FALSE SHE'LL WIN FALSE GROUNDS AS WELL DEREK SCHMIDT OUSTS LAURA KELLY AS GOVERNOR OF KANSAS I THINK TRUE I THINK TRUE IT'S A REPUBLICAN YEAR IT'S A REPUBLICAN STATE IT'LL BE VERY CLOSE SHE'S GOING TO DO MUCH BETTER THAN PEOPLE THINK AND COULD WIN BUT I THINK DEREK SCHMIDT I AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TRUE OR FALSE ERIC GREITENS IS ELECTED U.S SENATOR IN MISSOURI FALSE OH FALSE TRUE HAPPENED TRUE TRUE YEAH NO YEAH WE HAVE TO GET RID OF SM ITH SO WE CAN'T HAVE SCHMIDT AND HOLLY I I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY TODAY ERIC SCHMIDT DON'T GO TO SLEEP ON VICKI HARTZLER I MEAN I THINK HE HAS TRUE SHE'S A WOMAN THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE FIELD THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL WIN LIKELY WIN UH EITHER DON'T GO TO SLEEP ON HER FILL IN THE BLANK DANA IN 2022 BLANK WILL CLOSE DISAPPEAR OR MOVE FROM OUR METRO OOH I SAID SADLY MOST BIG HUGE GATHERINGS CRUISES CONCERTS MASK UP I AM WORRIED THAT THIS IS GOING RIGHT ON INTO 2022.

HERE'S MY BI G UH HOT TAKE PREDICTION I THINK THERE WILL BE A SERIOUS MOVE IN 2022 FOR THE NORTHLAND TO DE-ANNEX FROM KANSAS CITY AND IT MAY BE ENABLED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE THEY ARE REALLY MAD UP THERE ABOUT THE RECENT DECISION ON DIVIDING THE THE NORTHLAND INTO HORIZONTAL DELTA I I'M IN THE DANA WRIGHT CAMP RESTAURANTS THIS THIS COBOT THING IS GETTING SERIOUS AGAIN A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING TO SHUT DOWN NICK AND IT MAKES ME SAD ON A YEAR-ROUND SHOW TO SAY IT AND I SAY THE SAME ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS GETTING EMPLOYEES TO COME IN AND WORK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS CLOSE AND AND UH PACK IT UP TRUE OR FALSE CASEY ROYALS DROPPED PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN BALLPARK CLEARLY NOT STREETCAR LINE TRUE TRUE SO WE'RE NOW FINALLY GOING TO BE TAILGATING ON THE STREETCAR GOING OVER TO OUR GOING TO BE GOING I THINK IT'S FALSE TOO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE DONE BUT I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO GET BUILT IT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT THE MAIN STREET STREETCAR AND THE MONEY FOR THAT AND IT'S GOING TO BE WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE TO THINK THAT THE STREETCAR IS COMING THEIR WAY ANYTIME SOON IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS ABSOLUTELY WE'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING THE KANSAS CITY STAR CEASES PRINT EDITION IT BECOMES ONLINE ONLY NEWSPAPER NO TRUE OH TRUE I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP TAKING IT BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO GET THE NEWS ALL RIGHT THE BELL HAS SOUNDED WE ARE OUT OF TIME YOU DID IT YOU SURVIVED ANOTHER YEAR IN REVIEW THANK YOU TO CASEY WAS STEVE KRASKE THE COLE'S ERIC WESSON THE STARS DAVE HELLING AND SHE'S 50 OF DANA AND PARKS WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS ON KMBC DANA RIGHT YES ABSOLUTELY WHY NOT THANKS ALSO BY THE WAY TO OUR GOOD FRIEND ROBERTA SOLOMON WHO LENT HER SILKY VOICE TO MANY OF OUR QUIZ QUESTIONS THIS WEEK AND I'M SIMPLY YOUR GAME SHOW HOST NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW DECKING THE HOLES WITH BOWS OF HOLLY BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE