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THIS WEEK THE JACKSON COUNTY MEDICAL RESEARCH TAX FLATLINED AT THE POLLS, BUT WHO COULD HAVE
MEDICAL RESEARCH TAX FLATLINED AT THE POLLS, BUT WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED VOTERS WOULD HAVE
AT THE POLLS, BUT WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED VOTERS WOULD HAVE REJECTED THE SALES TAX MEASURE
PREDICTED VOTERS WOULD HAVE REJECTED THE SALES TAX MEASURE BY A WHOPPING 84% TO 16%?
REJECTED THE SALES TAX MEASURE BY A WHOPPING 84% TO 16%? IN JUNE, BACKERS OF THE TAX SAY
BY A WHOPPING 84% TO 16%? IN JUNE, BACKERS OF THE TAX SAY THEIR PRIVATE POLLING SHOWED
IN JUNE, BACKERS OF THE TAX SAY THEIR PRIVATE POLLING SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE
THEIR PRIVATE POLLING SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT.
SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT. SO WHAT HAPPENED, DAVE HELLING?
CONCEPT. SO WHAT HAPPENED, DAVE HELLING? WELL, EVERYTHING.
SO WHAT HAPPENED, DAVE HELLING? WELL, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET A VOTE
WELL, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET A VOTE THAT'S ALMOST 70 PERCENTAGE
I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET A VOTE THAT'S ALMOST 70 PERCENTAGE POINTS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YESES
THAT'S ALMOST 70 PERCENTAGE POINTS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YESES AND NO'S, THAT'S A REAL MESSAGE
POINTS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YESES AND NO'S, THAT'S A REAL MESSAGE FROM THE VOTERS THAT VIRTUALLY
AND NO'S, THAT'S A REAL MESSAGE FROM THE VOTERS THAT VIRTUALLY NOTHING ABOUT THE TAX WAS FOUND
FROM THE VOTERS THAT VIRTUALLY NOTHING ABOUT THE TAX WAS FOUND ATTRACTIVE.
NOTHING ABOUT THE TAX WAS FOUND ATTRACTIVE. SOME PEOPLE WERE WORRIED THAT IT
ATTRACTIVE. SOME PEOPLE WERE WORRIED THAT IT WAS SALES TAX THAT HURTS THE
SOME PEOPLE WERE WORRIED THAT IT WAS SALES TAX THAT HURTS THE POOR.
WAS SALES TAX THAT HURTS THE POOR. OTHERS THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNFAIR
POOR. OTHERS THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNFAIR SUBSIDY FOR LARGELY PRIVATE
OTHERS THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNFAIR SUBSIDY FOR LARGELY PRIVATE BUSINESSES, THE HOSPITALS, THE
SUBSIDY FOR LARGELY PRIVATE BUSINESSES, THE HOSPITALS, THE RESEARCHERS WHO WOULD COME HERE.
BUSINESSES, THE HOSPITALS, THE RESEARCHERS WHO WOULD COME HERE. SOME WERE QUITE ANGRY AT HAVING
RESEARCHERS WHO WOULD COME HERE. SOME WERE QUITE ANGRY AT HAVING A SINGLE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AT
SOME WERE QUITE ANGRY AT HAVING A SINGLE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AT A COST OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO
A SINGLE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AT A COST OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND THEN THE
A COST OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND THEN THE PROPONENTS NEVER REALLY MADE AN
THE TAXPAYERS, AND THEN THE PROPONENTS NEVER REALLY MADE AN ARGUMENT THAT, A, THIS TAX WAS
PROPONENTS NEVER REALLY MADE AN ARGUMENT THAT, A, THIS TAX WAS NECESSARY, 800 MILLION OVER 20
ARGUMENT THAT, A, THIS TAX WAS NECESSARY, 800 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS, AND B, IT WOULD BRING
NECESSARY, 800 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS, AND B, IT WOULD BRING BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE OF
YEARS, AND B, IT WOULD BRING BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE OF JACKSON COUNTY, AND FOR ALL OF
BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE OF JACKSON COUNTY, AND FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, IT WAS A HISTORIC
JACKSON COUNTY, AND FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, IT WAS A HISTORIC LOSS.
THOSE REASONS, IT WAS A HISTORIC LOSS. IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER ANY BALLOT
LOSS. IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER ANY BALLOT MEASURE THAT WAS SO SOUNDLY
IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER ANY BALLOT MEASURE THAT WAS SO SOUNDLY REJECTED BY THE VOTERS.
MEASURE THAT WAS SO SOUNDLY REJECTED BY THE VOTERS. IT'S NOT AS IF THEY WERE
REJECTED BY THE VOTERS. IT'S NOT AS IF THEY WERE SHORT OF MONEY, THOUGH, MARY
IT'S NOT AS IF THEY WERE SHORT OF MONEY, THOUGH, MARY SANCHEZ.
SHORT OF MONEY, THOUGH, MARY SANCHEZ. THE PROPONENTS SPENT, LIKE,
SANCHEZ. THE PROPONENTS SPENT, LIKE, $2 MILLION ON THIS CAMPAIGN.
THE PROPONENTS SPENT, LIKE, $2 MILLION ON THIS CAMPAIGN. THEY DID, BUT IT PROBABLY
$2 MILLION ON THIS CAMPAIGN. THEY DID, BUT IT PROBABLY CAME NOT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE,
THEY DID, BUT IT PROBABLY CAME NOT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE, BUT TOO MUCH TOO LATE.
CAME NOT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE, BUT TOO MUCH TOO LATE. THEY HAD NOT BUILT THAT
BUT TOO MUCH TOO LATE. THEY HAD NOT BUILT THAT NECESSARY PUSH BEHIND IT THAT
THEY HAD NOT BUILT THAT NECESSARY PUSH BEHIND IT THAT THIS WAS NECESSARY, AND SO
NECESSARY PUSH BEHIND IT THAT THIS WAS NECESSARY, AND SO PEOPLE HAD ALL THOSE OTHER
THIS WAS NECESSARY, AND SO PEOPLE HAD ALL THOSE OTHER REALLY VALID REASONS TO SAY NO,
PEOPLE HAD ALL THOSE OTHER REALLY VALID REASONS TO SAY NO, AND THEN I DO THINK JUST HAVING
REALLY VALID REASONS TO SAY NO, AND THEN I DO THINK JUST HAVING THAT ONE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT
AND THEN I DO THINK JUST HAVING THAT ONE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT REALLY HURT THEM, AND THE RAIN
THAT ONE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT REALLY HURT THEM, AND THE RAIN THAT DAY, ALL THAT YOU HAD WERE
REALLY HURT THEM, AND THE RAIN THAT DAY, ALL THAT YOU HAD WERE PEOPLE COMING OUT WHO WERE ABC
THAT DAY, ALL THAT YOU HAD WERE PEOPLE COMING OUT WHO WERE ABC SALUTELY -- ABSOLUTELY GOING TO
PEOPLE COMING OUT WHO WERE ABC SALUTELY -- ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE FERVENTLY AGAINST IT, AND
SALUTELY -- ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE FERVENTLY AGAINST IT, AND THEY HAD TO DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE
BE FERVENTLY AGAINST IT, AND THEY HAD TO DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY THE EMPLOYEES OF
THEY HAD TO DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS TO GO AHEAD
WHO WERE REALLY THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR IT.
THESE INSTITUTIONS TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR IT. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
AND VOTE FOR IT. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. TURNOUT WAS ABOUT 14%, STACEY
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. TURNOUT WAS ABOUT 14%, STACEY CAMERON?
TURNOUT WAS ABOUT 14%, STACEY CAMERON? RIGHT, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT
CAMERON? RIGHT, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT AND THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A
RIGHT, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT AND THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A HIGH NUMBER FOR AN OFF-YEAR
AND THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A HIGH NUMBER FOR AN OFF-YEAR ELECTION WHERE THERE WAS ONLY
HIGH NUMBER FOR AN OFF-YEAR ELECTION WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT
ELECTION WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT REALLY GOES TO THE FACT THAT AT
ONE ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT REALLY GOES TO THE FACT THAT AT A RATIO OF 5 TO 1 PEOPLE
REALLY GOES TO THE FACT THAT AT A RATIO OF 5 TO 1 PEOPLE REJECTED THIS.
A RATIO OF 5 TO 1 PEOPLE REJECTED THIS. I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK
REJECTED THIS. I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY REALLY WHERE DID
I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY REALLY WHERE DID THE LOSS GO, FOR THE KANSAS
AT THIS AND SAY REALLY WHERE DID THE LOSS GO, FOR THE KANSAS CITY'S OLD SCHOOL POLITICAL
THE LOSS GO, FOR THE KANSAS CITY'S OLD SCHOOL POLITICAL ELITE, I THINK.
CITY'S OLD SCHOOL POLITICAL ELITE, I THINK. MIKE SANDERS CAME OUT, A
ELITE, I THINK. MIKE SANDERS CAME OUT, A PROPONENT.
MIKE SANDERS CAME OUT, A PROPONENT. YOU HAD SOME THE POLITICAL
PROPONENT. YOU HAD SOME THE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS LIKE STEVE WORKING
YOU HAD SOME THE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS LIKE STEVE WORKING ON THE TAX IN FAVOR OF IT, AND
CONSULTANTS LIKE STEVE WORKING ON THE TAX IN FAVOR OF IT, AND THEY LOST.
ON THE TAX IN FAVOR OF IT, AND THEY LOST. I THINK IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO
THEY LOST. I THINK IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO VOTER FATIGUE HERE IN THIS AREA,
I THINK IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO VOTER FATIGUE HERE IN THIS AREA, JACKSON COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY
VOTER FATIGUE HERE IN THIS AREA, JACKSON COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY AREAS LIKE THE PLAZA THAT JUST
JACKSON COUNTY, AND PARTICULARLY AREAS LIKE THE PLAZA THAT JUST FEEL THEY ARE OVERTAXED BY THESE
AREAS LIKE THE PLAZA THAT JUST FEEL THEY ARE OVERTAXED BY THESE REGRESSIVE HALF CENT, QUARTER
FEEL THEY ARE OVERTAXED BY THESE REGRESSIVE HALF CENT, QUARTER CENT SALES TAX, AND THE MESSAGE
REGRESSIVE HALF CENT, QUARTER CENT SALES TAX, AND THE MESSAGE WAS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
CENT SALES TAX, AND THE MESSAGE WAS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IS THIS IT FOR A MEDICAL
WAS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IS THIS IT FOR A MEDICAL RESEARCH TAX IN KANSAS CITY,
IS THIS IT FOR A MEDICAL RESEARCH TAX IN KANSAS CITY, BILL GRADY?
RESEARCH TAX IN KANSAS CITY, BILL GRADY? NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
BILL GRADY? NOT BY A LONG SHOT. AT THE SUPPORTERS' PARTY THE
NOT BY A LONG SHOT. AT THE SUPPORTERS' PARTY THE OTHER NIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING
AT THE SUPPORTERS' PARTY THE OTHER NIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY MADE VERY CLEAR.
OTHER NIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY MADE VERY CLEAR. WHEN RUSH WELCH TOOK THE PODIUM,
THEY MADE VERY CLEAR. WHEN RUSH WELCH TOOK THE PODIUM, HE TALKED ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO
WHEN RUSH WELCH TOOK THE PODIUM, HE TALKED ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD.
HE TALKED ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD. DAVE WESTBROOK, VP OF CHILDREN'S
GO FORWARD. DAVE WESTBROOK, VP OF CHILDREN'S MERCY, THIS IS NOT A LOSS, IT'S
DAVE WESTBROOK, VP OF CHILDREN'S MERCY, THIS IS NOT A LOSS, IT'S A SETBACK.
MERCY, THIS IS NOT A LOSS, IT'S A SETBACK. EVEN WITH 80% OR MORE SAYING
A SETBACK. EVEN WITH 80% OR MORE SAYING NO?
EVEN WITH 80% OR MORE SAYING NO? THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SETBACK.
NO? THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SETBACK. YOU KNOW THERE IS A THING IN
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SETBACK. YOU KNOW THERE IS A THING IN THIS WORLD KNOWN AS SPIN, BUT
YOU KNOW THERE IS A THING IN THIS WORLD KNOWN AS SPIN, BUT DAVE SAID THAT -- AND I THINK
THIS WORLD KNOWN AS SPIN, BUT DAVE SAID THAT -- AND I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES ON THE FACT
DAVE SAID THAT -- AND I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES ON THE FACT THAT WHICHEVER WAY THEY GO ON
EVERYBODY AGREES ON THE FACT THAT WHICHEVER WAY THEY GO ON THIS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET
THAT WHICHEVER WAY THEY GO ON THIS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET PUBLIC FINANCING, BECAUSE IT IS
THIS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET PUBLIC FINANCING, BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND
PUBLIC FINANCING, BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE
A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE PROPONENTS EVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD
FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE PROPONENTS EVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD OR FULLY MADE THE PUBLIC
PROPONENTS EVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD OR FULLY MADE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TRANSLATIONAL
OR FULLY MADE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE.
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. SO THERE WAS A HUGE DISCONNECT,
MEDICINE. SO THERE WAS A HUGE DISCONNECT, BUT THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
SO THERE WAS A HUGE DISCONNECT, BUT THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
BUT THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BRING JOBS, WHICH THE OTHER SIDE
IT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BRING JOBS, WHICH THE OTHER SIDE SAYS, THE ONLY JOBS IT'S GOING
BRING JOBS, WHICH THE OTHER SIDE SAYS, THE ONLY JOBS IT'S GOING TO BRING ARE ROCK STAR
SAYS, THE ONLY JOBS IT'S GOING TO BRING ARE ROCK STAR RESEARCHERS.
TO BRING ARE ROCK STAR RESEARCHERS. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY
RESEARCHERS. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE GENERAL
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE GENERAL POPULATION.
IMPACT ON THE GENERAL POPULATION. BUT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING IT
POPULATION. BUT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING IT WITH A TAX IN THE FUTURE,
BUT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING IT WITH A TAX IN THE FUTURE, THOUGH?
WITH A TAX IN THE FUTURE, THOUGH? NO.
THOUGH? NO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, BOB KEMP
NO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, BOB KEMP WITH THE HALL FAMILY FOUNDATION
AS A MATTER OF FACT, BOB KEMP WITH THE HALL FAMILY FOUNDATION MADE IT VERY CLEAR, THERE'S NOT
WITH THE HALL FAMILY FOUNDATION MADE IT VERY CLEAR, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CORPORATE MONEY OUT
MADE IT VERY CLEAR, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CORPORATE MONEY OUT THERE.
ENOUGH CORPORATE MONEY OUT THERE. HE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO
THERE. HE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RAISE THE 2 MILLION TO FINANCE
HE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RAISE THE 2 MILLION TO FINANCE THEIR CAMPAIGN.
RAISE THE 2 MILLION TO FINANCE THEIR CAMPAIGN. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE
THEIR CAMPAIGN. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO RAISE 40 MILLION
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO RAISE 40 MILLION ANNUALLY.
LIKE TO RAISE 40 MILLION ANNUALLY. STACEY.
ANNUALLY. STACEY. THIS WAS SUCH A SPECK SPECULE
STACEY. THIS WAS SUCH A SPECK SPECULE INVESTMENT TYPE TAX INCREASE.
THIS WAS SUCH A SPECK SPECULE INVESTMENT TYPE TAX INCREASE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAD TO SPIN
INVESTMENT TYPE TAX INCREASE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAD TO SPIN THIS MONEY TO HOPEFULLY GET A
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAD TO SPIN THIS MONEY TO HOPEFULLY GET A HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN EXTRA
THIS MONEY TO HOPEFULLY GET A HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN EXTRA JOBS AND RESEARCHERS TO COME IN,
HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN EXTRA JOBS AND RESEARCHERS TO COME IN, BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE, AND
JOBS AND RESEARCHERS TO COME IN, BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE, AND WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE PRIVATE
BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE, AND WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE PRIVATE MONEY COMING IN, AND YOU DIDN'T
WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE PRIVATE MONEY COMING IN, AND YOU DIDN'T SEE FOUNDATIONAL MONEY COMING
MONEY COMING IN, AND YOU DIDN'T SEE FOUNDATIONAL MONEY COMING IN, THEN WHY WERE TAXPAYERS
SEE FOUNDATIONAL MONEY COMING IN, THEN WHY WERE TAXPAYERS GOING TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK OR
IN, THEN WHY WERE TAXPAYERS GOING TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK OR WHY WOULD THEY ALLOW THEMSELVES
GOING TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK OR WHY WOULD THEY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK FOR AN
WHY WOULD THEY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK FOR AN INVESTMENT THAT MAY NEVER PAY
TO BE PUT ON THE HOOK FOR AN INVESTMENT THAT MAY NEVER PAY OFF.
INVESTMENT THAT MAY NEVER PAY OFF. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE STEPPED
OFF. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE STEPPED BACK AND SAID THIS ISN'T A ZOO,
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE STEPPED BACK AND SAID THIS ISN'T A ZOO, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS,
BACK AND SAID THIS ISN'T A ZOO, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS, SOMETHING THAT I CAN SEE BENEFIT
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS, SOMETHING THAT I CAN SEE BENEFIT ME, THIS IS A HUGE GAMBLE, AND
SOMETHING THAT I CAN SEE BENEFIT ME, THIS IS A HUGE GAMBLE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
ME, THIS IS A HUGE GAMBLE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT. BILL IS RIGHT, THEY'RE NOT
I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT. BILL IS RIGHT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRY AND PUT THIS TAX
BILL IS RIGHT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRY AND PUT THIS TAX BACK ON THE BALLOT FOR DECADES,
GOING TO TRY AND PUT THIS TAX BACK ON THE BALLOT FOR DECADES, IF EVER.
BACK ON THE BALLOT FOR DECADES, IF EVER. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT
IF EVER. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS DAMAGED THE CHANCE FOR
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS DAMAGED THE CHANCE FOR OTHER TAX MEASURES.
THIS DAMAGED THE CHANCE FOR OTHER TAX MEASURES. THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF
OTHER TAX MEASURES. THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF PROJECTS POTENTIALLY ON THE
THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF PROJECTS POTENTIALLY ON THE RUNWAY, FIXED RAIL, TRANSIT, THE
PROJECTS POTENTIALLY ON THE RUNWAY, FIXED RAIL, TRANSIT, THE KCI BOND ISSUE.
RUNWAY, FIXED RAIL, TRANSIT, THE KCI BOND ISSUE. SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT MAY
KCI BOND ISSUE. SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT MAY NOW BE IN TROUBLE, NOT BECAUSE
SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT MAY NOW BE IN TROUBLE, NOT BECAUSE SALES TAXES ARE INVOLVED, NICK,
NOW BE IN TROUBLE, NOT BECAUSE SALES TAXES ARE INVOLVED, NICK, BUT THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THE
SALES TAXES ARE INVOLVED, NICK, BUT THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THE VOTERS HAVE A TASTE FOR SAYING
BUT THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THE VOTERS HAVE A TASTE FOR SAYING NO, THAT THEY LEARNED IT'S EASY
VOTERS HAVE A TASTE FOR SAYING NO, THAT THEY LEARNED IT'S EASY TO SAY NO, THAT IT IS OKAY TO
NO, THAT THEY LEARNED IT'S EASY TO SAY NO, THAT IT IS OKAY TO SAY NO TO SOME OF THESE
TO SAY NO, THAT IT IS OKAY TO SAY NO TO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT
SAY NO TO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CHAT EARLY HEARD THIS WEEK
PROJECTS, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CHAT EARLY HEARD THIS WEEK FROM CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHERS
OF CHAT EARLY HEARD THIS WEEK FROM CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHERS WHO SAY THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED
FROM CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHERS WHO SAY THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS NO VOTE MAY HAVE
WHO SAY THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS NO VOTE MAY HAVE DAMAGED OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS
THAT THIS NO VOTE MAY HAVE DAMAGED OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
DAMAGED OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. MAYOR JAMES HAS TALKED ABOUT
IN THE FUTURE. MAYOR JAMES HAS TALKED ABOUT SOME SORT OF SALES TAX FOR
MAYOR JAMES HAS TALKED ABOUT SOME SORT OF SALES TAX FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAYBE ON THE
SOME SORT OF SALES TAX FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAYBE ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR.
INFRASTRUCTURE MAYBE ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR. THAT MAY BE DELAYED UNLESS THEY
BALLOT NEXT YEAR. THAT MAY BE DELAYED UNLESS THEY CAN BE CONVINCED THAT VOTERS
THAT MAY BE DELAYED UNLESS THEY CAN BE CONVINCED THAT VOTERS WILL SET THIS VOTE ASIDE, BUT
CAN BE CONVINCED THAT VOTERS WILL SET THIS VOTE ASIDE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY'RE READY
WILL SET THIS VOTE ASIDE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY'RE READY TO DO THAT.
THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY'RE READY TO DO THAT. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT
TO DO THAT. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT, MARY?
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT, MARY? I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S
ASSESSMENT, MARY? I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE,
COMING FROM. I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE, BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF THE
I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE, BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF THE EQUATION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE
BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF THE EQUATION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S
EQUATION OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST THIS ISSUE, KIND OF
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST THIS ISSUE, KIND OF A MURKY, FUZZY THING FOR THE
REALLY JUST THIS ISSUE, KIND OF A MURKY, FUZZY THING FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO WRAP THEIR
A MURKY, FUZZY THING FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND, HOW DOES THIS
AVERAGE PERSON TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND, HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT ME.
HEAD AROUND, HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT ME. THEY SEE THESE BIG INSTITUTIONS
BENEFIT ME. THEY SEE THESE BIG INSTITUTIONS AND IT GETS INTO ISSUES OF
THEY SEE THESE BIG INSTITUTIONS AND IT GETS INTO ISSUES OF CLASS, WHO SHOULD BE PAYING FOR
AND IT GETS INTO ISSUES OF CLASS, WHO SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS.
CLASS, WHO SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS. WELL, THE HALL FAMILY WILL BUILD
THIS. WELL, THE HALL FAMILY WILL BUILD A BUILDING, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE TO
WELL, THE HALL FAMILY WILL BUILD A BUILDING, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REST OF IT.
A BUILDING, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REST OF IT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BRICK AND
PAY FOR THE REST OF IT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BRICK AND MORTAR THINGS, SEWERS, OTHER
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BRICK AND MORTAR THINGS, SEWERS, OTHER ISSUES, PEOPLE GET THAT.
MORTAR THINGS, SEWERS, OTHER ISSUES, PEOPLE GET THAT. PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO
ISSUES, PEOPLE GET THAT. PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO PONY UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO PONY UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE WAS ALSO FRUSTRATION
PONY UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE WAS ALSO FRUSTRATION THAT IT WAS JUST JACKSON COUNTY.
