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COMING UP, IS T-BONES STADIUM ON THE BRINK OF FORECLOSURE?
STADIUM ON THE BRINK OF FORECLOSURE? WHY WYANDOTTE COUNTY'S UNIFIED
FORECLOSURE? WHY WYANDOTTE COUNTY'S UNIFIED GOVERNMENT IS NOW SPENDING
WHY WYANDOTTE COUNTY'S UNIFIED GOVERNMENT IS NOW SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUY THE
GOVERNMENT IS NOW SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUY THE BALLPARK.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUY THE BALLPARK. GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW
BALLPARK. GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW KANSAS CITY CRIME LAB AND EAST
GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW KANSAS CITY CRIME LAB AND EAST PATROL POLICE BUILDING, BUT EVEN
KANSAS CITY CRIME LAB AND EAST PATROL POLICE BUILDING, BUT EVEN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, WHY
PATROL POLICE BUILDING, BUT EVEN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, WHY IS THE PROJECT ALREADY CLOSE TO
BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, WHY IS THE PROJECT ALREADY CLOSE TO $20 MILLION IN THE HOLE?
IS THE PROJECT ALREADY CLOSE TO $20 MILLION IN THE HOLE? ALSO THIS WEEK, WHY ARE SOME
$20 MILLION IN THE HOLE? ALSO THIS WEEK, WHY ARE SOME MISSOURI LAWMAKERS TRYING TO
ALSO THIS WEEK, WHY ARE SOME MISSOURI LAWMAKERS TRYING TO IMPEACH GOVERNOR JAY NIXON?
MISSOURI LAWMAKERS TRYING TO IMPEACH GOVERNOR JAY NIXON? PLUS, DIGGING INTO SCHOOL
IMPEACH GOVERNOR JAY NIXON? PLUS, DIGGING INTO SCHOOL SPENDING IN KANSAS, AND AFTER
PLUS, DIGGING INTO SCHOOL SPENDING IN KANSAS, AND AFTER DUMPING MORE THAN 3 AND A HALF
SPENDING IN KANSAS, AND AFTER DUMPING MORE THAN 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE FORMER
DUMPING MORE THAN 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE FORMER KING LOUIE BOWLING ALLEY IN
MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE FORMER KING LOUIE BOWLING ALLEY IN OVERLAND PARK, ONCE TOUTED AS
KING LOUIE BOWLING ALLEY IN OVERLAND PARK, ONCE TOUTED AS THE FUTURE HOME OF A NATIONAL
OVERLAND PARK, ONCE TOUTED AS THE FUTURE HOME OF A NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA, WHY ARE
THE FUTURE HOME OF A NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA, WHY ARE JOHNSON COUNTY LEADERS NOW
MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA, WHY ARE JOHNSON COUNTY LEADERS NOW BRINGING THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO A
JOHNSON COUNTY LEADERS NOW BRINGING THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO A SCREECHING HALT?
BRINGING THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO A SCREECHING HALT? HELLO, EVERYONE.
SCREECHING HALT? HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M NICK HAINES, AND WE ARE
HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M NICK HAINES, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU WITH US
I'M NICK HAINES, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN ON THE PROGRAM THAT GOES
DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN ON THE PROGRAM THAT GOES BEYOND THE SOUNDBITE AND TAKES
AGAIN ON THE PROGRAM THAT GOES BEYOND THE SOUNDBITE AND TAKES YOU BEHIND THE HEADLINES, MAKING
BEYOND THE SOUNDBITE AND TAKES YOU BEHIND THE HEADLINES, MAKING NEWS IN KANSAS CITY.
YOU BEHIND THE HEADLINES, MAKING NEWS IN KANSAS CITY. DISSECTING THOSE STORIES THIS
NEWS IN KANSAS CITY. DISSECTING THOSE STORIES THIS WEEK IN A PITHY, ENGAGING AND
DISSECTING THOSE STORIES THIS WEEK IN A PITHY, ENGAGING AND INSIGHTFUL WAY, FROM 41 ACTION
WEEK IN A PITHY, ENGAGING AND INSIGHTFUL WAY, FROM 41 ACTION NEWS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
INSIGHTFUL WAY, FROM 41 ACTION NEWS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER RYAN KATH, FROM THE EDITORIAL
NEWS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER RYAN KATH, FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR,
RYAN KATH, FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR, BARBARA SHELLY; STAR POLITICAL
PAGES OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR, BARBARA SHELLY; STAR POLITICAL REPORTER, BLOGGER AND COLUMN IKS
BARBARA SHELLY; STAR POLITICAL REPORTER, BLOGGER AND COLUMN IKS DAVE HELLING, AND KCTV 5 CHIEF
REPORTER, BLOGGER AND COLUMN IKS DAVE HELLING, AND KCTV 5 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER STACEY
DAVE HELLING, AND KCTV 5 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER STACEY CAMERON.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER STACEY CAMERON. HOME RUN OR STRIKEOUT?
CAMERON. HOME RUN OR STRIKEOUT? THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF
HOME RUN OR STRIKEOUT? THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY ANNOUNCED THIS
THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THEY'RE GETTING READY TO
WYANDOTTE COUNTY ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BUY COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK,
WEEK THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BUY COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK, THE HOME OF THE T-BONES IN AN
BUY COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK, THE HOME OF THE T-BONES IN AN 8 MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL.
THE HOME OF THE T-BONES IN AN 8 MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL. THE MOVE IS SURPRISING ENOUGH,
8 MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL. THE MOVE IS SURPRISING ENOUGH, BUT AS RYAN KATH FROM 41 ACTION
THE MOVE IS SURPRISING ENOUGH, BUT AS RYAN KATH FROM 41 ACTION NEWS UNCOVERED THIS WEEK, THE
BUT AS RYAN KATH FROM 41 ACTION NEWS UNCOVERED THIS WEEK, THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
NEWS UNCOVERED THIS WEEK, THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SECRETLY BAILING OUT THE T-BONES
UNIFIED GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SECRETLY BAILING OUT THE T-BONES FOR SOME TIME.
SECRETLY BAILING OUT THE T-BONES FOR SOME TIME. THE OWNERS OF THE T-BONES
FOR SOME TIME. THE OWNERS OF THE T-BONES BROUGHT THE TEAM TO KANSAS CITY
THE OWNERS OF THE T-BONES BROUGHT THE TEAM TO KANSAS CITY A DECADE AGO AND FINANCED
BROUGHT THE TEAM TO KANSAS CITY A DECADE AGO AND FINANCED COMMUNITY EARK BALLPARK --
A DECADE AGO AND FINANCED COMMUNITY EARK BALLPARK -- AMERICA BALLPARK WITH PRIVATE
COMMUNITY EARK BALLPARK -- AMERICA BALLPARK WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS.
AMERICA BALLPARK WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS. THE TEAM PRESIDENT TOLD ME THE
DOLLARS. THE TEAM PRESIDENT TOLD ME THE ECONOMIC MODEL IS NOW STRIKING
THE TEAM PRESIDENT TOLD ME THE ECONOMIC MODEL IS NOW STRIKING OUT.
ECONOMIC MODEL IS NOW STRIKING OUT. PRIVATELY FUNDED STADIUMS
OUT. PRIVATELY FUNDED STADIUMS SIMPLY DO NOT SUSTAIN
PRIVATELY FUNDED STADIUMS SIMPLY DO NOT SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.
SIMPLY DO NOT SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. SO THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT IS
THEMSELVES. SO THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE WITH AN
SO THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE WITH AN OFFER TO BUY THE BALLPARK WITH
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE WITH AN OFFER TO BUY THE BALLPARK WITH SALES TAX REVENUE.
OFFER TO BUY THE BALLPARK WITH SALES TAX REVENUE. WHEN 41 ACTION NEWS
SALES TAX REVENUE. WHEN 41 ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED YOUR
WHEN 41 ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED YOUR MONEY WAS ALREADY SENT IN SECRET
INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED YOUR MONEY WAS ALREADY SENT IN SECRET MONTHS AGO.
MONEY WAS ALREADY SENT IN SECRET MONTHS AGO. DENNIS HAYES MADE THE DECISION
MONTHS AGO. DENNIS HAYES MADE THE DECISION TO PAY $174,000 TO THE BALL TEAM
DENNIS HAYES MADE THE DECISION TO PAY $174,000 TO THE BALL TEAM TO HELP PAY THE MORTGAGE.
TO PAY $174,000 TO THE BALL TEAM TO HELP PAY THE MORTGAGE. 41 ACTION NEWS LEARNS ELECTED
TO HELP PAY THE MORTGAGE. 41 ACTION NEWS LEARNS ELECTED LEADERS DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THE
41 ACTION NEWS LEARNS ELECTED LEADERS DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THE TAXPAYER DEAL UNTIL A CLOSED
LEADERS DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THE TAXPAYER DEAL UNTIL A CLOSED DOOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS
TAXPAYER DEAL UNTIL A CLOSED DOOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS SUMMER.
DOOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS SUMMER. WHY NOT TELL THEM EARLIER?
SUMMER. WHY NOT TELL THEM EARLIER? I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN
WHY NOT TELL THEM EARLIER? I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT. BUT HE SAID IT WAS A
ANSWER THAT. BUT HE SAID IT WAS A COMPLETELY LEGAL BUSINESS
BUT HE SAID IT WAS A COMPLETELY LEGAL BUSINESS MANEUVER FOR KEEP THE TEAM FROM
COMPLETELY LEGAL BUSINESS MANEUVER FOR KEEP THE TEAM FROM FOLDING IN KANSAS CITY.
MANEUVER FOR KEEP THE TEAM FROM FOLDING IN KANSAS CITY. THAT'S GOING TO BE SURPRISING
FOLDING IN KANSAS CITY. THAT'S GOING TO BE SURPRISING FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR.
THAT'S GOING TO BE SURPRISING FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR. THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE FORECLOSED
FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR. THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE FORECLOSED ON?
THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE FORECLOSED ON? RIGHT.
ON? RIGHT. THE STADIUM WOULD HAVE BEEN
RIGHT. THE STADIUM WOULD HAVE BEEN FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE
THE STADIUM WOULD HAVE BEEN FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN MAKING THE BANK
FORECLOSED ON BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN MAKING THE BANK PAYMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
DIFFICULTY IN MAKING THE BANK PAYMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE STADIUM.
PAYMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE STADIUM. SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN IF
STADIUM. SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN IF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT DIDN'T
SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN IF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT DIDN'T STEP IN ON COMMUNITY AMERICA
THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT DIDN'T STEP IN ON COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK?
STEP IN ON COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK? IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.
BALLPARK? IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK. WE ASKED THE.
IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK. WE ASKED THE. IT -- THE T-BONES OWNER ABOUT AN
WE ASKED THE. IT -- THE T-BONES OWNER ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THAT INTERVIEW, AND
IT -- THE T-BONES OWNER ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THAT INTERVIEW, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE IN NO
HOUR AFTER THAT INTERVIEW, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE IN NO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY WHATSOEVER.
THEY SAID THEY WERE IN NO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY WHATSOEVER. WE GOT THE AGREEMENT, AND THERE
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY WHATSOEVER. WE GOT THE AGREEMENT, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS
WE GOT THE AGREEMENT, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS
WERE A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT THE
THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT THE T-BONES OWNERS WERE FACING.
FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT THE T-BONES OWNERS WERE FACING. THE UG WANTED ASSURANCE FROM THE
T-BONES OWNERS WERE FACING. THE UG WANTED ASSURANCE FROM THE BANK THAT THE BANK WAS NOT GOING
THE UG WANTED ASSURANCE FROM THE BANK THAT THE BANK WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE ADVERSE ACTION DURING
BANK THAT THE BANK WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE ADVERSE ACTION DURING THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION
TO TAKE ADVERSE ACTION DURING THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION RESPECT.
THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION RESPECT. THERE WERE ALSO REVELATIONS THAT
RESPECT. THERE WERE ALSO REVELATIONS THAT THE T-BONES OWNERS WERE ABOUT
THERE WERE ALSO REVELATIONS THAT THE T-BONES OWNERS WERE ABOUT $283,000 BEHIND IN DELINQUENT
THE T-BONES OWNERS WERE ABOUT $283,000 BEHIND IN DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
$283,000 BEHIND IN DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES. ANY HINT FROM THE EDITORIAL
PROPERTY TAXES. ANY HINT FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR,
ANY HINT FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR, BARBARA SHELLY, THAT THERE WAS
PAGES OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR, BARBARA SHELLY, THAT THERE WAS ANY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER THERE, AT
BARBARA SHELLY, THAT THERE WAS ANY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER THERE, AT COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK?
ANY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER THERE, AT COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK? THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD
COMMUNITY AMERICA BALLPARK? THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN
THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN ON MY STREAM BEFORE NOW.
OF IT, BUT IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN ON MY STREAM BEFORE NOW. I'LL SAY THIS, I FIND IT
ON MY STREAM BEFORE NOW. I'LL SAY THIS, I FIND IT EXTREMELY UNUNUSUAL THAT IN A
I'LL SAY THIS, I FIND IT EXTREMELY UNUNUSUAL THAT IN A GOVERNMENT THE SIZE OF THE
EXTREMELY UNUNUSUAL THAT IN A GOVERNMENT THE SIZE OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT THE EXECUTIVE
GOVERNMENT THE SIZE OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT THE EXECUTIVE HAS THAT KIND OF DISCRETION TO,
UNIFIED GOVERNMENT THE EXECUTIVE HAS THAT KIND OF DISCRETION TO, TURN OVER A PAYMENT OF $87,000.
HAS THAT KIND OF DISCRETION TO, TURN OVER A PAYMENT OF $87,000. MOST CITIES, SCHOOL BOARDS,
TURN OVER A PAYMENT OF $87,000. MOST CITIES, SCHOOL BOARDS, WHATEVER, WOULD HAVE SOME KIND
MOST CITIES, SCHOOL BOARDS, WHATEVER, WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF POLICY ON HOW MUCH AN
WHATEVER, WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF POLICY ON HOW MUCH AN EXECUTIVE CAN SPEND WITHOUT
OF POLICY ON HOW MUCH AN EXECUTIVE CAN SPEND WITHOUT GOING TO THE COMMISSION FOR
EXECUTIVE CAN SPEND WITHOUT GOING TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
GOING TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. WELL, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES
APPROVAL. WELL, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES DO.
WELL, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES DO. YOU SEE IT IN KANSAS CITY,
DO. YOU SEE IT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WHERE THE CITY MANAGER
YOU SEE IT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WHERE THE CITY MANAGER CAN -- AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY
MISSOURI WHERE THE CITY MANAGER CAN -- AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY 20 OR $25,000.
CAN -- AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY 20 OR $25,000. BUT HE CAN MAKE DECISIONS.
20 OR $25,000. BUT HE CAN MAKE DECISIONS. TO SEE THAT KIND OF MONEY MOVE
BUT HE CAN MAKE DECISIONS. TO SEE THAT KIND OF MONEY MOVE THAT QUICKLY AND WITHOUT THE
TO SEE THAT KIND OF MONEY MOVE THAT QUICKLY AND WITHOUT THE GREATER PART OF THE COMMISSION
THAT QUICKLY AND WITHOUT THE GREATER PART OF THE COMMISSION IS WORRY WORRISOME.
GREATER PART OF THE COMMISSION IS WORRY WORRISOME. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS,
IS WORRY WORRISOME. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, HAVING WORKED IN MINOR LEAGUE
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, HAVING WORKED IN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR A YEAR, WE LEASED
HAVING WORKED IN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR A YEAR, WE LEASED THE STADIUM, AND THE LEASE
BASEBALL FOR A YEAR, WE LEASED THE STADIUM, AND THE LEASE ITSELF WAS THE LARGEST EXPENSE
THE STADIUM, AND THE LEASE ITSELF WAS THE LARGEST EXPENSE THAT THE BALL CLUB HAD.
ITSELF WAS THE LARGEST EXPENSE THAT THE BALL CLUB HAD. WE WERE PROFITABLE OTHER THAN
THAT THE BALL CLUB HAD. WE WERE PROFITABLE OTHER THAN THAT.
WE WERE PROFITABLE OTHER THAN THAT. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
THAT. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ATTENDANCE NEAR WHAT THE T-BONES
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ATTENDANCE NEAR WHAT THE T-BONES HAVE.
ATTENDANCE NEAR WHAT THE T-BONES HAVE. I'M NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE
HAVE. I'M NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT BALLPARK WAS
I'M NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT BALLPARK WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO BANKRUPT THAT
OWNERSHIP OF THAT BALLPARK WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO BANKRUPT THAT TEAM.
POSSIBLY GOING TO BANKRUPT THAT TEAM. THAT IS A HORRIBLE BUSINESS
TEAM. THAT IS A HORRIBLE BUSINESS MODEL, AND IT MAY END UP BEING A
THAT IS A HORRIBLE BUSINESS MODEL, AND IT MAY END UP BEING A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE COUNTY
MODEL, AND IT MAY END UP BEING A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE COUNTY TO COME IN AND BUY THIS THING
GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE COUNTY TO COME IN AND BUY THIS THING FOR $8 MILLION.
TO COME IN AND BUY THIS THING FOR $8 MILLION. BUT THE PROBLEM, IS LIKE RYAN
FOR $8 MILLION. BUT THE PROBLEM, IS LIKE RYAN POINTED OUT, THERE IS NO
BUT THE PROBLEM, IS LIKE RYAN POINTED OUT, THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY IN THESE
POINTED OUT, THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY IN THESE TRANSACTIONS.
TRANSPARENCY IN THESE TRANSACTIONS. IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING
TRANSACTIONS. IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT AFTER THE FACT MILLIONS OF
IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT AFTER THE FACT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS COULD HAVE CHANGED HANDS
THAT AFTER THE FACT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS COULD HAVE CHANGED HANDS BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
DOLLARS COULD HAVE CHANGED HANDS BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ALREADY HAVE.
BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ALREADY HAVE. IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A
ALREADY HAVE. IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL BALL CLUB.
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL BALL CLUB. THE ATTENDANCE HAD BEEN SO
SUCCESSFUL BALL CLUB. THE ATTENDANCE HAD BEEN SO GREAT, RYAN, WHY WOULD THIS EVEN
THE ATTENDANCE HAD BEEN SO GREAT, RYAN, WHY WOULD THIS EVEN BE NECESSARY?
GREAT, RYAN, WHY WOULD THIS EVEN BE NECESSARY? THAT'S WHAT WE KEPT HEARING,
BE NECESSARY? THAT'S WHAT WE KEPT HEARING, THAT THE TEAM ITSELF IS DOING
THAT'S WHAT WE KEPT HEARING, THAT THE TEAM ITSELF IS DOING REALLY WELL, THEY DRAW WELL,
THAT THE TEAM ITSELF IS DOING REALLY WELL, THEY DRAW WELL, HAVE GREAT ATTENDANCE.
REALLY WELL, THEY DRAW WELL, HAVE GREAT ATTENDANCE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO THE
HAVE GREAT ATTENDANCE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO THE FINANCES OF HOW EVERYTHING WENT
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO THE FINANCES OF HOW EVERYTHING WENT DOWN BACK IN 2003 WHEN THE
FINANCES OF HOW EVERYTHING WENT DOWN BACK IN 2003 WHEN THE STADIUM WAS BUILT, HOW MUCH THEY
DOWN BACK IN 2003 WHEN THE STADIUM WAS BUILT, HOW MUCH THEY PUT ON THE LINE FOR THE
STADIUM WAS BUILT, HOW MUCH THEY PUT ON THE LINE FOR THE MORTGAGE, AND I THINK JUST
PUT ON THE LINE FOR THE MORTGAGE, AND I THINK JUST EARLIER TO THE POINT WE WERE
MORTGAGE, AND I THINK JUST EARLIER TO THE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, COUNTY
EARLIER TO THE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DENNIS HAYES HAS
TALKING ABOUT, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DENNIS HAYES HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
ADMINISTRATOR DENNIS HAYES HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. HE'S GIVEN A LOT OF LATITUDE
BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. HE'S GIVEN A LOT OF LATITUDE WITH HIS DECISIONS, AND THAT'S
HE'S GIVEN A LOT OF LATITUDE WITH HIS DECISIONS, AND THAT'S APPARENT WITH THIS MOVE RIGHT
WITH HIS DECISIONS, AND THAT'S APPARENT WITH THIS MOVE RIGHT HERE, BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING, HE
APPARENT WITH THIS MOVE RIGHT HERE, BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING, HE DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSIVE LEGAL
HERE, BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING, HE DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSIVE LEGAL REVIEW BEFORE GOING INTO THAT
DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSIVE LEGAL REVIEW BEFORE GOING INTO THAT SECRET AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE
REVIEW BEFORE GOING INTO THAT SECRET AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DID FOLLOW COUNTY
SECRET AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DID FOLLOW COUNTY POLICY.
THAT IT DID FOLLOW COUNTY POLICY. THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT NOW,
POLICY. THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT NOW, THOUGH, LOOKING AT PURCHASING
THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT NOW, THOUGH, LOOKING AT PURCHASING THE BALLPARK, DAVE HELLING.
THOUGH, LOOKING AT PURCHASING THE BALLPARK, DAVE HELLING. THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT SAYING
THE BALLPARK, DAVE HELLING. THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT SAYING THAT THEM PURCHASING THIS IS NO
THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT SAYING THAT THEM PURCHASING THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S HAPPENING
THAT THEM PURCHASING THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX WHERE THAT IS THE COUNTY,
IN THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX WHERE THAT IS THE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, OWNS THE TRUMAN
WHERE THAT IS THE COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, OWNS THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX.
JACKSON COUNTY, OWNS THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX. BOTH TEAMS, THE ROYALS AND
SPORTS COMPLEX. BOTH TEAMS, THE ROYALS AND CHIEFS, JUST LEASE THOSE
BOTH TEAMS, THE ROYALS AND CHIEFS, JUST LEASE THOSE FACILITIES FROM THE COUNTY.
CHIEFS, JUST LEASE THOSE FACILITIES FROM THE COUNTY. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE?
FACILITIES FROM THE COUNTY. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE? WELL, OF COURSE.
IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE? WELL, OF COURSE. THE COUNTY BUILT THE STADIUMS
WELL, OF COURSE. THE COUNTY BUILT THE STADIUMS OUT AT THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX
THE COUNTY BUILT THE STADIUMS OUT AT THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX ORIGINALLY.
OUT AT THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX ORIGINALLY. THEY DIDN'T BUY THEM FROM
ORIGINALLY. THEY DIDN'T BUY THEM FROM ANYBODY.
THEY DIDN'T BUY THEM FROM ANYBODY. THIS WAS A PRIVATE TRANSACTION
ANYBODY. THIS WAS A PRIVATE TRANSACTION THAT IN ESSENCE THE TAXPAYER IS
THIS WAS A PRIVATE TRANSACTION THAT IN ESSENCE THE TAXPAYER IS GOING TO BAIL THE TEAM OUT ON.
THAT IN ESSENCE THE TAXPAYER IS GOING TO BAIL THE TEAM OUT ON. BUT IT DOES RAISE AN
GOING TO BAIL THE TEAM OUT ON. BUT IT DOES RAISE AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT
BUT IT DOES RAISE AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT QUESTION GOING FORWARD, NICK,
EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT QUESTION GOING FORWARD, NICK, AND THAT IS, ONCE THE COUNTY OR
QUESTION GOING FORWARD, NICK, AND THAT IS, ONCE THE COUNTY OR THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT BUYS THIS
AND THAT IS, ONCE THE COUNTY OR THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT BUYS THIS FACILITY, WHO WILL BE
THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT BUYS THIS FACILITY, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING
FACILITY, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS AND REBUILDING THE STRUCTURE?
MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS AND REBUILDING THE STRUCTURE? THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE EXPENSE
REBUILDING THE STRUCTURE? THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE EXPENSE COMES IN TERMS OF WHAT TAXPAYERS
THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE EXPENSE COMES IN TERMS OF WHAT TAXPAYERS MAY HAVE TO SHELL OUT AS WE HAVE
COMES IN TERMS OF WHAT TAXPAYERS MAY HAVE TO SHELL OUT AS WE HAVE LEARNED, BY THE WAY, OUT AT THE
MAY HAVE TO SHELL OUT AS WE HAVE LEARNED, BY THE WAY, OUT AT THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX, AND I DID
LEARNED, BY THE WAY, OUT AT THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX, AND I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE SOME
TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX, AND I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE SOME E-MAILS WITH MIKE TAYLOR TO GET
HAVE A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE SOME E-MAILS WITH MIKE TAYLOR TO GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING ON THAT,
E-MAILS WITH MIKE TAYLOR TO GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING ON THAT, AND APPARENTLY, IT IS STILL
A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING ON THAT, AND APPARENTLY, IT IS STILL UNDER SOME NEGOTIATION IN TERMS
AND APPARENTLY, IT IS STILL UNDER SOME NEGOTIATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE TEAM WILL BE
UNDER SOME NEGOTIATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR ONGOING
OF WHAT THE TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE, WHAT COUNTY MIGHT
RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE, WHAT COUNTY MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
MAINTENANCE, WHAT COUNTY MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. HE DID SAY THAT OF THE
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. HE DID SAY THAT OF THE 8 MILLION-DOLLAR PURCHASE PRICE,
HE DID SAY THAT OF THE 8 MILLION-DOLLAR PURCHASE PRICE, TWO AND A HALF MILLION WOULD BE
8 MILLION-DOLLAR PURCHASE PRICE, TWO AND A HALF MILLION WOULD BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE, FIVE AND A
TWO AND A HALF MILLION WOULD BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE, FIVE AND A HALF WOULD BE THE ACTUAL COST,
USED FOR MAINTENANCE, FIVE AND A HALF WOULD BE THE ACTUAL COST, AT LEAST BASED ON THE E-MAIL I
HALF WOULD BE THE ACTUAL COST, AT LEAST BASED ON THE E-MAIL I GOT.
AT LEAST BASED ON THE E-MAIL I GOT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO
GOT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. WHAT ARE TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK
PAY ATTENTION TO. WHAT ARE TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR GOING FORWARD?
WHAT ARE TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR GOING FORWARD? TERMS OF SUBSIDIZING REPAIRS,
FOR GOING FORWARD? TERMS OF SUBSIDIZING REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER
TERMS OF SUBSIDIZING REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER MAINTENANCE OUT AT THAT STAIDUM.
IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER MAINTENANCE OUT AT THAT STAIDUM. STADIUM.
MAINTENANCE OUT AT THAT STAIDUM. STADIUM. I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING BEEN
STADIUM. I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING BEEN THE LEGAL COUNCIL FOR OUR BALL
I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING BEEN THE LEGAL COUNCIL FOR OUR BALL CLUB, MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND
THE LEGAL COUNCIL FOR OUR BALL CLUB, MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT WAS ON THE CITY THAT
CLUB, MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT WAS ON THE CITY THAT OWNED THE FACILITY.
IMPROVEMENT WAS ON THE CITY THAT OWNED THE FACILITY. WE AS THE BALL CLUB HAD TO TAKE
OWNED THE FACILITY. WE AS THE BALL CLUB HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS THAT WERE ON THE
WE AS THE BALL CLUB HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS THAT WERE ON THE FIELD, LIKE THE TURF AND THINGS
CARE OF THINGS THAT WERE ON THE FIELD, LIKE THE TURF AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WHEN YOU
FIELD, LIKE THE TURF AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WHEN YOU COME TO MAJOR THINGS, LIKE IF
OF THAT NATURE, BUT WHEN YOU COME TO MAJOR THINGS, LIKE IF THE CONCRETE AND FOUNDATION
COME TO MAJOR THINGS, LIKE IF THE CONCRETE AND FOUNDATION STARTED TO CRACK, IF THE WATER
THE CONCRETE AND FOUNDATION STARTED TO CRACK, IF THE WATER MAINS UNDERNEATH THE STADIUM
STARTED TO CRACK, IF THE WATER MAINS UNDERNEATH THE STADIUM WERE TO FAIL, THOSE ENDED UP
MAINS UNDERNEATH THE STADIUM WERE TO FAIL, THOSE ENDED UP BEING ON THE CITY, AND IN THIS
WERE TO FAIL, THOSE ENDED UP BEING ON THE CITY, AND IN THIS INSTANCE, PROBABLY THE COUNTY.
BEING ON THE CITY, AND IN THIS INSTANCE, PROBABLY THE COUNTY. THE OTHER THING, IS HOW MUCH
INSTANCE, PROBABLY THE COUNTY. THE OTHER THING, IS HOW MUCH WOULD THE T-BONES PAY IN RENT
THE OTHER THING, IS HOW MUCH WOULD THE T-BONES PAY IN RENT GOING FORWARD?
WOULD THE T-BONES PAY IN RENT GOING FORWARD? IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MAKE
GOING FORWARD? IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FACILITY ITSELF PROFITABLE
IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FACILITY ITSELF PROFITABLE FOR THE COUNTY?
THE FACILITY ITSELF PROFITABLE FOR THE COUNTY? I REALLY DOUBT IT.
FOR THE COUNTY? I REALLY DOUBT IT. I THINK THE COUNTY IS GOING TO
I REALLY DOUBT IT. I THINK THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TRY TO SAY THIS IS PROFITABLE
I THINK THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TRY TO SAY THIS IS PROFITABLE FOR KEEPING THE TEAM IN THERE
TRY TO SAY THIS IS PROFITABLE FOR KEEPING THE TEAM IN THERE AND THE TEAM PAYS PAYROLL TAXES
FOR KEEPING THE TEAM IN THERE AND THE TEAM PAYS PAYROLL TAXES AND HAS EMPLOYMENT AND HELPS
AND THE TEAM PAYS PAYROLL TAXES AND HAS EMPLOYMENT AND HELPS SUPPORT SURROUNDING BUSINESS.
AND HAS EMPLOYMENT AND HELPS SUPPORT SURROUNDING BUSINESS. BUT I WILL BE SURPRISED IF THIS
SUPPORT SURROUNDING BUSINESS. BUT I WILL BE SURPRISED IF THIS COUNTY DOESN'T GO IN THE RED IN
BUT I WILL BE SURPRISED IF THIS COUNTY DOESN'T GO IN THE RED IN THE LONG ONE FROM PURCHASING
COUNTY DOESN'T GO IN THE RED IN THE LONG ONE FROM PURCHASING THIS STADIUM.
THE LONG ONE FROM PURCHASING THIS STADIUM. I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M ALWAYS
THIS STADIUM. I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED ALL THE STUFF STACEY
I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED ALL THE STUFF STACEY HAS GOTTEN DONE BEFORE HE GETS
SURPRISED ALL THE STUFF STACEY HAS GOTTEN DONE BEFORE HE GETS HERE.
HAS GOTTEN DONE BEFORE HE GETS HERE. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT
HERE. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT STORY?
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT STORY? CONSIDERING THE SECRET PAYMENTS,
STORY? CONSIDERING THE SECRET PAYMENTS, WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE?
CONSIDERING THE SECRET PAYMENTS, WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE? SOME FOLKS FROM THE UG KIND
WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE? SOME FOLKS FROM THE UG KIND OF BRISTLED FROM THAT
SOME FOLKS FROM THE UG KIND OF BRISTLED FROM THAT DESCRIPTION.
OF BRISTLED FROM THAT DESCRIPTION. SOME WERE CALLING IT A SECRET
DESCRIPTION. SOME WERE CALLING IT A SECRET BAILOUT, SECRET SUBSIDIES.
SOME WERE CALLING IT A SECRET BAILOUT, SECRET SUBSIDIES. SOME OF THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE I
BAILOUT, SECRET SUBSIDIES. SOME OF THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE I RECEIVED WAS THANK YOU FOR
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE I RECEIVED WAS THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS.
RECEIVED WAS THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS. THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OVER THERE
COVERING THIS. THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OVER THERE WHO FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEWS
THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OVER THERE WHO FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEWS VACUUM IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND
WHO FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEWS VACUUM IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND IT JUST DOESN'T GET THE SAME
VACUUM IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND IT JUST DOESN'T GET THE SAME COVERAGE AS KANSAS CITY,
IT JUST DOESN'T GET THE SAME COVERAGE AS KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND SOME OF THE OTHER
COVERAGE AS KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE METRO AREA.
MISSOURI, AND SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE METRO AREA. WE LOOKED AT THIS AS TWO
PLACES AROUND THE METRO AREA. WE LOOKED AT THIS AS TWO DIFFERENT STORIES.
WE LOOKED AT THIS AS TWO DIFFERENT STORIES. THERE IS THE LONG-TERM STORY OF
DIFFERENT STORIES. THERE IS THE LONG-TERM STORY OF THE BALLPARK AND KEEPING THE
THERE IS THE LONG-TERM STORY OF THE BALLPARK AND KEEPING THE T-BONES IN TOWN FOR 20 YEARS.
THE BALLPARK AND KEEPING THE T-BONES IN TOWN FOR 20 YEARS. THE OTHER STORY WAS THE
T-BONES IN TOWN FOR 20 YEARS. THE OTHER STORY WAS THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE.
THE OTHER STORY WAS THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
TRANSPARENCY ISSUE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT COMMISSIONERS DID NOT FIND
YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT COMMISSIONERS DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT THESE SECRET PAYMENTS
THAT COMMISSIONERS DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT THESE SECRET PAYMENTS UNTIL MONTHS LATER, AND THAT'S
OUT ABOUT THESE SECRET PAYMENTS UNTIL MONTHS LATER, AND THAT'S WHEN THIS WAS PUT ON THEIR LAPS
UNTIL MONTHS LATER, AND THAT'S WHEN THIS WAS PUT ON THEIR LAPS AND SAID, HEY, WE CAN GO FORWARD
WHEN THIS WAS PUT ON THEIR LAPS AND SAID, HEY, WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT BY THE WAY, WE'VE
AND SAID, HEY, WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT BY THE WAY, WE'VE ALREADY SPEND $157,000.
WITH THIS, BUT BY THE WAY, WE'VE ALREADY SPEND $157,000. KANSAS CITY OFFICIALS PUT
ALREADY SPEND $157,000. KANSAS CITY OFFICIALS PUT SHOVELS IN THE GROUND THIS WEEK
KANSAS CITY OFFICIALS PUT SHOVELS IN THE GROUND THIS WEEK ON THE NEW CRIME LAB ON EAST
SHOVELS IN THE GROUND THIS WEEK ON THE NEW CRIME LAB ON EAST SIDE POLICE PATROL BUILDING.
ON THE NEW CRIME LAB ON EAST SIDE POLICE PATROL BUILDING. HOUSES IN FOUR BLOCKS, FROM
SIDE POLICE PATROL BUILDING. HOUSES IN FOUR BLOCKS, FROM 26th STREET AND PROSPECT
HOUSES IN FOUR BLOCKS, FROM 26th STREET AND PROSPECT AVENUE TO BROOKLYN AVENUE WERE
26th STREET AND PROSPECT AVENUE TO BROOKLYN AVENUE WERE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE
AVENUE TO BROOKLYN AVENUE WERE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW POLICE CAMPUS.