THERE WAS ALSO FRUSTRATION THAT IT WAS JUST JACKSON COUNTY. A LOT OF JACKSON COUNTYIANS WERE
THAT IT WAS JUST JACKSON COUNTY. A LOT OF JACKSON COUNTYIANS WERE SAYING WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR
A LOT OF JACKSON COUNTYIANS WERE SAYING WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS BY OURSELF?
SAYING WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS BY OURSELF? REMEMBER SALES TAXES ARE BUY --
THIS BY OURSELF? REMEMBER SALES TAXES ARE BUY -- BI-STATE TAXES BECAUSE PEOPLE
REMEMBER SALES TAXES ARE BUY -- BI-STATE TAXES BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THINGS, BUT BY
BI-STATE TAXES BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THINGS, BUT BY AND LARGE, IT'S ONLY IN THEIR
WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THINGS, BUT BY AND LARGE, IT'S ONLY IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS, AND A LOT OF
AND LARGE, IT'S ONLY IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS, AND A LOT OF JACKSON COUNTYIANS WERE SAYING
JURISDICTIONS, AND A LOT OF JACKSON COUNTYIANS WERE SAYING LET OTHER COUNTIES PAY FOR IT.
JACKSON COUNTYIANS WERE SAYING LET OTHER COUNTIES PAY FOR IT. IN OTHER NEWS, A NATIONAL
LET OTHER COUNTIES PAY FOR IT. IN OTHER NEWS, A NATIONAL NEONAZI RALLY IS PLANNED
IN OTHER NEWS, A NATIONAL NEONAZI RALLY IS PLANNED SATURDAY ON THE STEPS OF THE
NEONAZI RALLY IS PLANNED SATURDAY ON THE STEPS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
SATURDAY ON THE STEPS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN.
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN. THE EVENT HOSTED BY THE DETROIT,
DOWNTOWN. THE EVENT HOSTED BY THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN BASED NATIONAL
THE EVENT HOSTED BY THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN BASED NATIONAL SOCIALITYIST MOVEMENT ENCOURAGES
MICHIGAN BASED NATIONAL SOCIALITYIST MOVEMENT ENCOURAGES THE ATTENDANCE OF ALL WHITE
SOCIALITYIST MOVEMENT ENCOURAGES THE ATTENDANCE OF ALL WHITE PATRIOTS AND COINCIDES WITH THE
THE ATTENDANCE OF ALL WHITE PATRIOTS AND COINCIDES WITH THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF
PATRIOTS AND COINCIDES WITH THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF KRISTALLNACHT ALSO CALLED THE
75th ANNIVERSARY OF KRISTALLNACHT ALSO CALLED THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS IN WHICH
KRISTALLNACHT ALSO CALLED THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS IN WHICH THE NAZIS TORCHED SYNAGOGUES,
NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS IN WHICH THE NAZIS TORCHED SYNAGOGUES, VANDALIZED JEWISH HOMES, SCHOOLS
THE NAZIS TORCHED SYNAGOGUES, VANDALIZED JEWISH HOMES, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES.
VANDALIZED JEWISH HOMES, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
AND BUSINESSES. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE'S BEEN SUCH A RALLY IN
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE'S BEEN SUCH A RALLY IN KANSAS CITY, AND I'M ASSUMING
THERE'S BEEN SUCH A RALLY IN KANSAS CITY, AND I'M ASSUMING WHILE LOCAL OFFICIALS DON'T CARE
KANSAS CITY, AND I'M ASSUMING WHILE LOCAL OFFICIALS DON'T CARE FOR IT, THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT
WHILE LOCAL OFFICIALS DON'T CARE FOR IT, THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ALLOW THEM TO GATHER AND
FOR IT, THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ALLOW THEM TO GATHER AND SPEAK ON THE STOPS OF THE
TO ALLOW THEM TO GATHER AND SPEAK ON THE STOPS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
SPEAK ON THE STOPS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE INTERESTING THING THAT
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE INTERESTING THING THAT CAME OUT ABOUT THIS WAS THE
THE INTERESTING THING THAT CAME OUT ABOUT THIS WAS THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
CAME OUT ABOUT THIS WAS THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A 15 POINT SECURITY
KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A 15 POINT SECURITY MEMORANDUM YESTERDAY, WHICH
ISSUED A 15 POINT SECURITY MEMORANDUM YESTERDAY, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE ACLU GOES WAY
MEMORANDUM YESTERDAY, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE ACLU GOES WAY BEYOND THE PALE, BECAUSE THEY'RE
ACCORDING TO THE ACLU GOES WAY BEYOND THE PALE, BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BANNING THINGS
BEYOND THE PALE, BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BANNING THINGS LIKE STICKS YOU PLACE SIGNS ON,
TALKING ABOUT BANNING THINGS LIKE STICKS YOU PLACE SIGNS ON, YOU CAN'T CARRY WATER BOTTLES.
LIKE STICKS YOU PLACE SIGNS ON, YOU CAN'T CARRY WATER BOTTLES. YOU CAN'T CARRY ANYTHING THAT
YOU CAN'T CARRY WATER BOTTLES. YOU CAN'T CARRY ANYTHING THAT CAN BE USED AS A PROJECTILE.
YOU CAN'T CARRY ANYTHING THAT CAN BE USED AS A PROJECTILE. SO THEY ARE MOUNTING A LEGAL
CAN BE USED AS A PROJECTILE. SO THEY ARE MOUNTING A LEGAL CHALLENGE.
SO THEY ARE MOUNTING A LEGAL CHALLENGE. I THINK THE OVERRIDING THING IS
CHALLENGE. I THINK THE OVERRIDING THING IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY
I THINK THE OVERRIDING THING IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY AIMED THIS MORE AT THOSE THAT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY AIMED THIS MORE AT THOSE THAT WILL OPPOSE THEM THAN THE GROUP
AIMED THIS MORE AT THOSE THAT WILL OPPOSE THEM THAN THE GROUP ITSELF.
WILL OPPOSE THEM THAN THE GROUP ITSELF. THERE ARE MAJOR COUNTER
ITSELF. THERE ARE MAJOR COUNTER PROTESTS AS A RESULT OF THIS.
THERE ARE MAJOR COUNTER PROTESTS AS A RESULT OF THIS. THE MAIN ONE IS LIBERTY LIBERTY
PROTESTS AS A RESULT OF THIS. THE MAIN ONE IS LIBERTY LIBERTY MEMORIAL.
THE MAIN ONE IS LIBERTY LIBERTY MEMORIAL. WHY ARE THEY MEETING AT THIS
MEMORIAL. WHY ARE THEY MEETING AT THIS RALLY AT THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL
WHY ARE THEY MEETING AT THIS RALLY AT THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE
RALLY AT THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE?
WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE? FOR THE EXACT REASONS THE
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE? FOR THE EXACT REASONS THE POLICE ARE STRIG -- TRYING TO
FOR THE EXACT REASONS THE POLICE ARE STRIG -- TRYING TO STEM THIS.
POLICE ARE STRIG -- TRYING TO STEM THIS. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS SOME
STEM THIS. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS SOME CONFRONTATION AND BRAWL.
THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS SOME CONFRONTATION AND BRAWL. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL IT TAKES IS
CONFRONTATION AND BRAWL. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON WHO IS RIGHTFULLY
UNFORTUNATELY, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON WHO IS RIGHTFULLY VERY OFFENDED BY THESE GROUPS.
ONE PERSON WHO IS RIGHTFULLY VERY OFFENDED BY THESE GROUPS. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON, AND
VERY OFFENDED BY THESE GROUPS. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON, AND THESE GROUPS KNOW HOW TO RYEAL
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON, AND THESE GROUPS KNOW HOW TO RYEAL RYEAL -- RILE IT UP, TOO, YELL
THESE GROUPS KNOW HOW TO RYEAL RYEAL -- RILE IT UP, TOO, YELL SOMETHING, THROW A WATER BOTTLE
RYEAL -- RILE IT UP, TOO, YELL SOMETHING, THROW A WATER BOTTLE AND ALL HECK COULD BREAK LOOSE.
SOMETHING, THROW A WATER BOTTLE AND ALL HECK COULD BREAK LOOSE. WE DON'T NEED THAT HERE.
AND ALL HECK COULD BREAK LOOSE. WE DON'T NEED THAT HERE. THE PROPER RESPONSE IS WHAT'S
WE DON'T NEED THAT HERE. THE PROPER RESPONSE IS WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR AT LIBERTY
THE PROPER RESPONSE IS WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR AT LIBERTY MEMORIAL WHERE HOPEFULLY THERE
GOING TO OCCUR AT LIBERTY MEMORIAL WHERE HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MASSES OF PEOPLE,
MEMORIAL WHERE HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MASSES OF PEOPLE, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS,
WILL BE MASSES OF PEOPLE, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, FAR ABOVE THE NUMBER OF NEONAZIS
NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, FAR ABOVE THE NUMBER OF NEONAZIS AND SPEAKING OUT ON WHAT IS
FAR ABOVE THE NUMBER OF NEONAZIS AND SPEAKING OUT ON WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY
AND SPEAKING OUT ON WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY STANDS FOR, AND IT'S NOT WHAT
RIGHT AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY STANDS FOR, AND IT'S NOT WHAT THIS GROUP IS.
STANDS FOR, AND IT'S NOT WHAT THIS GROUP IS. THE REASON IS YOU WANT TO PUT
THIS GROUP IS. THE REASON IS YOU WANT TO PUT AS MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO
THE REASON IS YOU WANT TO PUT AS MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS, THE PROTESTS AND COUNTER
AS MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS, THE PROTESTS AND COUNTER PROTESTS, AS POSSIBLE.
GROUPS, THE PROTESTS AND COUNTER PROTESTS, AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WHILE THIS NEONAZI GROUP
PROTESTS, AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WHILE THIS NEONAZI GROUP IS COMING AND SAYING THEY'RE
BECAUSE WHILE THIS NEONAZI GROUP IS COMING AND SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THEIR RALLY, THERE
IS COMING AND SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THEIR RALLY, THERE ARE ALSO INVITES OUT THERE AND
GOING TO HOLD THEIR RALLY, THERE ARE ALSO INVITES OUT THERE AND SOME PEOPLE WONDERING WHETHER OR
ARE ALSO INVITES OUT THERE AND SOME PEOPLE WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT OTHER HATE GROUPS ARE GOING
SOME PEOPLE WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT OTHER HATE GROUPS ARE GOING TO COME LIKE THE *** AND AARON
NOT OTHER HATE GROUPS ARE GOING TO COME LIKE THE *** AND AARON AARON -- *** NATION WHO AREN'T
TO COME LIKE THE *** AND AARON AARON -- *** NATION WHO AREN'T PROMISING TO KEEP THINGS
AARON -- *** NATION WHO AREN'T PROMISING TO KEEP THINGS NONVIOLENT.
PROMISING TO KEEP THINGS NONVIOLENT. WHETHER THE NEONAZIS WOULD
NONVIOLENT. WHETHER THE NEONAZIS WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT,
WHETHER THE NEONAZIS WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT, EVERYONE HAS THEIR DOUBTS.
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT, EVERYONE HAS THEIR DOUBTS. IT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR DOUBTS. IT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT
IT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S AN
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THING TO SEE
TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THING TO SEE UNFOLDING IN KANSAS CITY.
UNFORTUNATE THING TO SEE UNFOLDING IN KANSAS CITY. MARY HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE
UNFOLDING IN KANSAS CITY. MARY HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
MARY HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. HOPEFULLY RIGHT MINDED KANSAS
HEAD. HOPEFULLY RIGHT MINDED KANSAS CITIANS AND PEOPLE FROM AROUND
HOPEFULLY RIGHT MINDED KANSAS CITIANS AND PEOPLE FROM AROUND THIS METRO COME OUT AND GO TO
CITIANS AND PEOPLE FROM AROUND THIS METRO COME OUT AND GO TO LIBERTY MEMORIAL TOMORROW AND
THIS METRO COME OUT AND GO TO LIBERTY MEMORIAL TOMORROW AND PROTEST AGAINST THESE FOLKS.
LIBERTY MEMORIAL TOMORROW AND PROTEST AGAINST THESE FOLKS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE
PROTEST AGAINST THESE FOLKS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MIND.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MIND. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
THEIR MIND. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A REAL HEART-FELT, HONEST
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A REAL HEART-FELT, HONEST CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO
HAVE A REAL HEART-FELT, HONEST CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS SHOWN UP IN A HITLER
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS SHOWN UP IN A HITLER UNIFORM.
HAS SHOWN UP IN A HITLER UNIFORM. YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO.
UNIFORM. YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO. SO WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TRY AND DO
YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO. SO WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TRY AND DO THAT?
SO WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TRY AND DO THAT? I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD
THAT? I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO.
I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO. I UNDERSTAND THE ANIMOSITY, BUT
WANT TO. I UNDERSTAND THE ANIMOSITY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO A GOOD
I UNDERSTAND THE ANIMOSITY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO A GOOD OUTCOME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO A GOOD OUTCOME. BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME LATINO
OUTCOME. BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME LATINO ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE AT THE
BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME LATINO ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT
ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 3 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY.
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 3 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY. WE'LL SEE.
3 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY. WE'LL SEE. THE TIMES ARE A LITTLE FUZZY,
WE'LL SEE. THE TIMES ARE A LITTLE FUZZY, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN THAT IS A
THE TIMES ARE A LITTLE FUZZY, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN THAT IS A LITTLE FUZZIER, THE NEONAZI
AND YOU KNOW, EVEN THAT IS A LITTLE FUZZIER, THE NEONAZI GROUPS.
LITTLE FUZZIER, THE NEONAZI GROUPS. IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR -- THEY
GROUPS. IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR -- THEY KNOW THEY'VE RILED UP QUITE A
IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR -- THEY KNOW THEY'VE RILED UP QUITE A BIT.
KNOW THEY'VE RILED UP QUITE A BIT. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY
BIT. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY AND HAVEN'T DONE A DARN THING
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY AND HAVEN'T DONE A DARN THING YET.
AND HAVEN'T DONE A DARN THING YET. SO PART OF THEIR MARKER HAS
YET. SO PART OF THEIR MARKER HAS ALREADY BEEN MET.
SO PART OF THEIR MARKER HAS ALREADY BEEN MET. THEY MAY NOT EVEN SHOW UP, OR
ALREADY BEEN MET. THEY MAY NOT EVEN SHOW UP, OR MAYBE THEY'LL SHOW UP AT A TIME
THEY MAY NOT EVEN SHOW UP, OR MAYBE THEY'LL SHOW UP AT A TIME THAT PEOPLE AREN'T EXPECTING
MAYBE THEY'LL SHOW UP AT A TIME THAT PEOPLE AREN'T EXPECTING THEM TO, AND THANKFULLY THEN
THAT PEOPLE AREN'T EXPECTING THEM TO, AND THANKFULLY THEN MAYBE THERE WON'T BE A GROUP OF
THEM TO, AND THANKFULLY THEN MAYBE THERE WON'T BE A GROUP OF OPPOSITION.
MAYBE THERE WON'T BE A GROUP OF OPPOSITION. WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT LIBERTY
OPPOSITION. WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT LIBERTY MEMORIAL, I SPOKE WITH LEONARD,
WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT LIBERTY MEMORIAL, I SPOKE WITH LEONARD, A LONG TIME SOCIALIST ACTIVIST
MEMORIAL, I SPOKE WITH LEONARD, A LONG TIME SOCIALIST ACTIVIST HERE,
A LONG TIME SOCIALIST ACTIVIST HERE, HERE, AND HE'S SORT OF
HERE, HERE, AND HE'S SORT OF COORDINATING THE UMBRELLA GROUP
HERE, AND HE'S SORT OF COORDINATING THE UMBRELLA GROUP THAT WILL BE AT LIBERTY
COORDINATING THE UMBRELLA GROUP THAT WILL BE AT LIBERTY MEMORIAL.
THAT WILL BE AT LIBERTY MEMORIAL. ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS IT
MEMORIAL. ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS IT IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE BECAUSE
ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS IT IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE BECAUSE IT HONORS WAR VETERANS.
IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE BECAUSE IT HONORS WAR VETERANS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME WORLD
IT HONORS WAR VETERANS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME WORLD WAR II VETERANS WHO ACTUALLY
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME WORLD WAR II VETERANS WHO ACTUALLY FOUGHT THE NAZIS, AND THE OTHER
WAR II VETERANS WHO ACTUALLY FOUGHT THE NAZIS, AND THE OTHER THING IS THOSE PARTICULAR
FOUGHT THE NAZIS, AND THE OTHER THING IS THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS DON'T REALLY WANT TO
THING IS THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE AROUND SOMEONE THEY HAD TO
INDIVIDUALS DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE AROUND SOMEONE THEY HAD TO FIGHT AGAINST.
BE AROUND SOMEONE THEY HAD TO FIGHT AGAINST. IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, NO
FIGHT AGAINST. IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, NO MORE RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN KANSAS
IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, NO MORE RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN KANSAS CITY.
MORE RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN KANSAS CITY. THE CITY THIS WEEK SUSPENDS
CITY. THE CITY THIS WEEK SUSPENDS ENFORCEMENT ON ITS 29 RED LIGHT
THE CITY THIS WEEK SUSPENDS ENFORCEMENT ON ITS 29 RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN THE WAKE OF A
ENFORCEMENT ON ITS 29 RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN THE WAKE OF A MISSOURI APPEALS COURT RULING
CAMERAS IN THE WAKE OF A MISSOURI APPEALS COURT RULING THAT SAYS SUCH PROGRAMS VIOLATE
MISSOURI APPEALS COURT RULING THAT SAYS SUCH PROGRAMS VIOLATE STATE LAW.
THAT SAYS SUCH PROGRAMS VIOLATE STATE LAW. KANSAS CITY HAS DECIDED TO NOT
STATE LAW. KANSAS CITY HAS DECIDED TO NOT ENFORCE ABOUT 5600 PENDING RED
KANSAS CITY HAS DECIDED TO NOT ENFORCE ABOUT 5600 PENDING RED LIGHT CAMERA TICKETS AND MORE
ENFORCE ABOUT 5600 PENDING RED LIGHT CAMERA TICKETS AND MORE THAN 16,000 WARRANTS FOR UNPAID
LIGHT CAMERA TICKETS AND MORE THAN 16,000 WARRANTS FOR UNPAID FINES.
THAN 16,000 WARRANTS FOR UNPAID FINES. SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN
FINES. SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2009, THE CITY HAS NETTED ABOUT
SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2009, THE CITY HAS NETTED ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE
2009, THE CITY HAS NETTED ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE FROM THE CAMERAS.
$2 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE FROM THE CAMERAS. SO DOES THIS MEAN YOU CAN NOW GO
FROM THE CAMERAS. SO DOES THIS MEAN YOU CAN NOW GO THROUGH THESE RED LIGHT CAMERA
SO DOES THIS MEAN YOU CAN NOW GO THROUGH THESE RED LIGHT CAMERA INTERSECTIONS IN KANSAS CITY
THROUGH THESE RED LIGHT CAMERA INTERSECTIONS IN KANSAS CITY WITH IMPUNITY, BILL GRADY?
INTERSECTIONS IN KANSAS CITY WITH IMPUNITY, BILL GRADY? NO.
WITH IMPUNITY, BILL GRADY? NO. NO?
NO. NO? NO.
NO? NO. IT'S STILL AGAINST THE LAW,
NO. IT'S STILL AGAINST THE LAW, IS IT?
IT'S STILL AGAINST THE LAW, IS IT? IT IS STILL AGAINST THE LAW.
IS IT? IT IS STILL AGAINST THE LAW. HERE IS THE WAY THE POLICE
IT IS STILL AGAINST THE LAW. HERE IS THE WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING IT.
HERE IS THE WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING IT. THIS WAS A MULTITIERED PROCESS.
DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING IT. THIS WAS A MULTITIERED PROCESS. IF YOU BLOW THROUGH A RED LIGHT
THIS WAS A MULTITIERED PROCESS. IF YOU BLOW THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND YOU'RE CAUGHT ON CAMERA, IT
IF YOU BLOW THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND YOU'RE CAUGHT ON CAMERA, IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN
AND YOU'RE CAUGHT ON CAMERA, IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TICKET.
DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TICKET. THOSE VIDEO, CLIPS, GO TO AN
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TICKET. THOSE VIDEO, CLIPS, GO TO AN INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICER.
THOSE VIDEO, CLIPS, GO TO AN INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICER. THEY LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE.
INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICER. THEY LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE. THAT PROCESS IS NOW ON HOLD.
THEY LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE. THAT PROCESS IS NOW ON HOLD. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAIL OUT
THAT PROCESS IS NOW ON HOLD. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAIL OUT ANY MORE TICKETS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAIL OUT ANY MORE TICKETS. THEY'RE SAVING THE VIDEO.
ANY MORE TICKETS. THEY'RE SAVING THE VIDEO. BUT YOU ARE ALSO AN ATTORNEY
THEY'RE SAVING THE VIDEO. BUT YOU ARE ALSO AN ATTORNEY AS WELL AS BEING THE CHIEF
BUT YOU ARE ALSO AN ATTORNEY AS WELL AS BEING THE CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AT KCTV
AS WELL AS BEING THE CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AT KCTV 5, SO WE BENEFIT FROM THAT LEGAL
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AT KCTV 5, SO WE BENEFIT FROM THAT LEGAL WISDOM.
5, SO WE BENEFIT FROM THAT LEGAL WISDOM. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT MISSOURI
WISDOM. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS RULING THAT
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS RULING THAT SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH
COURT OF APPEALS RULING THAT SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE KIND OF ORDINANCES IN THE
SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE KIND OF ORDINANCES IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, STACEY?
THESE KIND OF ORDINANCES IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, STACEY? THAT LEGAL WORD CALLED DUE
STATE OF MISSOURI, STACEY? THAT LEGAL WORD CALLED DUE PROCESS.
THAT LEGAL WORD CALLED DUE PROCESS. WHEN THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, AT
PROCESS. WHEN THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, AT LEAST THE ONE IN ELSEVILLE.
WHEN THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, AT LEAST THE ONE IN ELSEVILLE. WHEN YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE
LEAST THE ONE IN ELSEVILLE. WHEN YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND THE PICTURE WOULD
WHEN YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND THE PICTURE WOULD GET SNAPPED, IT WOULD CATCH THE
RED LIGHT AND THE PICTURE WOULD GET SNAPPED, IT WOULD CATCH THE CAR AND LICENSE PLATE, SO THE
GET SNAPPED, IT WOULD CATCH THE CAR AND LICENSE PLATE, SO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WOULD GET
CAR AND LICENSE PLATE, SO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WOULD GET CITED, NOT NECESSARILY THE
OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WOULD GET CITED, NOT NECESSARILY THE DRIVER.