DEMOLISHED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW POLICE CAMPUS. BUT AS THE DIRT WAS SHOVELED AS
NEW POLICE CAMPUS. BUT AS THE DIRT WAS SHOVELED AS PART OF THE GROUNDBREAKING
BUT AS THE DIRT WAS SHOVELED AS PART OF THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, THE PROJECT IS ALREADY
PART OF THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, THE PROJECT IS ALREADY COMING CLOSE TO $20 MILLION OVER
CEREMONY, THE PROJECT IS ALREADY COMING CLOSE TO $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
COMING CLOSE TO $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
BUDGET. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? DAVE HELLING.
HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? DAVE HELLING. WELL, PARTLY BECAUSE THERE
DAVE HELLING. WELL, PARTLY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN DESIGN CHANGES.
WELL, PARTLY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN DESIGN CHANGES. PARTLY BECAUSE THE POLICE
HAVE BEEN DESIGN CHANGES. PARTLY BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOTORIOUS FOR
PARTLY BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOTORIOUS FOR UNDERESTIMATING COSTS, AND
DEPARTMENT IS NOTORIOUS FOR UNDERESTIMATING COSTS, AND PARTLY BECAUSE THE ACQUISITION
UNDERESTIMATING COSTS, AND PARTLY BECAUSE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OVER THERE TURNED
PARTLY BECAUSE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OVER THERE TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT MORE EXEXPENSIVE
OF PROPERTY OVER THERE TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT MORE EXEXPENSIVE THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT.
OUT TO BE A BIT MORE EXEXPENSIVE THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT. YOU PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER,
THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT. YOU PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, AND THERE HAD TO BE SOME CHANGES
YOU PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, AND THERE HAD TO BE SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN TO SHRINK
AND THERE HAD TO BE SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN TO SHRINK IT, TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE
IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN TO SHRINK IT, TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE FOR THE BUDGET.
IT, TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE FOR THE BUDGET. REMEMBER, FOR ALL THE
FOR THE BUDGET. REMEMBER, FOR ALL THE OPPOSITION, NICK, TO THE
REMEMBER, FOR ALL THE OPPOSITION, NICK, TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROPERTY,
OPPOSITION, NICK, TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROPERTY, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHEN IT WAS
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROPERTY, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THAT
PROPOSED WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT IT WOULD
A GOOD THING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT IT WOULD, IN ESSENCE, PROVIDE
PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT IT WOULD, IN ESSENCE, PROVIDE CITY AND TAXPAYER INVESTMENT IN
IT WOULD, IN ESSENCE, PROVIDE CITY AND TAXPAYER INVESTMENT IN A VERY, VERY POOR PART OF THE
CITY AND TAXPAYER INVESTMENT IN A VERY, VERY POOR PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
A VERY, VERY POOR PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS NOT -- SOME PEOPLE
COMMUNITY. THERE IS NOT -- SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE.
THERE IS NOT -- SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE. IT SOME PEOPLE STILL DO,
DON'T LIKE. IT SOME PEOPLE STILL DO, HOWEVER.
IT SOME PEOPLE STILL DO, HOWEVER. IT IS NOT ALL -- THE ENTIRE
HOWEVER. IT IS NOT ALL -- THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT AGAINST THIS
IT IS NOT ALL -- THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD. RYAN.
PROJECT GOING FORWARD. RYAN. THIS SUMMER, WE HAD REQUESTED
RYAN. THIS SUMMER, WE HAD REQUESTED A LIST OF ALL THE PURCHASE
THIS SUMMER, WE HAD REQUESTED A LIST OF ALL THE PURCHASE PRICES OF THOSE PROPERTIES
A LIST OF ALL THE PURCHASE PRICES OF THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT FOUR SQUARE BLOCK
PRICES OF THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT FOUR SQUARE BLOCK AREA, AND IT CAME DOWN TO ABOUT
WITHIN THAT FOUR SQUARE BLOCK AREA, AND IT CAME DOWN TO ABOUT A $3.5 MILLION ACQUISITION COST.
AREA, AND IT CAME DOWN TO ABOUT A $3.5 MILLION ACQUISITION COST. SO WE CALLED UP CITY HALL AND
A $3.5 MILLION ACQUISITION COST. SO WE CALLED UP CITY HALL AND SAID, WELL, HOW DOES THIS
SO WE CALLED UP CITY HALL AND SAID, WELL, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL
SAID, WELL, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE?
COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE? AND THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL,
ESTIMATE? AND THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, THERE IS NO ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.
AND THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, THERE IS NO ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. THAT 57 MILLION-DOLLAR ESTIMATE
THERE IS NO ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. THAT 57 MILLION-DOLLAR ESTIMATE YOU HEARD ABOUT DIDN'T HAVE THAT
THAT 57 MILLION-DOLLAR ESTIMATE YOU HEARD ABOUT DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF LINE BY LINE BREAKDOWN.
YOU HEARD ABOUT DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF LINE BY LINE BREAKDOWN. SO IT ALMOST MADE IT SOUND LIKE
KIND OF LINE BY LINE BREAKDOWN. SO IT ALMOST MADE IT SOUND LIKE THAT $57 MILLION WAS WRITTEN ON
SO IT ALMOST MADE IT SOUND LIKE THAT $57 MILLION WAS WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A NAPKIN, AND THAT
THAT $57 MILLION WAS WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A NAPKIN, AND THAT WAS ABOUT AS ACCURATE AS IT GOT.
THE BACK OF A NAPKIN, AND THAT WAS ABOUT AS ACCURATE AS IT GOT. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER IN THE
WAS ABOUT AS ACCURATE AS IT GOT. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER IN THE PROCESS WHERE THEY SAID, WELL,
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER IN THE PROCESS WHERE THEY SAID, WELL, THERE ARE SOME OTHER DESIGN
PROCESS WHERE THEY SAID, WELL, THERE ARE SOME OTHER DESIGN ASPECTS WE NEED TO TAKE INTO
THERE ARE SOME OTHER DESIGN ASPECTS WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, OTHER AMENITIES, AND
ASPECTS WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, OTHER AMENITIES, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY DID
ACCOUNT, OTHER AMENITIES, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY DID WAS THEY COMPARED TO THE JOHNSON
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY DID WAS THEY COMPARED TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY CRIME LAB FOR THEIR
WAS THEY COMPARED TO THE JOHNSON COUNTY CRIME LAB FOR THEIR ESTIMATE, BUT THAT WAS BUILT ON
COUNTY CRIME LAB FOR THEIR ESTIMATE, BUT THAT WAS BUILT ON VACANT PROPERTY.
ESTIMATE, BUT THAT WAS BUILT ON VACANT PROPERTY. WHY DID THIS HAVE TO BE BUILT
VACANT PROPERTY. WHY DID THIS HAVE TO BE BUILT ON THE HOMES WHERE PEOPLE WERE
WHY DID THIS HAVE TO BE BUILT ON THE HOMES WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIVING, ANYWAY, BARBARA SHELLY,
ON THE HOMES WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIVING, ANYWAY, BARBARA SHELLY, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THERE
LIVING, ANYWAY, BARBARA SHELLY, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THERE IS IN EAST KANSAS CITY, SO MANY
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THERE IS IN EAST KANSAS CITY, SO MANY VACANT HOMES AND VACANT LOTS?
IS IN EAST KANSAS CITY, SO MANY VACANT HOMES AND VACANT LOTS? DID IT NEED TO BE IN A PLACE
VACANT HOMES AND VACANT LOTS? DID IT NEED TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE HOMES ALREADY
DID IT NEED TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE HOMES ALREADY WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIVING?
WHERE THERE WERE HOMES ALREADY WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIVING? WELL, I THINK FOR THE SIZE OF
WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIVING? WELL, I THINK FOR THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS THEY'RE TALKING
WELL, I THINK FOR THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
THE CAMPUS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN SOME, YOU KNOW, HOME
ABOUT, YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN SOME, YOU KNOW, HOME DEMOLITION AS IT WAS.
INVOLVED IN SOME, YOU KNOW, HOME DEMOLITION AS IT WAS. YOU'RE RIGHT.
DEMOLITION AS IT WAS. YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE ARE A TON OF VACANT LOTS.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE ARE A TON OF VACANT LOTS. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THEY
THERE ARE A TON OF VACANT LOTS. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THEY CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION,
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THEY CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT THAT IT IS AN
CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT THAT IT IS AN AREA THAT POLICE FEEL WOULD BE A
YOU KNOW, EXCEPT THAT IT IS AN AREA THAT POLICE FEEL WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO BE.
AREA THAT POLICE FEEL WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. YOU KNOW.
GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. YOU KNOW. ONE THING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE
YOU KNOW. ONE THING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE CONTESTED DURING THIS
ONE THING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE CONTESTED DURING THIS PROCESS IS THAT KANSAS CITY
HAVE CONTESTED DURING THIS PROCESS IS THAT KANSAS CITY REALLY NEEDS A GOOD
PROCESS IS THAT KANSAS CITY REALLY NEEDS A GOOD STATE-OF-THE-ART CRIME LAB.
REALLY NEEDS A GOOD STATE-OF-THE-ART CRIME LAB. THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A
STATE-OF-THE-ART CRIME LAB. THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A BACKLOG NOW.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A BACKLOG NOW. ONE OF THE REALLY UNFORTUNATE
BACKLOG NOW. ONE OF THE REALLY UNFORTUNATE ASPECTS OF THE BUNGELLING THAT'S
ONE OF THE REALLY UNFORTUNATE ASPECTS OF THE BUNGELLING THAT'S GONE ON IN THIS WHOLE SAGA IS
ASPECTS OF THE BUNGELLING THAT'S GONE ON IN THIS WHOLE SAGA IS THAT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
GONE ON IN THIS WHOLE SAGA IS THAT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SCALING BACK ON THE SIZE AND
THAT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SCALING BACK ON THE SIZE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT
SCALING BACK ON THE SIZE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT CRIME LAB, AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT CRIME LAB, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.
CRIME LAB, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE. BUT THIS WAS PART OF A 2010
VERY UNFORTUNATE. BUT THIS WAS PART OF A 2010 PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX
BUT THIS WAS PART OF A 2010 PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX CAMPAIGN, SO THERE WERE VOTER
PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX CAMPAIGN, SO THERE WERE VOTER COMMITMENTS MADE AS A RESULT OF
CAMPAIGN, SO THERE WERE VOTER COMMITMENTS MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS.
COMMITMENTS MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS. YES.
THIS. YES. ARE SOME OF THOSE CAMPAIGN
YES. ARE SOME OF THOSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES NOW BEING BROKEN AS A
ARE SOME OF THOSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES NOW BEING BROKEN AS A RESULT OF THIS?
PROMISES NOW BEING BROKEN AS A RESULT OF THIS? ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE, NICK.
RESULT OF THIS? ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE, NICK. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT
ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE, NICK. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT NOW THAT'S COMING IN SOMEWHERE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT NOW THAT'S COMING IN SOMEWHERE AT LEAST ABOUT $20 MILLION OVER
NOW THAT'S COMING IN SOMEWHERE AT LEAST ABOUT $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET, AND IT'S NOT COMPLETE
AT LEAST ABOUT $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET, AND IT'S NOT COMPLETE YET, AND YOU LOOK AT THIS AND
BUDGET, AND IT'S NOT COMPLETE YET, AND YOU LOOK AT THIS AND I'LL ANSWER YOUR PREVIOUS
YET, AND YOU LOOK AT THIS AND I'LL ANSWER YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION.
I'LL ANSWER YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION. NO, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE BUILT
QUESTION. NO, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE BUILT WHERE IT WAS.
NO, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE BUILT WHERE IT WAS. THE CITY OWNS TONS OF PROPERTIES
WHERE IT WAS. THE CITY OWNS TONS OF PROPERTIES IT COULD HAVE LOOKED AT TO EATER
THE CITY OWNS TONS OF PROPERTIES IT COULD HAVE LOOKED AT TO EATER PARTIALLY USE AND THEN MAYBE
IT COULD HAVE LOOKED AT TO EATER PARTIALLY USE AND THEN MAYBE EXPAND OUT.