CITED, NOT NECESSARILY THE DRIVER. SO NOW YOU'RE FINING ME FOR
DRIVER. SO NOW YOU'RE FINING ME FOR SOMETHING I MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE.
SO NOW YOU'RE FINING ME FOR SOMETHING I MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE. THE COURT WENT ON TO SAY IT WAS
SOMETHING I MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE. THE COURT WENT ON TO SAY IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW,
THE COURT WENT ON TO SAY IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW, BECAUSE STATE LAW SAYS RUNNING
IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW, BECAUSE STATE LAW SAYS RUNNING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT IS A
BECAUSE STATE LAW SAYS RUNNING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT IS A MOVING VIOLATION, YOU SO -- SO
THROUGH THE RED LIGHT IS A MOVING VIOLATION, YOU SO -- SO YOU HAVE TO GET THE PERSON WHO
MOVING VIOLATION, YOU SO -- SO YOU HAVE TO GET THE PERSON WHO DOES THE VIOLATION.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE PERSON WHO DOES THE VIOLATION. IT DOES MEAN A LOT OF REVENUE
DOES THE VIOLATION. IT DOES MEAN A LOT OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY, DAVE HELLING.
IT DOES MEAN A LOT OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY, DAVE HELLING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 MILLION A
FOR THE CITY, DAVE HELLING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE
YEAR. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP IF IT
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP IF IT DOES GO TO THE SUPREME COURT AND
CITY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP IF IT DOES GO TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THEY DECIDE, YES, THESE
DOES GO TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THEY DECIDE, YES, THESE ORDINANCES ARE ILLEGAL, AND YOU
THEY DECIDE, YES, THESE ORDINANCES ARE ILLEGAL, AND YOU CANNOT HAVE THEM.
ORDINANCES ARE ILLEGAL, AND YOU CANNOT HAVE THEM. RIGHT, AND REVENUE IN OTHER
CANNOT HAVE THEM. RIGHT, AND REVENUE IN OTHER CITIES, TOO.
RIGHT, AND REVENUE IN OTHER CITIES, TOO. IT ISN'T JUST KANSAS CITY,
CITIES, TOO. IT ISN'T JUST KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI THAT USES THIS
IT ISN'T JUST KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI THAT USES THIS MECHANISM.
MISSOURI THAT USES THIS MECHANISM. SO AS A POLITICAL MATTER, IT'S
MECHANISM. SO AS A POLITICAL MATTER, IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THERE WILL
SO AS A POLITICAL MATTER, IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THIS
ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE NEXT SESSION OF THE
BE SOME ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDLESS OF WHAT
IN THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE COURTS TODAY.
LEGISLATURE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE COURTS TODAY. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS
THE COURTS TODAY. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS LEGISLATURE WOULD ENDORSE THE
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS LEGISLATURE WOULD ENDORSE THE USE OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS IS AN
LEGISLATURE WOULD ENDORSE THE USE OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS IS AN OPEN QUESTION.
USE OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS IS AN OPEN QUESTION. THERE IS A QUASI-LIBERTARIAN
OPEN QUESTION. THERE IS A QUASI-LIBERTARIAN ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW
THERE IS A QUASI-LIBERTARIAN ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW UNFAIR TO DRIVERS.
ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW UNFAIR TO DRIVERS. SO IT IS NOT A SLAM-DUNK, FOR
UNFAIR TO DRIVERS. SO IT IS NOT A SLAM-DUNK, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT STATE LAWMAKERS
SO IT IS NOT A SLAM-DUNK, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT STATE LAWMAKERS WOULD CHANGE THE LAW AND
EXAMPLE, THAT STATE LAWMAKERS WOULD CHANGE THE LAW AND LEGALIZE THIS PROCESS THAT
WOULD CHANGE THE LAW AND LEGALIZE THIS PROCESS THAT STACEY JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT
LEGALIZE THIS PROCESS THAT STACEY JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE
STACEY JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE DISCUSSION OF IT.
THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE DISCUSSION OF IT. CITIES HAVE COME TO RELY TO SOME
DISCUSSION OF IT. CITIES HAVE COME TO RELY TO SOME DEGREE ON THIS REVENUE,
CITIES HAVE COME TO RELY TO SOME DEGREE ON THIS REVENUE, PARTICULARLY FOR THEIR POLICE
DEGREE ON THIS REVENUE, PARTICULARLY FOR THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PARTICULARLY FOR THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S AN OPEN ISSUE AND WILL
DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S AN OPEN ISSUE AND WILL BE DEBATED, I'M SURE, IN 2014.
SO IT'S AN OPEN ISSUE AND WILL BE DEBATED, I'M SURE, IN 2014. NOT TO HASH OUT THE LEGAL
BE DEBATED, I'M SURE, IN 2014. NOT TO HASH OUT THE LEGAL POINTS TOO FAR, BUT IT WAS THE
NOT TO HASH OUT THE LEGAL POINTS TOO FAR, BUT IT WAS THE SAME APPELLATE COURT THAT SAID A
POINTS TOO FAR, BUT IT WAS THE SAME APPELLATE COURT THAT SAID A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THESE
SAME APPELLATE COURT THAT SAID A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THESE TYPES OF CAMERAS WERE LEGAL,
COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THESE TYPES OF CAMERAS WERE LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL,
TYPES OF CAMERAS WERE LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, AND WENT BACK
CONSTITUTIONAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, AND WENT BACK AND SAID THEY WERE WRONG NO --
CONSTITUTIONAL, AND WENT BACK AND SAID THEY WERE WRONG NO -- NOW THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT
AND SAID THEY WERE WRONG NO -- NOW THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT CLOSER.
NOW THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT CLOSER. I THINK THERE IS A CHANCE THE
CLOSER. I THINK THERE IS A CHANCE THE SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO UPHOLD
I THINK THERE IS A CHANCE THE SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO UPHOLD THIS POSITION.
SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO UPHOLD THIS POSITION. THERE ARE CERTAINLY THE LEGAL
THIS POSITION. THERE ARE CERTAINLY THE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WILL BE
THERE ARE CERTAINLY THE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WILL BE HASHED OUT WITHIN THE COURTS AND
CONSIDERATIONS THAT WILL BE HASHED OUT WITHIN THE COURTS AND ALL THE CHALLENGES, BUT THE
HASHED OUT WITHIN THE COURTS AND ALL THE CHALLENGES, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHY IS IT OTHER
ALL THE CHALLENGES, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHY IS IT OTHER THAN RAISING SOME MONEY WE NEED
BOTTOM LINE IS WHY IS IT OTHER THAN RAISING SOME MONEY WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE FROM RUNNING THE
THAN RAISING SOME MONEY WE NEED TO STOP PEOPLE FROM RUNNING THE RED LIGHTS?
TO STOP PEOPLE FROM RUNNING THE RED LIGHTS? THERE IS A SAFETY FACTOR THE
RED LIGHTS? THERE IS A SAFETY FACTOR THE POLICE DO LOOK AT.
THERE IS A SAFETY FACTOR THE POLICE DO LOOK AT. SO I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING IS
POLICE DO LOOK AT. SO I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE THROWN OUT OF THE
SO I DON'T THINK EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME
GOING TO BE THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE THAT IT -- IT SLOWS ME
WINDOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE THAT IT -- IT SLOWS ME DOWN.
EVIDENCE THAT IT -- IT SLOWS ME DOWN. I KNOW WHERE SOME OF THESE ARE,
DOWN. I KNOW WHERE SOME OF THESE ARE, AND I WILL KIND OF CHECK MYSELF
I KNOW WHERE SOME OF THESE ARE, AND I WILL KIND OF CHECK MYSELF AND BE HITTING THE BRAKE A
AND I WILL KIND OF CHECK MYSELF AND BE HITTING THE BRAKE A LITTLE BIT.
AND BE HITTING THE BRAKE A LITTLE BIT. MARY, I DON'T NEED A RED
LITTLE BIT. MARY, I DON'T NEED A RED LIGHT CAMERA TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY
MARY, I DON'T NEED A RED LIGHT CAMERA TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY EVERY TIME I'M ON THE ROAD.
LIGHT CAMERA TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY EVERY TIME I'M ON THE ROAD. I'M JUST HOLIER THAN THOU.
EVERY TIME I'M ON THE ROAD. I'M JUST HOLIER THAN THOU. OKAY.
I'M JUST HOLIER THAN THOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ON THIS
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ON THIS WEEK IN REVIEW.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ON THIS WEEK IN REVIEW. CONTINUING UNCERTAINTY OVER
WEEK IN REVIEW. CONTINUING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE FUTURE OF THE KANSAS CITY,
CONTINUING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE FUTURE OF THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
THE FUTURE OF THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ONLY HELPED BOOST ATTENDANCE AT
MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ONLY HELPED BOOST ATTENDANCE AT THE CITY'S CHARTER SCHOOLS WHERE
ONLY HELPED BOOST ATTENDANCE AT THE CITY'S CHARTER SCHOOLS WHERE ONE IN THREE DISTRICT STUDENTS
THE CITY'S CHARTER SCHOOLS WHERE ONE IN THREE DISTRICT STUDENTS NOW GET THEIR EDUCATION, BUT
ONE IN THREE DISTRICT STUDENTS NOW GET THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN A TROUBLE-FREE
NOW GET THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN A TROUBLE-FREE EXPERIENCE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN A TROUBLE-FREE EXPERIENCE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EXPERIENCE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DISCOVERED SOME
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DISCOVERED SOME ALARMING FINDINGS ON A RECENT
EDUCATION DISCOVERED SOME ALARMING FINDINGS ON A RECENT SURPRISE VISIT TO ONE OF THOSE
ALARMING FINDINGS ON A RECENT SURPRISE VISIT TO ONE OF THOSE 21 CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOPE
SURPRISE VISIT TO ONE OF THOSE 21 CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOPE ACADEMY.
21 CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOPE ACADEMY. THE FIRST WAS SHOCKING
ACADEMY. THE FIRST WAS SHOCKING DISCREPANCIES IN ATTENDANCE
THE FIRST WAS SHOCKING DISCREPANCIES IN ATTENDANCE NUMBERS.
DISCREPANCIES IN ATTENDANCE NUMBERS. ONLY 27% OF STUDENTS WERE IN
NUMBERS. ONLY 27% OF STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE TIME OF THE
ONLY 27% OF STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE TIME OF THE SURPRISE VISIT, YET THE SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE AT THE TIME OF THE SURPRISE VISIT, YET THE SCHOOL WAS REPORTING A 99% ATTENDANCE
SURPRISE VISIT, YET THE SCHOOL WAS REPORTING A 99% ATTENDANCE RATE.
WAS REPORTING A 99% ATTENDANCE RATE. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IS ALSO BEING
RATE. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IS ALSO BEING QUESTIONED.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IS ALSO BEING QUESTIONED. STATE OFFICIALS SAY A TEACHER
QUESTIONED. STATE OFFICIALS SAY A TEACHER ACCEPTED $700 FROM A STUDENT IN
STATE OFFICIALS SAY A TEACHER ACCEPTED $700 FROM A STUDENT IN EXCHANGE FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT OF
ACCEPTED $700 FROM A STUDENT IN EXCHANGE FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT OF THE HE HADN'T EARNED.