PARTIALLY USE AND THEN MAYBE EXPAND OUT. SO THE ACQUISITION COSTS COULD
EXPAND OUT. SO THE ACQUISITION COSTS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE, AND A LOT OF
SO THE ACQUISITION COSTS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE, AND A LOT OF THIS IS OVERRUN IN THINGS LIKE
HAVE BEEN MORE, AND A LOT OF THIS IS OVERRUN IN THINGS LIKE SOFT COSTS, WHY WE'RE TALKING
THIS IS OVERRUN IN THINGS LIKE SOFT COSTS, WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT,
SOFT COSTS, WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN.
ABOUT FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $8.5 MILLION
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $8.5 MILLION IN CONSULTING FEES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $8.5 MILLION IN CONSULTING FEES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF
IN CONSULTING FEES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT THE CITY MISMANAGED
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT THE CITY MISMANAGED OR KNEW WERE POSSIBLY GOING TO
THINGS THAT THE CITY MISMANAGED OR KNEW WERE POSSIBLY GOING TO BE OVER, AND NOBODY AT THE TIME
OR KNEW WERE POSSIBLY GOING TO BE OVER, AND NOBODY AT THE TIME HELD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.
BE OVER, AND NOBODY AT THE TIME HELD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. MAYOR SLY JAMES HAS SAID GOING
HELD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. MAYOR SLY JAMES HAS SAID GOING FORWARD, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING
MAYOR SLY JAMES HAS SAID GOING FORWARD, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
FORWARD, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP.
TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP. IT'S DONE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP. IT'S DONE. AND THAT ISN'T THE WAY THE CITY
IT'S DONE. AND THAT ISN'T THE WAY THE CITY SHOULD DO BUSINESS.
AND THAT ISN'T THE WAY THE CITY SHOULD DO BUSINESS. NOW TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK
SHOULD DO BUSINESS. NOW TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK $20 MILLION MORE AND A CRIM LAB
NOW TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK $20 MILLION MORE AND A CRIM LAB SMALLER THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED,
$20 MILLION MORE AND A CRIM LAB SMALLER THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED, AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE,
SMALLER THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED, AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START TO LOOK
AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS WE
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE KCI
AT BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE KCI AIRPORT AND LIGHT RAIL IN
TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE KCI AIRPORT AND LIGHT RAIL IN DOWNTOWN.
AIRPORT AND LIGHT RAIL IN DOWNTOWN. THE CITY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO
DOWNTOWN. THE CITY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND MONEY OR COME IN UNDER
THE CITY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND MONEY OR COME IN UNDER BUDGET ON ANYTHING.
SPEND MONEY OR COME IN UNDER BUDGET ON ANYTHING. THE TRAINING FACILITY NORTH
BUDGET ON ANYTHING. THE TRAINING FACILITY NORTH OF THE RIVER WAS ALSO
THE TRAINING FACILITY NORTH OF THE RIVER WAS ALSO EXTRAORDINARILY OVER BUDGET.
OF THE RIVER WAS ALSO EXTRAORDINARILY OVER BUDGET. WE SHOULD ALSO JUST POINT OUT
EXTRAORDINARILY OVER BUDGET. WE SHOULD ALSO JUST POINT OUT FOR DISCUSSION THAT WHEN THIS
WE SHOULD ALSO JUST POINT OUT FOR DISCUSSION THAT WHEN THIS SITE WAS PICKED, THERE WAS
FOR DISCUSSION THAT WHEN THIS SITE WAS PICKED, THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR IT, BECAUSE, YOU
SITE WAS PICKED, THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT PART OF THE CITY IS
SUPPORT FOR IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT PART OF THE CITY IS EXTRAORDINARILY CHALLENGED, AND
KNOW, THAT PART OF THE CITY IS EXTRAORDINARILY CHALLENGED, AND THE IDEA WAS TO FINALLY SPEND
EXTRAORDINARILY CHALLENGED, AND THE IDEA WAS TO FINALLY SPEND SOME TAXPAYER MONEY IN A PART OF
THE IDEA WAS TO FINALLY SPEND SOME TAXPAYER MONEY IN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED HELP.
SOME TAXPAYER MONEY IN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED HELP. NOW, STACEY IS RIGHT.
THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED HELP. NOW, STACEY IS RIGHT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN MISHANDLED.
NOW, STACEY IS RIGHT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN MISHANDLED. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ALTERNATIVES
IT MAY HAVE BEEN MISHANDLED. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEAPER OR
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEAPER OR BETTER FOR TAXPAYERS, BUT AT
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEAPER OR BETTER FOR TAXPAYERS, BUT AT LEAST THE INITIAL IDEA WAS, THIS
BETTER FOR TAXPAYERS, BUT AT LEAST THE INITIAL IDEA WAS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT COULD USE
LEAST THE INITIAL IDEA WAS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT COULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IS AN AREA THAT COULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NOW, THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NOW, THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS THAT MAYBE THAT WAS OVER.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME DECISIONS THAT MAYBE THAT WAS OVER. THERE ARE SOME SENTIMENTS
THAT MAYBE THAT WAS OVER. THERE ARE SOME SENTIMENTS THAT THE ONLY REASON WE'RE
THERE ARE SOME SENTIMENTS THAT THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS
THAT THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS IS THE LOCATION.
HEARING ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS IS THE LOCATION. IT'S AN EAST SIDE PROJECT.
IS THE LOCATION. IT'S AN EAST SIDE PROJECT. IF IT WAS IN THE NORTHLAND, WE
IT'S AN EAST SIDE PROJECT. IF IT WAS IN THE NORTHLAND, WE WOULDN'T HEAR NEARLY AS MUCH
IF IT WAS IN THE NORTHLAND, WE WOULDN'T HEAR NEARLY AS MUCH ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS, BUT THE
WOULDN'T HEAR NEARLY AS MUCH ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS, BUT THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THE COST
ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS, BUT THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THE COST OVERRUN, WE BECAME AWARE OF IT
DIFFERENCE HERE IS THE COST OVERRUN, WE BECAME AWARE OF IT BEFORE THE SHOVELS EVEN HIT
OVERRUN, WE BECAME AWARE OF IT BEFORE THE SHOVELS EVEN HIT DIRT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS
BEFORE THE SHOVELS EVEN HIT DIRT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS KIND OF STUNNING.
DIRT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS KIND OF STUNNING. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE
KIND OF STUNNING. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS IN THE NORTHLAND,
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST OVERRUNS IN THE NORTHLAND, TOO.
COST OVERRUNS IN THE NORTHLAND, TOO. THIS ISN'T ECONOMIC
TOO. THIS ISN'T ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ISN'T ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS CIVIC DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS CIVIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I DON'T THINK IT HELPS THE
THIS IS CIVIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I DON'T THINK IT HELPS THE EAST SIDE NEARLY AS MUCH AS
AND I DON'T THINK IT HELPS THE EAST SIDE NEARLY AS MUCH AS PEOPLE SAY.
EAST SIDE NEARLY AS MUCH AS PEOPLE SAY. WHILE SEVERAL KANSAS SCHOOL
PEOPLE SAY. WHILE SEVERAL KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SUING THE STATE
WHILE SEVERAL KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SUING THE STATE FOR AN ADDITIONAL $400 MILLION
DISTRICTS ARE SUING THE STATE FOR AN ADDITIONAL $400 MILLION IN FUNDING, ACCUSING LAWMAKERS
FOR AN ADDITIONAL $400 MILLION IN FUNDING, ACCUSING LAWMAKERS OF SHORT CHANGING STUDENTS, KCTV
IN FUNDING, ACCUSING LAWMAKERS OF SHORT CHANGING STUDENTS, KCTV 5'S STACEY CAMERON HAS BEEN
OF SHORT CHANGING STUDENTS, KCTV 5'S STACEY CAMERON HAS BEEN EXAMINING HOW THE $7 BILLION
5'S STACEY CAMERON HAS BEEN EXAMINING HOW THE $7 BILLION ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR EDUCATION
EXAMINING HOW THE $7 BILLION ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR EDUCATION IS BEING SPENT IN SOME
ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR EDUCATION IS BEING SPENT IN SOME SURPRISING WAYS.
IS BEING SPENT IN SOME SURPRISING WAYS. WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC
SURPRISING WAYS. WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN KANSAS, DAVE SAYS
WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN KANSAS, DAVE SAYS SOME THINGS DON'T ADD UP.
SCHOOLS IN KANSAS, DAVE SAYS SOME THINGS DON'T ADD UP. IT'S MIND-BOGGLING, FRANKLY.
SOME THINGS DON'T ADD UP. IT'S MIND-BOGGLING, FRANKLY. HE'S NOT TALKING ELEMENTARY
IT'S MIND-BOGGLING, FRANKLY. HE'S NOT TALKING ELEMENTARY MATH.
HE'S NOT TALKING ELEMENTARY MATH. HE'S TALKING ABOUT SALARIES PAID
MATH. HE'S TALKING ABOUT SALARIES PAID TO SOME NONTEACHING STAFF.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT SALARIES PAID TO SOME NONTEACHING STAFF. THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TO SOME NONTEACHING STAFF. THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE CUSS TOWED -- CUSTODIANS
THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE CUSS TOWED -- CUSTODIANS MAKE MORE THAN TEACHERS.
WHERE CUSS TOWED -- CUSTODIANS MAKE MORE THAN TEACHERS. HE POINTS OUT ONE OF THOSE
MAKE MORE THAN TEACHERS. HE POINTS OUT ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS IS KANSAS CITY,
HE POINTS OUT ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS IS KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, WHERE LAST YEAR 91
DISTRICTS IS KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, WHERE LAST YEAR 91 CUSTODIANS GOT PAID MORE THAN
KANSAS, WHERE LAST YEAR 91 CUSTODIANS GOT PAID MORE THAN $50,000.
CUSTODIANS GOT PAID MORE THAN $50,000. TWO MADE MORE THAN 60 GRAND AND
$50,000. TWO MADE MORE THAN 60 GRAND AND ONE SWEPT UP A SALARY OF
TWO MADE MORE THAN 60 GRAND AND ONE SWEPT UP A SALARY OF $76,000.
ONE SWEPT UP A SALARY OF $76,000. THAT'S DOUBLE WHAT SOME OF
$76,000. THAT'S DOUBLE WHAT SOME OF THEIR TEACHERS MAKE.
THAT'S DOUBLE WHAT SOME OF THEIR TEACHERS MAKE. JANITORS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES
THEIR TEACHERS MAKE. JANITORS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES CLEANING UP IN KCK SCHOOLS.
JANITORS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES CLEANING UP IN KCK SCHOOLS. SOME PAINTERS, PLUMBERS,
CLEANING UP IN KCK SCHOOLS. SOME PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS AND CARPENTERS MAKE
SOME PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS AND CARPENTERS MAKE MORE THAN 70 GRAND A YEAR.
ELECTRICIANS AND CARPENTERS MAKE MORE THAN 70 GRAND A YEAR. WHEN MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE
MORE THAN 70 GRAND A YEAR. WHEN MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT HAS TO BE DONE.
WHEN MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT HAS TO BE DONE. BUT WHAIS THE -- WHAT'S THE MOST
DONE, IT HAS TO BE DONE. BUT WHAIS THE -- WHAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET IT DONE?
BUT WHAIS THE -- WHAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET IT DONE? IS THIS AN EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR
EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET IT DONE? IS THIS AN EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR ADULTS OR AN EDUCATION SYSTEM
IS THIS AN EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR ADULTS OR AN EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN.
ADULTS OR AN EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN. THAT'S FRESHMAN SENATOR JEFF
FOR CHILDREN. THAT'S FRESHMAN SENATOR JEFF MELCHER.
THAT'S FRESHMAN SENATOR JEFF MELCHER. HE THINKS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY
MELCHER. HE THINKS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY MIGHT BE TO ELIMINATE SOME STAFF
HE THINKS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY MIGHT BE TO ELIMINATE SOME STAFF AND HIRE OUT THOSE JOBS.
MIGHT BE TO ELIMINATE SOME STAFF AND HIRE OUT THOSE JOBS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO AS
AND HIRE OUT THOSE JOBS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO AS EFFECTIVELY OR BETTER FOR
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO AS EFFECTIVELY OR BETTER FOR DRAMATICALLY LESS MONEY.
EFFECTIVELY OR BETTER FOR DRAMATICALLY LESS MONEY. ALL RIGHT.
DRAMATICALLY LESS MONEY. ALL RIGHT. DO MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- BY
ALL RIGHT. DO MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- BY THE WAY, THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM
DO MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- BY THE WAY, THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM A MUCH LARGER REPORT THAT YOU
THE WAY, THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM A MUCH LARGER REPORT THAT YOU DID THIS WEEK ON KCTV 5.
A MUCH LARGER REPORT THAT YOU DID THIS WEEK ON KCTV 5. BUT DO MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BY
DID THIS WEEK ON KCTV 5. BUT DO MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BY THE WAY, HAVE THESE PLUMBERS AND
BUT DO MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BY THE WAY, HAVE THESE PLUMBERS AND ALSO LOCKSMITHS THAT WERE ALSO
THE WAY, HAVE THESE PLUMBERS AND ALSO LOCKSMITHS THAT WERE ALSO PART OF THE BIGGER REPORT IN
ALSO LOCKSMITHS THAT WERE ALSO PART OF THE BIGGER REPORT IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FULL
PART OF THE BIGGER REPORT IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FULL TIME, STACEY CAMERON?
THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FULL TIME, STACEY CAMERON? ABSOLUTELY.
TIME, STACEY CAMERON? ABSOLUTELY. YOU'LL SEE OTHER THINGS, LIKE H
ABSOLUTELY. YOU'LL SEE OTHER THINGS, LIKE H HVAC TECHNICIANS, LOCKSMITHS,
YOU'LL SEE OTHER THINGS, LIKE H HVAC TECHNICIANS, LOCKSMITHS, CARPENTERS, PAINTERS.
HVAC TECHNICIANS, LOCKSMITHS, CARPENTERS, PAINTERS. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT,
CARPENTERS, PAINTERS. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE MAKING A LIVING
AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE MAKING A LIVING WAGE.
THESE PEOPLE MAKING A LIVING WAGE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THEM MAKING TOO
WAGE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THEM MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THEM MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY. IT'S TO ASK WHETHER THEY'RE
MUCH MONEY. IT'S TO ASK WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING TAXPAYER MONEY AND
IT'S TO ASK WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING TAXPAYER MONEY AND WHETHER THE DISTRICTS COULD DO
GETTING TAXPAYER MONEY AND WHETHER THE DISTRICTS COULD DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
WHETHER THE DISTRICTS COULD DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT RIGHT
IT MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW WITH A VERY RIGHT WING
WE LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW WITH A VERY RIGHT WING KANSAS LEGISLATURE THAT IF THEY
NOW WITH A VERY RIGHT WING KANSAS LEGISLATURE THAT IF THEY HAD THEIR CHOICE, THEY WOULD CUT
KANSAS LEGISLATURE THAT IF THEY HAD THEIR CHOICE, THEY WOULD CUT FUNDING, AND SO JIM HENSON, THE
HAD THEIR CHOICE, THEY WOULD CUT FUNDING, AND SO JIM HENSON, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN SHAWNEE
FUNDING, AND SO JIM HENSON, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN SHAWNEE MISSION SAYS I HAVE TO LOOK AND
NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN SHAWNEE MISSION SAYS I HAVE TO LOOK AND ASSUME THAT 34EU BUDGET ISN'T
MISSION SAYS I HAVE TO LOOK AND ASSUME THAT 34EU BUDGET ISN'T GOING TO MOVE AND PROBABLY GOING
ASSUME THAT 34EU BUDGET ISN'T GOING TO MOVE AND PROBABLY GOING TO BE CUT.
GOING TO MOVE AND PROBABLY GOING TO BE CUT. I HAVE TO START LOOKING AT
TO BE CUT. I HAVE TO START LOOKING AT EFFICIENT WAYS TO BRING COSTS
I HAVE TO START LOOKING AT EFFICIENT WAYS TO BRING COSTS DOWN, AND THE FIRST THING TO DO
EFFICIENT WAYS TO BRING COSTS DOWN, AND THE FIRST THING TO DO IS POSSIBLY LOOK AT THE PEOPLE
DOWN, AND THE FIRST THING TO DO IS POSSIBLY LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF.
IS POSSIBLY LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF. ARE THEY DOING ENOUGH WORK TO
THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF. ARE THEY DOING ENOUGH WORK TO JUSTIFY THEIR SALARY?
ARE THEY DOING ENOUGH WORK TO JUSTIFY THEIR SALARY? PROBABLY 90% OF THEM MAY BE.
JUSTIFY THEIR SALARY? PROBABLY 90% OF THEM MAY BE. BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO CUT
PROBABLY 90% OF THEM MAY BE. BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO CUT THESE COSTS, IF IT'S OUTSOURCING
BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO CUT THESE COSTS, IF IT'S OUTSOURCING OR ELIMINATING POSITIONS, WE
THESE COSTS, IF IT'S OUTSOURCING OR ELIMINATING POSITIONS, WE HAVE TO DO.
OR ELIMINATING POSITIONS, WE HAVE TO DO. IT ADMINISTRATIVE PAY IS ANOTHER
HAVE TO DO. IT ADMINISTRATIVE PAY IS ANOTHER THING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
IT ADMINISTRATIVE PAY IS ANOTHER THING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT.
THING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT. SHAWNEE MISSION ITSELF HAS
LOOK AT. SHAWNEE MISSION ITSELF HAS MULTIPLE SUPERINTENDENTS MAKING
SHAWNEE MISSION ITSELF HAS MULTIPLE SUPERINTENDENTS MAKING OVER 6 FIGURES.
MULTIPLE SUPERINTENDENTS MAKING OVER 6 FIGURES. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS
OVER 6 FIGURES. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS MAKING UPWARDS OF 6 FIGURES.
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS MAKING UPWARDS OF 6 FIGURES. THERE IS A LOT OF SPENDING THAT
MAKING UPWARDS OF 6 FIGURES. THERE IS A LOT OF SPENDING THAT GOES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM,
THERE IS A LOT OF SPENDING THAT GOES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, NOT
GOES OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, NOT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM OR
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, NOT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM OR TEACHERS, THAT THESE SCHOOLS
TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM OR TEACHERS, THAT THESE SCHOOLS HAVE TO LOOK AT IN HOW THEY
TEACHERS, THAT THESE SCHOOLS HAVE TO LOOK AT IN HOW THEY ALLOCATE THAT MONEY.
HAVE TO LOOK AT IN HOW THEY ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS ALSO
ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS ALSO WOULD BE HERE, WOULD THEY REALLY
ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS ALSO WOULD BE HERE, WOULD THEY REALLY SAVE THAT MUCH MORE MONEY,
WOULD BE HERE, WOULD THEY REALLY SAVE THAT MUCH MORE MONEY, BARBARA SHELLY, BY OUTSOURCING
SAVE THAT MUCH MORE MONEY, BARBARA SHELLY, BY OUTSOURCING ALL OF THESE TRADESMEN OR TRADES
BARBARA SHELLY, BY OUTSOURCING ALL OF THESE TRADESMEN OR TRADES WOMEN IN THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ALL OF THESE TRADESMEN OR TRADES WOMEN IN THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAN HAVING THEM ON STAFF?
WOMEN IN THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAN HAVING THEM ON STAFF? YOU KNOW, IN A WAY, I THINK
THAN HAVING THEM ON STAFF? YOU KNOW, IN A WAY, I THINK KANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE IS
YOU KNOW, IN A WAY, I THINK KANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE IS THROWING OUT SOME RED HERRINGS
KANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE IS THROWING OUT SOME RED HERRINGS HERE.
THROWING OUT SOME RED HERRINGS HERE. I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD STORY AND
HERE. I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD STORY AND EVERYTHING, BUT, IF YOU TAKE 10
I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD STORY AND EVERYTHING, BUT, IF YOU TAKE 10 JANITORS AND CUT THEIR SALARY IN
EVERYTHING, BUT, IF YOU TAKE 10 JANITORS AND CUT THEIR SALARY IN HALF AND MAYBE SAVE $30,000 A
JANITORS AND CUT THEIR SALARY IN HALF AND MAYBE SAVE $30,000 A YEAR, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP.
HALF AND MAYBE SAVE $30,000 A YEAR, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP. THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO HIRE A
YEAR, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP. THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO HIRE A TEACHER.
THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO HIRE A TEACHER. YOU'RE NOT TALKING 10
TEACHER. YOU'RE NOT TALKING 10 JANITORS, THOUGH.
YOU'RE NOT TALKING 10 JANITORS, THOUGH. YOU'VE GOT 91 JANITORS COMBINED
JANITORS, THOUGH. YOU'VE GOT 91 JANITORS COMBINED MAKING $5 MILLION A YEAR.
YOU'VE GOT 91 JANITORS COMBINED MAKING $5 MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S FROM THEIR OWN SALARY
MAKING $5 MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S FROM THEIR OWN SALARY FIGURES.
THAT'S FROM THEIR OWN SALARY FIGURES. THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY.
FIGURES. THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY. AND NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THAT
THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY. AND NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT UNWISELY.
AND NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT UNWISELY. IT'S SAYING, LOOK AT IT, STUDY
MONEY IS BEING SPENT UNWISELY. IT'S SAYING, LOOK AT IT, STUDY IT.
IT'S SAYING, LOOK AT IT, STUDY IT. THE SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN WANT TO
IT. THE SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN WANT TO DO THAT.
THE SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN WANT TO DO THAT. ANYONE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY IN
DO THAT. ANYONE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY IN KANSAS, IF YOU SAY THAT SCHOOLS
ANYONE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY IN KANSAS, IF YOU SAY THAT SCHOOLS JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR
KANSAS, IF YOU SAY THAT SCHOOLS JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR EFFICIENCY, THEY THINK SOMEONE
JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR EFFICIENCY, THEY THINK SOMEONE LIKES ME HATES EDUCATION AND
EFFICIENCY, THEY THINK SOMEONE LIKES ME HATES EDUCATION AND KIDS.
LIKES ME HATES EDUCATION AND KIDS. THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
KIDS. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. CAN WE DO BUSINESS BETTER?
THAT'S NOT THE POINT. CAN WE DO BUSINESS BETTER? NO ONE, ESPECIALLY ME, WANTS TO
CAN WE DO BUSINESS BETTER? NO ONE, ESPECIALLY ME, WANTS TO SEE TEACHER SALARY CUTS.
NO ONE, ESPECIALLY ME, WANTS TO SEE TEACHER SALARY CUTS. TEACHERS NEED TO BE PAID HIGHER
SEE TEACHER SALARY CUTS. TEACHERS NEED TO BE PAID HIGHER IN KANSAS.
TEACHERS NEED TO BE PAID HIGHER IN KANSAS. WE NEED BETTER RATIOS OF
IN KANSAS. WE NEED BETTER RATIOS OF STUDENTS TO TEACHERS IN KANSAS,
WE NEED BETTER RATIOS OF STUDENTS TO TEACHERS IN KANSAS, MORE MONEY FOR CURRICULUM AND
STUDENTS TO TEACHERS IN KANSAS, MORE MONEY FOR CURRICULUM AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM, AND
MORE MONEY FOR CURRICULUM AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO FIGURE A WAY
TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO FIGURE A WAY TO DO IT, AND IT MAY BE CUTTING
THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO FIGURE A WAY TO DO IT, AND IT MAY BE CUTTING SOME OF THESE JOBS,
TO DO IT, AND IT MAY BE CUTTING SOME OF THESE JOBS, UNFORTUNATELY.
SOME OF THESE JOBS, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I WONDERING IF THE
UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I WONDERING IF THE SITUATION MIGHT BE AN OUTLIAR.