EXCHANGE FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT OF THE HE HADN'T EARNED. BUT DON'T CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE
THE HE HADN'T EARNED. BUT DON'T CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE SPONSOR AGENCIES THAT ARE
BUT DON'T CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE SPONSOR AGENCIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING AND
SPONSOR AGENCIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING AND OVERSEEING THEIR ACTIVITIES,
SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING AND OVERSEEING THEIR ACTIVITIES, MARY?
OVERSEEING THEIR ACTIVITIES, MARY? THEY DO, AND UMKC WAS THE ONE
MARY? THEY DO, AND UMKC WAS THE ONE INVOLVED HERE, AND THEY HAVE
THEY DO, AND UMKC WAS THE ONE INVOLVED HERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN -- WITH GORDON PARKS, WHEN
INVOLVED HERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN -- WITH GORDON PARKS, WHEN THAT CAME UP LAST YEAR, ANOTHER
BEEN -- WITH GORDON PARKS, WHEN THAT CAME UP LAST YEAR, ANOTHER CHARTER SCHOOL, THAT WAS GOING
THAT CAME UP LAST YEAR, ANOTHER CHARTER SCHOOL, THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE THEIR CHARTER REVOKED
CHARTER SCHOOL, THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE THEIR CHARTER REVOKED AND PULLED, THAT CAME UP IN THE
TO HAVE THEIR CHARTER REVOKED AND PULLED, THAT CAME UP IN THE STATE CONVERSATIONS OF WHO IS
AND PULLED, THAT CAME UP IN THE STATE CONVERSATIONS OF WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE, AT WHAT POINT
STATE CONVERSATIONS OF WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE STATE -- ARE THEY ABLE
REALLY IN CHARGE, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE STATE -- ARE THEY ABLE TO COME IN AND HOLD THE AGENCY,
DOES THE STATE -- ARE THEY ABLE TO COME IN AND HOLD THE AGENCY, LIKE THE UMKC, THE SPONSORING
TO COME IN AND HOLD THE AGENCY, LIKE THE UMKC, THE SPONSORING AGENCY, ACCOUNTABLE, OR IS IT ON
LIKE THE UMKC, THE SPONSORING AGENCY, ACCOUNTABLE, OR IS IT ON THE SCHOOL?
AGENCY, ACCOUNTABLE, OR IS IT ON THE SCHOOL? WHO IS INVOLVED IN WHAT?
THE SCHOOL? WHO IS INVOLVED IN WHAT? THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUES OF
WHO IS INVOLVED IN WHAT? THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUES OF BOARD GOVERNMENTS.
THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUES OF BOARD GOVERNMENTS. THAT CAME UP WITH THE DERRICK
BOARD GOVERNMENTS. THAT CAME UP WITH THE DERRICK THOMAS ACADEMY AND ALL OF THEIR
THAT CAME UP WITH THE DERRICK THOMAS ACADEMY AND ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS.
THOMAS ACADEMY AND ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS. THE BOARD IN MY VIEW SHOULD HAVE
PROBLEMS. THE BOARD IN MY VIEW SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE
THE BOARD IN MY VIEW SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE,
BEEN FAR MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE, SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE, SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, AND THEY'RE STILL
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS ON
ENTITIES, AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS ON FIRST BASE, WHO IS IN CHARGE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS ON FIRST BASE, WHO IS IN CHARGE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CHARTERS.
FIRST BASE, WHO IS IN CHARGE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CHARTERS. IT SHOULD BE A COMPILATION OF
WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CHARTERS. IT SHOULD BE A COMPILATION OF EVERYONE SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF
IT SHOULD BE A COMPILATION OF EVERYONE SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF EYES AND EARS ON THEM.
EVERYONE SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF EYES AND EARS ON THEM. STACEY.
EYES AND EARS ON THEM. STACEY. THEIR CHARTER IS UP FOR THE
STACEY. THEIR CHARTER IS UP FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.
THEIR CHARTER IS UP FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. UMKC WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE
END OF THE YEAR. UMKC WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, SO THERE IS A
UMKC WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, SO THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTION RIGHT NOW
REVIEW PROCESS, SO THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTION RIGHT NOW WHETHER OR NOT HOPE ACADEMY WILL
LOT OF QUESTION RIGHT NOW WHETHER OR NOT HOPE ACADEMY WILL BE AROUND AT LEAST AS A UMKC
WHETHER OR NOT HOPE ACADEMY WILL BE AROUND AT LEAST AS A UMKC CHARTER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.
BE AROUND AT LEAST AS A UMKC CHARTER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS SO
CHARTER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS SO UNFORTUNATE, HOPE ACADEMY WAS
ONE OF THE THINGS SO UNFORTUNATE, HOPE ACADEMY WAS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD DROPPED
UNFORTUNATE, HOPE ACADEMY WAS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD DROPPED OUT, AND THE AUDACITY OF THE
FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD DROPPED OUT, AND THE AUDACITY OF THE BOARD AT THAT SCHOOL TO THINK
OUT, AND THE AUDACITY OF THE BOARD AT THAT SCHOOL TO THINK THEY COULD PUSH THE NUMBERS OF
BOARD AT THAT SCHOOL TO THINK THEY COULD PUSH THE NUMBERS OF ATTENDANCE AT 99.5% AND IT
THEY COULD PUSH THE NUMBERS OF ATTENDANCE AT 99.5% AND IT WOULDN'T RAISE AN EYEBROW, IN
ATTENDANCE AT 99.5% AND IT WOULDN'T RAISE AN EYEBROW, IN THIS INSTANCE THE SCHOOL WOULD
WOULDN'T RAISE AN EYEBROW, IN THIS INSTANCE THE SCHOOL WOULD GET MORE FUNDING BASED ON
THIS INSTANCE THE SCHOOL WOULD GET MORE FUNDING BASED ON ATTENDANCE, AND IF THEY WERE
GET MORE FUNDING BASED ON ATTENDANCE, AND IF THEY WERE FUDGING THOSE NUMBERS, AND
ATTENDANCE, AND IF THEY WERE FUDGING THOSE NUMBERS, AND THERE'S EVIDENCE FOR THAT, I
FUDGING THOSE NUMBERS, AND THERE'S EVIDENCE FOR THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD SUSPECT TO SEE
THERE'S EVIDENCE FOR THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD SUSPECT TO SEE POSSIBLY STATE CHARGES FOR FRAUD
THINK WE SHOULD SUSPECT TO SEE POSSIBLY STATE CHARGES FOR FRAUD AGAINST WHOEVER WAS THERE.
POSSIBLY STATE CHARGES FOR FRAUD AGAINST WHOEVER WAS THERE. WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THAT THE
AGAINST WHOEVER WAS THERE. WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE COO AND CFO
WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE COO AND CFO HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED ON
SUPERINTENDENT, THE COO AND CFO HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THAT COULD BE A STORY THAT PLAYS
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THAT COULD BE A STORY THAT PLAYS OUT FOR A WHILE AND WE COULD
THAT COULD BE A STORY THAT PLAYS OUT FOR A WHILE AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE CRIMINAL
OUT FOR A WHILE AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE CRIMINAL CHARGES.
POTENTIALLY SEE CRIMINAL CHARGES. DOES THIS SHOW, THOUGH, THE
CHARGES. DOES THIS SHOW, THOUGH, THE FACT THAT THE STATE WAS GOING
DOES THIS SHOW, THOUGH, THE FACT THAT THE STATE WAS GOING AND DOING SURPRISE VISITS LIKE
FACT THAT THE STATE WAS GOING AND DOING SURPRISE VISITS LIKE AT THIS CHARTER SHOW THAT THE
AND DOING SURPRISE VISITS LIKE AT THIS CHARTER SHOW THAT THE LAW IS ACTUALLY WORKING, THOUGH,
AT THIS CHARTER SHOW THAT THE LAW IS ACTUALLY WORKING, THOUGH, AND THAT THERE IS A CLAMP-DOWN
LAW IS ACTUALLY WORKING, THOUGH, AND THAT THERE IS A CLAMP-DOWN ON CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
AND THAT THERE IS A CLAMP-DOWN ON CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI?
ON CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI? WELL, IT WORKED POTENTIALLY
OF MISSOURI? WELL, IT WORKED POTENTIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, NICK,
WELL, IT WORKED POTENTIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, NICK, BUT I THINK EVEN THE
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, NICK, BUT I THINK EVEN THE ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE
BUT I THINK EVEN THE ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WOULD
ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WOULD TELL YOU THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WOULD TELL YOU THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO ALL THE SUPERVISION
TELL YOU THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO ALL THE SUPERVISION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, DONE, AND
PEOPLE TO DO ALL THE SUPERVISION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, DONE, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS PLAYS INTO
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, DONE, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS PLAYS INTO SOME DISCUSSION YOU MAY SEE NEXT
AGAIN, I THINK THIS PLAYS INTO SOME DISCUSSION YOU MAY SEE NEXT YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE
SOME DISCUSSION YOU MAY SEE NEXT YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE SCHOOL CHOICE IS ONE OF THE
YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE SCHOOL CHOICE IS ONE OF THE GREAT SORT OF DEFAULT OPTIONS
SCHOOL CHOICE IS ONE OF THE GREAT SORT OF DEFAULT OPTIONS FOR PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION IN
GREAT SORT OF DEFAULT OPTIONS FOR PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION IN PLACES LIKE KANSAS CITY,
FOR PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION IN PLACES LIKE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND TO THE DEGREE
PLACES LIKE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND TO THE DEGREE THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT
MISSOURI, AND TO THE DEGREE THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT CHARTERS OR OTHER SCHOOLS
THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT CHARTERS OR OTHER SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PROCESS ARE
CHARTERS OR OTHER SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PROCESS ARE DOING NO BETTER THAN THE PUBLIC
OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PROCESS ARE DOING NO BETTER THAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT IDEA OF SCHOOL
DOING NO BETTER THAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT IDEA OF SCHOOL CHOICE MAY GO DOWN IN SOME
SCHOOLS, THAT IDEA OF SCHOOL CHOICE MAY GO DOWN IN SOME LEGISLATOR'S EYES.
CHOICE MAY GO DOWN IN SOME LEGISLATOR'S EYES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT,
LEGISLATOR'S EYES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT, BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THREE OF THE
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT, BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THREE OF THE ACADEMIES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THREE OF THE ACADEMIES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY, CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOPE
ACADEMIES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY, CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOPE ACADEMY, GORDON PARKS AND
RECENTLY, CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOPE ACADEMY, GORDON PARKS AND DERRICK THOMAS ACADEMY.
ACADEMY, GORDON PARKS AND DERRICK THOMAS ACADEMY. ALL OF THEM HAD TROUBLE WITH
DERRICK THOMAS ACADEMY. ALL OF THEM HAD TROUBLE WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,
ALL OF THEM HAD TROUBLE WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOPE ACADEMY.
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOPE ACADEMY. 80% WERE NOT PROFICIENT IN
HOPE ACADEMY. 80% WERE NOT PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS.
80% WERE NOT PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS. AROUND 8 0 TO 90% WERE NOT
ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS. AROUND 8 0 TO 90% WERE NOT PROFICIENT IN MATH.
AROUND 8 0 TO 90% WERE NOT PROFICIENT IN MATH. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PROBLEMS
PROFICIENT IN MATH. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A BETTER
WITH THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE FOR STUDENTS, AND
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE FOR STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE NOT KEEPING UP THAT
ALTERNATIVE FOR STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE NOT KEEPING UP THAT PROMISE.
THEY'RE NOT KEEPING UP THAT PROMISE. THERE DOES NEED TO BE GREATER
PROMISE. THERE DOES NEED TO BE GREATER OVERSIGHT BY DESSE.