BUT I WONDERING IF THE SITUATION MIGHT BE AN OUTLIAR. FRANKLY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE
SITUATION MIGHT BE AN OUTLIAR. FRANKLY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CUT IN THEIR BUDGETS FOR
FRANKLY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CUT IN THEIR BUDGETS FOR YEARS, AND THAT ALONE WILL
BEEN CUT IN THEIR BUDGETS FOR YEARS, AND THAT ALONE WILL FOSTER EFFICIENCY.
YEARS, AND THAT ALONE WILL FOSTER EFFICIENCY. THIS IS ALSO A STATE, BY THE
FOSTER EFFICIENCY. THIS IS ALSO A STATE, BY THE WAY, THAT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT
THIS IS ALSO A STATE, BY THE WAY, THAT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 286 SCHOOL
WAY, THAT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 286 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 31 OF THEM WITH FEWER
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 286 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 31 OF THEM WITH FEWER THAN 200 STUDENTS IN THEIR
DISTRICTS, 31 OF THEM WITH FEWER THAN 200 STUDENTS IN THEIR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAN 200 STUDENTS IN THEIR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE ALSO HAVE FIVE SCHOOL
ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE ALSO HAVE FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN KANSAS WITH FEWER
WE ALSO HAVE FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN KANSAS WITH FEWER THAN 100 STUDENTS, AND YET WE
DISTRICTS IN KANSAS WITH FEWER THAN 100 STUDENTS, AND YET WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT
THAN 100 STUDENTS, AND YET WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL
DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS COULD SAVE HUGE AMOUNTS.
DISTRICTS. THIS COULD SAVE HUGE AMOUNTS. DAVE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT
THIS COULD SAVE HUGE AMOUNTS. DAVE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE.
DAVE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE. LAST YEAR WE WENT DOWN TO SUMNER
ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE. LAST YEAR WE WENT DOWN TO SUMNER COUNTY TO DO A STORY ON FEDERAL
LAST YEAR WE WENT DOWN TO SUMNER COUNTY TO DO A STORY ON FEDERAL SPENDING.
COUNTY TO DO A STORY ON FEDERAL SPENDING. IT'S A RURAL COUNTY SOUTH OF
SPENDING. IT'S A RURAL COUNTY SOUTH OF WICHITA.
IT'S A RURAL COUNTY SOUTH OF WICHITA. THEY HAVE 8 SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
WICHITA. THEY HAVE 8 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NOT 8 SCHOOLS, 8 DISTRICTS FOR
THEY HAVE 8 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NOT 8 SCHOOLS, 8 DISTRICTS FOR 3,000 STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY
NOT 8 SCHOOLS, 8 DISTRICTS FOR 3,000 STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY OR THAT COUNTY.
3,000 STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY OR THAT COUNTY. CONSOLIDATION IS THE WAY TO SAVE
OR THAT COUNTY. CONSOLIDATION IS THE WAY TO SAVE SERIOUS MONEY IN THE STATE OF
CONSOLIDATION IS THE WAY TO SAVE SERIOUS MONEY IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.
SERIOUS MONEY IN THE STATE OF KANSAS. THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD GET AT
KANSAS. THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD GET AT DUPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATORS
THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD GET AT DUPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATORS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND
DUPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATORS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND THAT'S WHERE THE REAL MONEY WILL
AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND THAT'S WHERE THE REAL MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE SAVED EVENTUALLY.
THAT'S WHERE THE REAL MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE SAVED EVENTUALLY. LET'S BE CAREFUL WITH
HAVE TO BE SAVED EVENTUALLY. LET'S BE CAREFUL WITH CONSOLIDATION.
LET'S BE CAREFUL WITH CONSOLIDATION. THAT SCARES ME.
CONSOLIDATION. THAT SCARES ME. WHEN YOU CONSOLIDATE, IT ALLOWS
THAT SCARES ME. WHEN YOU CONSOLIDATE, IT ALLOWS THEM AFTER THREE YEARS TO CUT
WHEN YOU CONSOLIDATE, IT ALLOWS THEM AFTER THREE YEARS TO CUT STUDENT BASED AID.
THEM AFTER THREE YEARS TO CUT STUDENT BASED AID. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
STUDENT BASED AID. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF LEGISLATION PUT IN THERE THAT
THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF LEGISLATION PUT IN THERE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW LAWMAKERS TO CUT
LEGISLATION PUT IN THERE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW LAWMAKERS TO CUT THAT STUDENT BASED AID.
DOESN'T ALLOW LAWMAKERS TO CUT THAT STUDENT BASED AID. IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
THAT STUDENT BASED AID. IT CAN'T HAPPEN. BACK TO THE SALARIES THAT
IT CAN'T HAPPEN. BACK TO THE SALARIES THAT STACEY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
BACK TO THE SALARIES THAT STACEY WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE FOCUSED TOWARDS OF END OF HIS
STACEY WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE FOCUSED TOWARDS OF END OF HIS PIECE ON KCK AND TALKING ABOUT
HE FOCUSED TOWARDS OF END OF HIS PIECE ON KCK AND TALKING ABOUT WHY SOME OF THEIR CUSTODIAL
PIECE ON KCK AND TALKING ABOUT WHY SOME OF THEIR CUSTODIAL SALARIES WERE SO HIGH, AND I
WHY SOME OF THEIR CUSTODIAL SALARIES WERE SO HIGH, AND I THINK THE ANSWER YOU GOT WAS TO
SALARIES WERE SO HIGH, AND I THINK THE ANSWER YOU GOT WAS TO THE EFFECT OF THERE WERE OLDER
THINK THE ANSWER YOU GOT WAS TO THE EFFECT OF THERE WERE OLDER BUILDS, MORE SPECIALTIES NEEDED,
THE EFFECT OF THERE WERE OLDER BUILDS, MORE SPECIALTIES NEEDED, AND THEY CAN WORK ON THINGS THAT
BUILDS, MORE SPECIALTIES NEEDED, AND THEY CAN WORK ON THINGS THAT HAVE GONE EXTINCT.
AND THEY CAN WORK ON THINGS THAT HAVE GONE EXTINCT. JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
HAVE GONE EXTINCT. JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE LINE, I DO BELIEVE KANSAS
JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE LINE, I DO BELIEVE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI HAS STARTED
STATE LINE, I DO BELIEVE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI HAS STARTED OUTSOURCING SOME OF THAT WORK.
CITY, MISSOURI HAS STARTED OUTSOURCING SOME OF THAT WORK. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT
OUTSOURCING SOME OF THAT WORK. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THOSE COST SAVINGS ARE
I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THOSE COST SAVINGS ARE AND RESULTS ARE.
SOME OF THOSE COST SAVINGS ARE AND RESULTS ARE. YOU CAN SEE SHAWNEE MISSION
AND RESULTS ARE. YOU CAN SEE SHAWNEE MISSION IS GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, GOING
YOU CAN SEE SHAWNEE MISSION IS GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, GOING TO EXAMINE WHETHER OUTSOURCING
IS GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, GOING TO EXAMINE WHETHER OUTSOURCING WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THAT
TO EXAMINE WHETHER OUTSOURCING WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THAT DISTRICT.
WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THAT DISTRICT. A MISSOURI STATE LAWMAKER
DISTRICT. A MISSOURI STATE LAWMAKER WANTS GOVERNOR JAY NIXON
A MISSOURI STATE LAWMAKER WANTS GOVERNOR JAY NIXON IMPEACHED FOR VIOLATING THE P
WANTS GOVERNOR JAY NIXON IMPEACHED FOR VIOLATING THE P CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING
IMPEACHED FOR VIOLATING THE P CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN THE SHOW
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN THE SHOW ME STATE.
SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN THE SHOW ME STATE. REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN
ME STATE. REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN REPRESENTATIVE NICK SHAR -- NICK
REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN REPRESENTATIVE NICK SHAR -- NICK MARSHALL OF PARKVILLE SAYS HE'S
REPRESENTATIVE NICK SHAR -- NICK MARSHALL OF PARKVILLE SAYS HE'S APPROACHED G.O.P. LEADERSHIP
MARSHALL OF PARKVILLE SAYS HE'S APPROACHED G.O.P. LEADERSHIP ABOUT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
APPROACHED G.O.P. LEADERSHIP ABOUT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS, BUT HE CLAIMS THIS
ABOUT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS, BUT HE CLAIMS THIS IS NOT A GAY RIGHTS ISSUE.
PROCEEDINGS, BUT HE CLAIMS THIS IS NOT A GAY RIGHTS ISSUE. HE SAYS NIXON'S ORDER LAST WEEK
IS NOT A GAY RIGHTS ISSUE. HE SAYS NIXON'S ORDER LAST WEEK PERMITTING SAME-SEX COUPLES
HE SAYS NIXON'S ORDER LAST WEEK PERMITTING SAME-SEX COUPLES MARRIED IN OTHER STATES TO FILE
PERMITTING SAME-SEX COUPLES MARRIED IN OTHER STATES TO FILE JOINT RETURNS ON MISSOURI TAX
MARRIED IN OTHER STATES TO FILE JOINT RETURNS ON MISSOURI TAX FORMS VIOLATES THE 2004
JOINT RETURNS ON MISSOURI TAX FORMS VIOLATES THE 2004 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
FORMS VIOLATES THE 2004 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. WHY DO MARSHALL BELIEVE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. WHY DO MARSHALL BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS VIE --
WHY DO MARSHALL BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS VIE -- VIOLATE THE MISSOURI
GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS VIE -- VIOLATE THE MISSOURI CONSTITUTION?
VIOLATE THE MISSOURI CONSTITUTION? BECAUSE THE MISSOURI VOTERS
CONSTITUTION? BECAUSE THE MISSOURI VOTERS IN MID 2004, WE PASSED A
BECAUSE THE MISSOURI VOTERS IN MID 2004, WE PASSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING
IN MID 2004, WE PASSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING GAY MARRIAGE, AND NICK MARSHALL
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING GAY MARRIAGE, AND NICK MARSHALL IS CONTENDING THAT GOVERNOR
GAY MARRIAGE, AND NICK MARSHALL IS CONTENDING THAT GOVERNOR NIXON'S RECENT ORDER VIOLATES
IS CONTENDING THAT GOVERNOR NIXON'S RECENT ORDER VIOLATES THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
NIXON'S RECENT ORDER VIOLATES THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. AND IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF
THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. AND IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING?
AND IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING? THE I IMPEACHMENT?
THIS HAPPENING? THE I IMPEACHMENT? YES.
THE I IMPEACHMENT? YES. NO.
YES. NO. IN FACT, I TALKED TO NICK
NO. IN FACT, I TALKED TO NICK MARSHALL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,
IN FACT, I TALKED TO NICK MARSHALL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND HE SAYS HE WANTS TO PURSUE
MARSHALL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND HE SAYS HE WANTS TO PURSUE IT, BUT YOU DON'T SENSE A
AND HE SAYS HE WANTS TO PURSUE IT, BUT YOU DON'T SENSE A GROUNDSWELL FROM REPUBLICANS IN
IT, BUT YOU DON'T SENSE A GROUNDSWELL FROM REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROACH THIS
GROUNDSWELL FROM REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROACH THIS OR TO ACCELERATE ANY EFFORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROACH THIS OR TO ACCELERATE ANY EFFORT TO IMPEACH THE GOVERNOR, ALTHOUGH
OR TO ACCELERATE ANY EFFORT TO IMPEACH THE GOVERNOR, ALTHOUGH MY GUESS IS THERE WILL BE
IMPEACH THE GOVERNOR, ALTHOUGH MY GUESS IS THERE WILL BE LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN
MY GUESS IS THERE WILL BE LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN HIS DECISION ON TAX FILING.
LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN HIS DECISION ON TAX FILING. WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THOSE COME UP
HIS DECISION ON TAX FILING. WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THOSE COME UP SOMETIME LATER.
WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THOSE COME UP SOMETIME LATER. BUT I DO THINK THAT JAY NIXON,
SOMETIME LATER. BUT I DO THINK THAT JAY NIXON, LET'S BE CLEAR, HAS PUSHED THE
BUT I DO THINK THAT JAY NIXON, LET'S BE CLEAR, HAS PUSHED THE ENVELOPE OF THE EXECUTIVE
LET'S BE CLEAR, HAS PUSHED THE ENVELOPE OF THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY, AS MOST GOVERNORS TRY
ENVELOPE OF THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY, AS MOST GOVERNORS TRY TO DO.
AUTHORITY, AS MOST GOVERNORS TRY TO DO. HE GOT CROSS WAYS A LITTLE BY
TO DO. HE GOT CROSS WAYS A LITTLE BY WITH THE LEGISLATURE BY
HE GOT CROSS WAYS A LITTLE BY WITH THE LEGISLATURE BY DIVERTING MONEY FOR THE JOPLIN
WITH THE LEGISLATURE BY DIVERTING MONEY FOR THE JOPLIN TORNADO RECOVERY EFFORT, FROM
DIVERTING MONEY FOR THE JOPLIN TORNADO RECOVERY EFFORT, FROM OTHER STATE SPENDING.
TORNADO RECOVERY EFFORT, FROM OTHER STATE SPENDING. NOW, THIS STEP, WHICH AT LEAST
OTHER STATE SPENDING. NOW, THIS STEP, WHICH AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE THINK EXCEEDS HIS
NOW, THIS STEP, WHICH AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE THINK EXCEEDS HIS AUTHORITY, I DO THINK THERE WILL
SOME PEOPLE THINK EXCEEDS HIS AUTHORITY, I DO THINK THERE WILL BE A BROAD LOOK AT WAYS THAT THE
AUTHORITY, I DO THINK THERE WILL BE A BROAD LOOK AT WAYS THAT THE LEGISLATURE MATE MIGHT TRY --
BE A BROAD LOOK AT WAYS THAT THE LEGISLATURE MATE MIGHT TRY -- MIGHT TRY TO LIMIT WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE MATE MIGHT TRY -- MIGHT TRY TO LIMIT WHAT THE GOVERNOR CAN DO NEXT YEAR.
MIGHT TRY TO LIMIT WHAT THE GOVERNOR CAN DO NEXT YEAR. THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOVERNOR CAN DO NEXT YEAR. THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED PRESS ANALYSIS PIECE SAYING THE
THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED PRESS ANALYSIS PIECE SAYING THE GOVERNOR IS SHIFTING LEFT
ANALYSIS PIECE SAYING THE GOVERNOR IS SHIFTING LEFT BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT AN EFFORT
GOVERNOR IS SHIFTING LEFT BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL NATIONAL
BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL NATIONAL OFFICE FOR HIMSELF, A VICE
TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL NATIONAL OFFICE FOR HIMSELF, A VICE PRESIDENTAL AL -- VICE
OFFICE FOR HIMSELF, A VICE PRESIDENTAL AL -- VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOD A CABINET SPOT.
PRESIDENTAL AL -- VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOD A CABINET SPOT. DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING?
PRESIDENTIAL NOD A CABINET SPOT. DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING? I THINK THE CABINET SPOT, BUT
DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING? I THINK THE CABINET SPOT, BUT NOT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL SPOT.
I THINK THE CABINET SPOT, BUT NOT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL SPOT. HE VETOED LEGISLATIVELY POPULAR
NOT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL SPOT. HE VETOED LEGISLATIVELY POPULAR TAX CUTS, AND NOW THIS MOVE WITH
HE VETOED LEGISLATIVELY POPULAR TAX CUTS, AND NOW THIS MOVE WITH GAY MARRIAGE, YES, HE'S
TAX CUTS, AND NOW THIS MOVE WITH GAY MARRIAGE, YES, HE'S POSITIONED HIMSELF WHO MIGHT
GAY MARRIAGE, YES, HE'S POSITIONED HIMSELF WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN A ONE TIME VERY
POSITIONED HIMSELF WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN A ONE TIME VERY MODERATE REPUBLICAN MUCH FURTHER
HAVE BEEN A ONE TIME VERY MODERATE REPUBLICAN MUCH FURTHER TO THE LEFT, AND HE HASN'T SAID
MODERATE REPUBLICAN MUCH FURTHER TO THE LEFT, AND HE HASN'T SAID WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE IN 2016.
TO THE LEFT, AND HE HASN'T SAID WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE IN 2016. I THINK THIS IS TO BECOME A
WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE IN 2016. I THINK THIS IS TO BECOME A NATIONAL PLAYER.
I THINK THIS IS TO BECOME A NATIONAL PLAYER. FINALLY THIS WEEK, AFTER
NATIONAL PLAYER. FINALLY THIS WEEK, AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 3 AND A HALF
FINALLY THIS WEEK, AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 3 AND A HALF MILIAN DOLLARS TO BUY AND
SPENDING MORE THAN 3 AND A HALF MILIAN DOLLARS TO BUY AND STABILIZE THE FORMER KING LOUIE
MILIAN DOLLARS TO BUY AND STABILIZE THE FORMER KING LOUIE BOWLING ALLEY AT 88th AND
STABILIZE THE FORMER KING LOUIE BOWLING ALLEY AT 88th AND METCALF IN OVERLAND PARK, WHICH
BOWLING ALLEY AT 88th AND METCALF IN OVERLAND PARK, WHICH AT ONE TIME BY THE WAY WAS
METCALF IN OVERLAND PARK, WHICH AT ONE TIME BY THE WAY WAS TOUTED AS THE HOME FOR A NEW
AT ONE TIME BY THE WAY WAS TOUTED AS THE HOME FOR A NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA, THE
TOUTED AS THE HOME FOR A NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA, THE PROJECT HAS COME TO A SCREECHING
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA, THE PROJECT HAS COME TO A SCREECHING HALT.
PROJECT HAS COME TO A SCREECHING HALT. JOHNSON COUNTY LEADERS HAVE JUST
HALT. JOHNSON COUNTY LEADERS HAVE JUST VOTED AGAINST ISSUING
JOHNSON COUNTY LEADERS HAVE JUST VOTED AGAINST ISSUING $10 MILLION IN BONDS TO REMODEL
VOTED AGAINST ISSUING $10 MILLION IN BONDS TO REMODEL THE FACILITY, WHICH WAS ALSO TO
$10 MILLION IN BONDS TO REMODEL THE FACILITY, WHICH WAS ALSO TO BE THE NEW HOME OF THE JOHNSON
THE FACILITY, WHICH WAS ALSO TO BE THE NEW HOME OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY MUSEUM.
BE THE NEW HOME OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY MUSEUM. WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART?
COUNTY MUSEUM. WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART? WELL, IN THE CURRENT
WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART? WELL, IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, A MUSEUM FOR
WELL, IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, A MUSEUM FOR SUBURBIA IS NOT PROBABLY HIGH ON
ENVIRONMENT, A MUSEUM FOR SUBURBIA IS NOT PROBABLY HIGH ON THE LIST OF MOST TAXPAYERS,
SUBURBIA IS NOT PROBABLY HIGH ON THE LIST OF MOST TAXPAYERS, PARTICULARLY IN JOHNSON COUNTY,
THE LIST OF MOST TAXPAYERS, PARTICULARLY IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND I THINK LAWMAKERS JUST SAID,
PARTICULARLY IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND I THINK LAWMAKERS JUST SAID, LET'S BACK AWAY WHILE WE CAN.
AND I THINK LAWMAKERS JUST SAID, LET'S BACK AWAY WHILE WE CAN. DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
LET'S BACK AWAY WHILE WE CAN. DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALSO
DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALSO A LEADERSHIP RACE GOING ON IN
WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALSO A LEADERSHIP RACE GOING ON IN JOHNSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW WHERE
A LEADERSHIP RACE GOING ON IN JOHNSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE ED EILERT AND ED
JOHNSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE ED EILERT AND ED PETERSON LOOKING FOR A JOHNSON
YOU HAVE ED EILERT AND ED PETERSON LOOKING FOR A JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR
PETERSON LOOKING FOR A JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR OPPORTUNITY THERE, GOING AGAINST
COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR OPPORTUNITY THERE, GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
OPPORTUNITY THERE, GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER. QUITE POSSIBILITY.
EACH OTHER. QUITE POSSIBILITY. I ALMOST WONDER IN ANY
QUITE POSSIBILITY. I ALMOST WONDER IN ANY ENVIRONMENT IS THE MUSEUM OF
I ALMOST WONDER IN ANY ENVIRONMENT IS THE MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA.
ENVIRONMENT IS THE MUSEUM OF SUBURBIA. THEY HAVE ONE.
SUBURBIA. THEY HAVE ONE. THERE ARE EFFORTS IN JOHNSON
THEY HAVE ONE. THERE ARE EFFORTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES, AND
THERE ARE EFFORTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES, AND KANSAS CITY HAS A JAZZ MUSEUM,
COUNTY AND OTHER PLACES, AND KANSAS CITY HAS A JAZZ MUSEUM, *** LEAGUE MUSEUM, KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY HAS A JAZZ MUSEUM, *** LEAGUE MUSEUM, KANSAS CITY MUSEUM, WORLD WAR I MUSEUM.
*** LEAGUE MUSEUM, KANSAS CITY MUSEUM, WORLD WAR I MUSEUM. SO MUSEUMS DO HAVE SOME
MUSEUM, WORLD WAR I MUSEUM. SO MUSEUMS DO HAVE SOME ATTRACTIVENESS.
SO MUSEUMS DO HAVE SOME ATTRACTIVENESS. IT WAS JUST IN THE CURRENT
ATTRACTIVENESS. IT WAS JUST IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, I THINK IT'S A LOT
IT WAS JUST IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
ENVIRONMENT, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I USED TO BOWL THERE.
OF MONEY. I USED TO BOWL THERE. I'D LOVE TO GO BACK.
I USED TO BOWL THERE. I'D LOVE TO GO BACK. YOU NEED MORE THAN
I'D LOVE TO GO BACK. YOU NEED MORE THAN $10 MILLION FOR RENOVATIONS, SO
YOU NEED MORE THAN $10 MILLION FOR RENOVATIONS, SO I DON'T THINK THAT BOND ISSUE
$10 MILLION FOR RENOVATIONS, SO I DON'T THINK THAT BOND ISSUE WOULD HAVE PLAYED FAVORABLY IN
I DON'T THINK THAT BOND ISSUE WOULD HAVE PLAYED FAVORABLY IN ANYBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN
WOULD HAVE PLAYED FAVORABLY IN ANYBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN JOHNSON COUNTY SO I THINK THAT
ANYBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN JOHNSON COUNTY SO I THINK THAT 10 MILLION PRICE TAG GOING
JOHNSON COUNTY SO I THINK THAT 10 MILLION PRICE TAG GOING FORWARD IS PROBABLY WHAT KILLED
10 MILLION PRICE TAG GOING FORWARD IS PROBABLY WHAT KILLED THEM.
FORWARD IS PROBABLY WHAT KILLED THEM. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN
THEM. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.
AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS,
REVIEW. THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS, FROM KCTV 5 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE
THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS, FROM KCTV 5 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER STACEY CAMERON, AND
FROM KCTV 5 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER STACEY CAMERON, AND FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE
REPORTER STACEY CAMERON, AND FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR BARBARA SHELLY,
FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR BARBARA SHELLY, THE STAR'S POLITICAL REPORTER
KANSAS CITY STAR BARBARA SHELLY, THE STAR'S POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE HELLING, AND FROM THE
THE STAR'S POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE HELLING, AND FROM THE INVESTIGATION UNIT AT 41 ACTION
DAVE HELLING, AND FROM THE INVESTIGATION UNIT AT 41 ACTION NEWS, RYAN KATH.
INVESTIGATION UNIT AT 41 ACTION NEWS, RYAN KATH. I'M NICK HAINES.
NEWS, RYAN KATH. 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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