THERE DOES NEED TO BE GREATER OVERSIGHT BY DESSE. COULD ONE OF KANSAS CITY'S
OVERSIGHT BY DESSE. COULD ONE OF KANSAS CITY'S OLDEST AND MOST ICONIC
COULD ONE OF KANSAS CITY'S OLDEST AND MOST ICONIC INDEPENDENT MOVIE THEATERS BE
OLDEST AND MOST ICONIC INDEPENDENT MOVIE THEATERS BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN?
INDEPENDENT MOVIE THEATERS BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN? THE TIVOLI THEATER IN WESTPORT
FORCED TO SHUT DOWN? THE TIVOLI THEATER IN WESTPORT SAY IT'S GO DIGITAL OR GO DARK.
THE TIVOLI THEATER IN WESTPORT SAY IT'S GO DIGITAL OR GO DARK. BY YEAR'S END, MOVIES WILL NO
SAY IT'S GO DIGITAL OR GO DARK. BY YEAR'S END, MOVIES WILL NO LONGER BE MADE IN 33-MILLIMETER
BY YEAR'S END, MOVIES WILL NO LONGER BE MADE IN 33-MILLIMETER FILM.
LONGER BE MADE IN 33-MILLIMETER FILM. THAT MEANS ANY THEATER THAT HAS
FILM. THAT MEANS ANY THEATER THAT HAS NOT CONVERTED TO THE NEW
THAT MEANS ANY THEATER THAT HAS NOT CONVERTED TO THE NEW INDUSTRY MANDATED DIGITAL
NOT CONVERTED TO THE NEW INDUSTRY MANDATED DIGITAL PROJECTION SYSTEM WILL BE OUT OF
INDUSTRY MANDATED DIGITAL PROJECTION SYSTEM WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS.
PROJECTION SYSTEM WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS. WITH A PRICE TAG OF OVER $70,000
BUSINESS. WITH A PRICE TAG OF OVER $70,000 PER AUDITORIUM, THAT'S $210,000
WITH A PRICE TAG OF OVER $70,000 PER AUDITORIUM, THAT'S $210,000 TO THE TIVOLI.
PER AUDITORIUM, THAT'S $210,000 TO THE TIVOLI. THEY'VE LAUNCHED A KICK STARTER
TO THE TIVOLI. THEY'VE LAUNCHED A KICK STARTER INTERNET CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND
THEY'VE LAUNCHED A KICK STARTER INTERNET CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND RAISE THE MONEY.
INTERNET CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND RAISE THE MONEY. THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER MOVIE
RAISE THE MONEY. THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER MOVIE THEATERS WITH PLENTY SCREENS
THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER MOVIE THEATERS WITH PLENTY SCREENS HERE IN KANSAS CITY.
THEATERS WITH PLENTY SCREENS HERE IN KANSAS CITY. IS THE TIVOLI WORTH SAVING?
HERE IN KANSAS CITY. IS THE TIVOLI WORTH SAVING? ABSOLUTELY.
IS THE TIVOLI WORTH SAVING? ABSOLUTELY. INDEPENDENT FILMS,
ABSOLUTELY. INDEPENDENT FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS YOU ARE
INDEPENDENT FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS YOU ARE LIKELY NOT TO SEE ANYWHERE ELSE.
DOCUMENTARIES, FILMS YOU ARE LIKELY NOT TO SEE ANYWHERE ELSE. TWO GREAT DOCUMENTARIES RIGHT
LIKELY NOT TO SEE ANYWHERE ELSE. TWO GREAT DOCUMENTARIES RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THEM MUSCLE SHOALS
TWO GREAT DOCUMENTARIES RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THEM MUSCLE SHOALS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ON
NOW, ONE OF THEM MUSCLE SHOALS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ON ANY OTHER SCREENS.
THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ON ANY OTHER SCREENS. IF THIS GOES DARK, WHAT A LOSS
ANY OTHER SCREENS. IF THIS GOES DARK, WHAT A LOSS IN OUR CITY.
IF THIS GOES DARK, WHAT A LOSS IN OUR CITY. US STONEWALL UPRISING, A GREAT
IN OUR CITY. US STONEWALL UPRISING, A GREAT DOCUMENTARY YOU OFFERED FOR FREE
US STONEWALL UPRISING, A GREAT DOCUMENTARY YOU OFFERED FOR FREE FOR PEOPLE TO COME OVER THERE
DOCUMENTARY YOU OFFERED FOR FREE FOR PEOPLE TO COME OVER THERE AND SEE, GREAT THINGS THAT GO ON
FOR PEOPLE TO COME OVER THERE AND SEE, GREAT THINGS THAT GO ON THERE IN TERMS OF FILMS AND ARTS
AND SEE, GREAT THINGS THAT GO ON THERE IN TERMS OF FILMS AND ARTS THAT WILL GO AWAY.
THERE IN TERMS OF FILMS AND ARTS THAT WILL GO AWAY. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE STEP UP.
THAT WILL GO AWAY. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE STEP UP. IT IS A LARGE COMMITMENT
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE STEP UP. IT IS A LARGE COMMITMENT MONETARILY.
IT IS A LARGE COMMITMENT MONETARILY. I THINK THERE -- THEY ARE AROUND
MONETARILY. I THINK THERE -- THEY ARE AROUND 140, $150,000 SHORT IN KEEPING
I THINK THERE -- THEY ARE AROUND 140, $150,000 SHORT IN KEEPING THE THEATER OPEN.
140, $150,000 SHORT IN KEEPING THE THEATER OPEN. THERE ARE ONLY MAYBE TWO OTHER
THE THEATER OPEN. THERE ARE ONLY MAYBE TWO OTHER THEATERS THAT OFFER THIS KIND OF
THERE ARE ONLY MAYBE TWO OTHER THEATERS THAT OFFER THIS KIND OF THING IN KANSAS CITY, AND NONE
THEATERS THAT OFFER THIS KIND OF THING IN KANSAS CITY, AND NONE IN THE DOWNTOWN METRO, SO THIS
THING IN KANSAS CITY, AND NONE IN THE DOWNTOWN METRO, SO THIS WILL BE A HUGE LOSS.
IN THE DOWNTOWN METRO, SO THIS WILL BE A HUGE LOSS. THERE MUST BE OTHER THEATERS,
WILL BE A HUGE LOSS. THERE MUST BE OTHER THEATERS, THOUGH, THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM
THERE MUST BE OTHER THEATERS, THOUGH, THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM OF GOING DIGITAL.
THOUGH, THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM OF GOING DIGITAL. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THEATER
OF GOING DIGITAL. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THEATER THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THEATER THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM PRESUMABLY.
THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM PRESUMABLY. WELL, NO.
PRESUMABLY. WELL, NO. IT WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTING THAT
WELL, NO. IT WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU SAY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU SAY. THERE WAS A DRIVE-IN THEATER OUT
YOU SAY. THERE WAS A DRIVE-IN THEATER OUT IN KANSAS THAT HAD THE SAME
THERE WAS A DRIVE-IN THEATER OUT IN KANSAS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.
IN KANSAS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS A SMALL MOM AND POP
PROBLEM. IT WAS A SMALL MOM AND POP ORGANIZATION, AND THEY GOT
IT WAS A SMALL MOM AND POP ORGANIZATION, AND THEY GOT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO STEP
ORGANIZATION, AND THEY GOT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO STEP UP AND RAISE MONEY HERE.
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO STEP UP AND RAISE MONEY HERE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE
UP AND RAISE MONEY HERE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIGGER THEATERS, LIKE THE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIGGER THEATERS, LIKE THE THEATERS WITH MORE TICKET SALES
BIGGER THEATERS, LIKE THE THEATERS WITH MORE TICKET SALES OR BIG CHAINS, IT'S NOT AS BIG
THEATERS WITH MORE TICKET SALES OR BIG CHAINS, IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A COMMITMENT, BECAUSE THEY
OR BIG CHAINS, IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A COMMITMENT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LARGER TICKET PRICE, MAKE
OF A COMMITMENT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LARGER TICKET PRICE, MAKE MORE OF A PROFIT.
HAVE LARGER TICKET PRICE, MAKE MORE OF A PROFIT. FOR SOMEONE LIKE THE TIVOLI,
MORE OF A PROFIT. FOR SOMEONE LIKE THE TIVOLI, WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED, THAT
FOR SOMEONE LIKE THE TIVOLI, WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED, THAT IS A BIG INVESTMENT.
WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED, THAT IS A BIG INVESTMENT. HOPEFULLY IT STAYS OPEN.
IS A BIG INVESTMENT. HOPEFULLY IT STAYS OPEN. IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I
HOPEFULLY IT STAYS OPEN. IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I SUGGEST THEY GO DOWN AND SEE IT
IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I SUGGEST THEY GO DOWN AND SEE IT AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF GEM
SUGGEST THEY GO DOWN AND SEE IT AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF GEM THIS IS.
AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF GEM THIS IS. NO EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH
THIS IS. NO EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH KICK STARTERS.
NO EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH KICK STARTERS. IS THAT AN ODD WAY TO BE RAISING
KICK STARTERS. IS THAT AN ODD WAY TO BE RAISING MONEY TO TRY TO SAVE A THEATER?
IS THAT AN ODD WAY TO BE RAISING MONEY TO TRY TO SAVE A THEATER? I THINK IT'S ONE WAY.
MONEY TO TRY TO SAVE A THEATER? I THINK IT'S ONE WAY. IT SEEMS LIKE A GIANT FUNDRAISER
I THINK IT'S ONE WAY. IT SEEMS LIKE A GIANT FUNDRAISER WOULD BE WONDERFUL, IF THEY
IT SEEMS LIKE A GIANT FUNDRAISER WOULD BE WONDERFUL, IF THEY COULD ALSO DO THAT IN
WOULD BE WONDERFUL, IF THEY COULD ALSO DO THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE KICK
COULD ALSO DO THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE KICK STARTER.
COLLABORATION WITH THE KICK STARTER. PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE KICK
STARTER. PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE KICK STARTER IS THAT YOU PROMISE THE
PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE KICK STARTER IS THAT YOU PROMISE THE MONEY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
STARTER IS THAT YOU PROMISE THE MONEY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT UNLESS THEY ACTUALLY
MONEY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT UNLESS THEY ACTUALLY REACH THE GOAL.
GIVE IT UNLESS THEY ACTUALLY REACH THE GOAL. SO THEY EITHER REACH THE GOAL OR
REACH THE GOAL. SO THEY EITHER REACH THE GOAL OR THEY DON'T REACH THE GOAL.
SO THEY EITHER REACH THE GOAL OR THEY DON'T REACH THE GOAL. THERE'S NO WELL, WE GOT PARTWAY
THEY DON'T REACH THE GOAL. THERE'S NO WELL, WE GOT PARTWAY THERE, AND THEN LET'S ALSO PILE
THERE'S NO WELL, WE GOT PARTWAY THERE, AND THEN LET'S ALSO PILE ON WITH ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE.
THERE, AND THEN LET'S ALSO PILE ON WITH ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE. IT'S YOU MAKE IT OR YOU DON'T,
ON WITH ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE. IT'S YOU MAKE IT OR YOU DON'T, AND THAT'S A LITTLE DICEY.
IT'S YOU MAKE IT OR YOU DON'T, AND THAT'S A LITTLE DICEY. THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY FOR THEM
AND THAT'S A LITTLE DICEY. THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY FOR THEM TO BE HANGING ON THAT.
THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY FOR THEM TO BE HANGING ON THAT. BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE HALFWAY
TO BE HANGING ON THAT. BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE HALFWAY TOWARDS THE GOAL RIGHT NOW, AND
BUT THEY SAY THEY'RE HALFWAY TOWARDS THE GOAL RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING THIS
TOWARDS THE GOAL RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING THIS THIS WEEK?
THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING THIS THIS WEEK? RIGHT, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THIS WEEK? RIGHT, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S GOTTEN SOME SPIN AND
RIGHT, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S GOTTEN SOME SPIN AND POSITIVE COVERAGE IN THE PRESS
IT'S GOTTEN SOME SPIN AND POSITIVE COVERAGE IN THE PRESS THIS WEEK.
POSITIVE COVERAGE IN THE PRESS THIS WEEK. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THIS WEEK. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, BUT IT'S STILL A LARGE
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, BUT IT'S STILL A LARGE HILL FOR THEM TO CLIMB.
IT NOW, BUT IT'S STILL A LARGE HILL FOR THEM TO CLIMB. FORMER MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN
HILL FOR THEM TO CLIMB. FORMER MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN IKE SKELETON WAS LAID TO REST
FORMER MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN IKE SKELETON WAS LAID TO REST THIS WEEK.
IKE SKELETON WAS LAID TO REST THIS WEEK. WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
THIS WEEK. WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT HIS PASSING LAST WEEK AS
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT HIS PASSING LAST WEEK AS WE WERE DEBATING THE MEDICAL
ABOUT HIS PASSING LAST WEEK AS WE WERE DEBATING THE MEDICAL RESEARCH TAX ON THIS HIM
WE WERE DEBATING THE MEDICAL RESEARCH TAX ON THIS HIM PRACTICE, BUT SKELETON SPENT 34
RESEARCH TAX ON THIS HIM PRACTICE, BUT SKELETON SPENT 34 YEARS REPRESENTING THE FOURTH
PRACTICE, BUT SKELETON SPENT 34 YEARS REPRESENTING THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF MISSOURI IN THE U.S.
YEARS REPRESENTING THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF MISSOURI IN THE U.S. CONGRESS.
DISTRICT OF MISSOURI IN THE U.S. CONGRESS. HIS LEGACY IS WHAT, DAVE
CONGRESS. HIS LEGACY IS WHAT, DAVE HELLING?
HIS LEGACY IS WHAT, DAVE HELLING? A LEGACY OF STRONG SUPPORT
HELLING? A LEGACY OF STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY.
A LEGACY OF STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY. HE WAS A THROW-BACK, THE
FOR THE MILITARY. HE WAS A THROW-BACK, THE SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT.
HE WAS A THROW-BACK, THE SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT. YOU DON'T SEE THOSE MUCH ANYMORE
SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT. YOU DON'T SEE THOSE MUCH ANYMORE IN NATIONAL POLITICS, AND HE WAS
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE MUCH ANYMORE IN NATIONAL POLITICS, AND HE WAS DEDICATED TO SERVING HIS
IN NATIONAL POLITICS, AND HE WAS DEDICATED TO SERVING HIS DISTRICT.
DEDICATED TO SERVING HIS DISTRICT. I WROTE A COLUMN THIS WEEK THAT
DISTRICT. I WROTE A COLUMN THIS WEEK THAT SUGGESTED THAT TREND IS GOING
I WROTE A COLUMN THIS WEEK THAT SUGGESTED THAT TREND IS GOING AWAY, TOO.
SUGGESTED THAT TREND IS GOING AWAY, TOO. PEOPLE ARE NOW ELECTED ON THE
AWAY, TOO. PEOPLE ARE NOW ELECTED ON THE BASIS OF IDEOLOGY MORE THAN THEY
PEOPLE ARE NOW ELECTED ON THE BASIS OF IDEOLOGY MORE THAN THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
BASIS OF IDEOLOGY MORE THAN THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU WERE AT THE FUNERAL THIS
ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU WERE AT THE FUNERAL THIS WEEK, BILL.
YOU WERE AT THE FUNERAL THIS WEEK, BILL. I WAS NOT AT THE FUNERAL.
WEEK, BILL. I WAS NOT AT THE FUNERAL. WE COVERED IT WITH A REPORTER
I WAS NOT AT THE FUNERAL. WE COVERED IT WITH A REPORTER PARTNER.
WE COVERED IT WITH A REPORTER PARTNER. I THINK ONE OF IKE SKELETON'S
PARTNER. I THINK ONE OF IKE SKELETON'S BIG CAREER POINTS WILL BE
I THINK ONE OF IKE SKELETON'S BIG CAREER POINTS WILL BE CIVILITY.
BIG CAREER POINTS WILL BE CIVILITY. I HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS
CIVILITY. I HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM ABOUT THAT.
I HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM ABOUT THAT. ALTHOUGH HE WAS CAUGHT ON A LIVE
WITH HIM ABOUT THAT. ALTHOUGH HE WAS CAUGHT ON A LIVE MIC ONE TIME REFERRING TO AN OWE
ALTHOUGH HE WAS CAUGHT ON A LIVE MIC ONE TIME REFERRING TO AN OWE OPPONENT WITH AN EXPLETIVE, FOR
MIC ONE TIME REFERRING TO AN OWE OPPONENT WITH AN EXPLETIVE, FOR THE MOST PART HE WAS APPALLED AT
OPPONENT WITH AN EXPLETIVE, FOR THE MOST PART HE WAS APPALLED AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON
THE MOST PART HE WAS APPALLED AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW. HE LIKED THE PROCESS.
RIGHT NOW. HE LIKED THE PROCESS. HE LIKED THE PROCESS OF
HE LIKED THE PROCESS. HE LIKED THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING ALL THE POINTS, EVEN
HE LIKED THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING ALL THE POINTS, EVEN WITH PEOPLE HE DIDN'T AGREE
CONSIDERING ALL THE POINTS, EVEN WITH PEOPLE HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH.
WITH PEOPLE HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH. YOU DON'T FIND MUCH OF THAT
WITH. YOU DON'T FIND MUCH OF THAT ANYMORE, AND SO IT REALLY IS --
YOU DON'T FIND MUCH OF THAT ANYMORE, AND SO IT REALLY IS -- HE'S NOT JUST A CONSERVATIVE
ANYMORE, AND SO IT REALLY IS -- HE'S NOT JUST A CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT THAT IS AN ENDANGERED
HE'S NOT JUST A CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT THAT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, BUT CIVILITY AS WELL.
DEMOCRAT THAT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, BUT CIVILITY AS WELL. STACEY CAMERON.
SPECIES, BUT CIVILITY AS WELL. STACEY CAMERON. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
STACEY CAMERON. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOU'VE HEARD IN PEOPLE
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOU'VE HEARD IN PEOPLE REMEMBERING CONGRESSMAN SKELETON
YOU'VE HEARD IN PEOPLE REMEMBERING CONGRESSMAN SKELETON WAS HIS SERVICE TO THE MILITARY.
REMEMBERING CONGRESSMAN SKELETON WAS HIS SERVICE TO THE MILITARY. HE HAD WANTED TO SERVE IN THE
WAS HIS SERVICE TO THE MILITARY. HE HAD WANTED TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY, BUT BECAUSE OF POLIO
HE HAD WANTED TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY, BUT BECAUSE OF POLIO AT A YOUNG AGE, HE DIDN'T GET
MILITARY, BUT BECAUSE OF POLIO AT A YOUNG AGE, HE DIDN'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AT A YOUNG AGE, HE DIDN'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT HE WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF
THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT HE WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CIVILIAN SUPPORTERS
BUT HE WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CIVILIAN SUPPORTERS OF THE MILITARY WE'VE SEEN IN
THE GREATEST CIVILIAN SUPPORTERS OF THE MILITARY WE'VE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY OVER THE PAST 20 TO
OF THE MILITARY WE'VE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY OVER THE PAST 20 TO 30 YEARS.
THIS COUNTRY OVER THE PAST 20 TO 30 YEARS. HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
30 YEARS. HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND I
HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND I THINK HIS COMMITMENT TO THE
HOUSE SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND I THINK HIS COMMITMENT TO THE MILITARY IS GOING TO BE SORELY
THINK HIS COMMITMENT TO THE MILITARY IS GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED.
MILITARY IS GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED. ABSOLUTELY.
MISSED. ABSOLUTELY. JUST THAT OLD SCHOOL THAT IS NOW
ABSOLUTELY. JUST THAT OLD SCHOOL THAT IS NOW LITERALLY PASSING TYPE OF
JUST THAT OLD SCHOOL THAT IS NOW LITERALLY PASSING TYPE OF POLITICIAN, WHO DID STAND MORE
LITERALLY PASSING TYPE OF POLITICIAN, WHO DID STAND MORE FOR THEIR AREA, THEIR DISTRICT.
POLITICIAN, WHO DID STAND MORE FOR THEIR AREA, THEIR DISTRICT. HE WORKED SO STRONGLY WITH THE
FOR THEIR AREA, THEIR DISTRICT. HE WORKED SO STRONGLY WITH THE MILITARY.
HE WORKED SO STRONGLY WITH THE MILITARY. THAT WAS HIS CAUSE AS OPPOSED TO
MILITARY. THAT WAS HIS CAUSE AS OPPOSED TO RUNNING ON THIS IDEOLOGY.
THAT WAS HIS CAUSE AS OPPOSED TO RUNNING ON THIS IDEOLOGY. THAT'S THE COUNTRY'S LOSS, NOT
RUNNING ON THIS IDEOLOGY. THAT'S THE COUNTRY'S LOSS, NOT ONLY OF A AN IKE SKELETON, BUT
THAT'S THE COUNTRY'S LOSS, NOT ONLY OF A AN IKE SKELETON, BUT THAT SORT OF MINDSET OF HOW
ONLY OF A AN IKE SKELETON, BUT THAT SORT OF MINDSET OF HOW POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IS
THAT SORT OF MINDSET OF HOW POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. JUST QUICKLY, DYSFUNCTION IN
SUPPOSED TO WORK. JUST QUICKLY, DYSFUNCTION IN WASHINGTON IS ALMOST COMPLETELY
JUST QUICKLY, DYSFUNCTION IN WASHINGTON IS ALMOST COMPLETELY CAUSED BY THE LACK OF IKE
WASHINGTON IS ALMOST COMPLETELY CAUSED BY THE LACK OF IKE SKELETON TYPES WHO ARE STILL IN
CAUSED BY THE LACK OF IKE SKELETON TYPES WHO ARE STILL IN CONGRESS.
SKELETON TYPES WHO ARE STILL IN CONGRESS. YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT MUCH
CONGRESS. YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT MUCH ANYMORE. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN
ANYMORE. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.
AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS
REVIEW. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS, FROM THE KANSAS CITY
OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS, FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR, MARY SANCHEZ AND FROM KCTV
REVIEWERS, FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR, MARY SANCHEZ AND FROM KCTV 5 STACEY CAMERON; FROM KMBZ,
STAR, MARY SANCHEZ AND FROM KCTV 5 STACEY CAMERON; FROM KMBZ, BILL GRADY, AND THE STAR'S DAVE
5 STACEY CAMERON; FROM KMBZ, BILL GRADY, AND THE STAR'S DAVE HELLING.
BILL GRADY, AND THE STAR'S DAVE HELLING. I'M NICK HAINES.
HELLING. I'M NICK HAINES. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT,
I'M NICK HAINES. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT, THANKS FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR
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