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THEY'VE FINALLY GOT THE SIGNATURES. A GROUP HOPING TO FORCE A PUBLIC
SIGNATURES. A GROUP HOPING TO FORCE A PUBLIC VOTE ON THE $1.2 BILLION SINGLE
A GROUP HOPING TO FORCE A PUBLIC VOTE ON THE $1.2 BILLION SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN FOR KCI AIRPORT
VOTE ON THE $1.2 BILLION SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN FOR KCI AIRPORT HAVE RECEIVED WORD THEY HAVE
TERMINAL PLAN FOR KCI AIRPORT HAVE RECEIVED WORD THEY HAVE COLLECTED THE NECESSARY 3,573
HAVE RECEIVED WORD THEY HAVE COLLECTED THE NECESSARY 3,573 SIGNATURES NECESSARY TO PLACE
COLLECTED THE NECESSARY 3,573 SIGNATURES NECESSARY TO PLACE THEIR PROPOSAL ON AN ELECTION
SIGNATURES NECESSARY TO PLACE THEIR PROPOSAL ON AN ELECTION BALLOT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
THEIR PROPOSAL ON AN ELECTION BALLOT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
BALLOT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? THERE IS A CITY ELECTION COMING
SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? THERE IS A CITY ELECTION COMING UP IN APRIL.
THERE IS A CITY ELECTION COMING UP IN APRIL. WILL WE BE VOTING ON THE AIRPORT
UP IN APRIL. WILL WE BE VOTING ON THE AIRPORT THEN, DAVE HELLING?
WILL WE BE VOTING ON THE AIRPORT THEN, DAVE HELLING? WELL, EVEN IF THIS IS PUT ON
THEN, DAVE HELLING? WELL, EVEN IF THIS IS PUT ON THE APRIL BALLOT, WE SHOULD BE
WELL, EVEN IF THIS IS PUT ON THE APRIL BALLOT, WE SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR.
THE APRIL BALLOT, WE SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE AIRPORT.
VERY CLEAR. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE AIRPORT. THIS PETITION ONLY REQUIRES THE
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE AIRPORT. THIS PETITION ONLY REQUIRES THE CITY TO HOLD A VOTE ON THE
THIS PETITION ONLY REQUIRES THE CITY TO HOLD A VOTE ON THE AIRPORT.
CITY TO HOLD A VOTE ON THE AIRPORT. IT'S KIND OF A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
AIRPORT. IT'S KIND OF A TWO-STEP PROCESS. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MEMBERS OF
IT'S KIND OF A TWO-STEP PROCESS. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I GET THE SENSE THAT THERE WILL
THE COUNCIL. I GET THE SENSE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PUSH TO GO AHEAD AND PUT
I GET THE SENSE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PUSH TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT OR ADOPT A
BE SOME PUSH TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT OR ADOPT A POLICY WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE
THIS ON THE BALLOT OR ADOPT A POLICY WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, IN ESSENCE, GUARANTEEING
POLICY WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, IN ESSENCE, GUARANTEEING THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC VOTE
PEOPLE, IN ESSENCE, GUARANTEEING THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC VOTE ON ANY PLANS FOR KANSAS CITY
THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC VOTE ON ANY PLANS FOR KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL, IN PART BECAUSE
ON ANY PLANS FOR KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL, IN PART BECAUSE IT ISN'T REALLY WORTH GOING TO
INTERNATIONAL, IN PART BECAUSE IT ISN'T REALLY WORTH GOING TO THE BALLOT NOW AND LOSING THAT
IT ISN'T REALLY WORTH GOING TO THE BALLOT NOW AND LOSING THAT VOTE AND CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR
THE BALLOT NOW AND LOSING THAT VOTE AND CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR THE EVENTUAL ON THE MERITS
VOTE AND CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR THE EVENTUAL ON THE MERITS DISCUSSION THAT WOULD COME
THE EVENTUAL ON THE MERITS DISCUSSION THAT WOULD COME EITHER THIS YEAR OR MORE LIKELY
DISCUSSION THAT WOULD COME EITHER THIS YEAR OR MORE LIKELY IN 2016 WHEN THERE IS A
EITHER THIS YEAR OR MORE LIKELY IN 2016 WHEN THERE IS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
IN 2016 WHEN THERE IS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THERE MAY BE SOME ARGUMENT TO DO
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THERE MAY BE SOME ARGUMENT TO DO IT THEN.
THERE MAY BE SOME ARGUMENT TO DO IT THEN. SO I DON'T -- MY GUESS IS, AND
IT THEN. SO I DON'T -- MY GUESS IS, AND IT'S JUST A GUESS, THE COUNCIL
SO I DON'T -- MY GUESS IS, AND IT'S JUST A GUESS, THE COUNCIL WILL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS
IT'S JUST A GUESS, THE COUNCIL WILL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS POLICY AND IN ESSENCE PLEDGE TO
WILL GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS POLICY AND IN ESSENCE PLEDGE TO HAVE A PUBLIC VOTE AT SOME POINT
POLICY AND IN ESSENCE PLEDGE TO HAVE A PUBLIC VOTE AT SOME POINT ON A SINGLE TERMINAL AT KCI.
HAVE A PUBLIC VOTE AT SOME POINT ON A SINGLE TERMINAL AT KCI. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS IN THE
ON A SINGLE TERMINAL AT KCI. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS IN THE PAST, INCLUDING WITH THE
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS IN THE PAST, INCLUDING WITH THE MEASURES THAT CLAY CHASTAIN HAS
PAST, INCLUDING WITH THE MEASURES THAT CLAY CHASTAIN HAS PUT FORWARD, DECIDED NOT TO HOLD
MEASURES THAT CLAY CHASTAIN HAS PUT FORWARD, DECIDED NOT TO HOLD AN ELECTION WHATSOEVER.
PUT FORWARD, DECIDED NOT TO HOLD AN ELECTION WHATSOEVER. COULD YOU FORESEE THAT
AN ELECTION WHATSOEVER. COULD YOU FORESEE THAT HAPPENING, STEVE KRASKE?
COULD YOU FORESEE THAT HAPPENING, STEVE KRASKE? THEY COULD, BUT THIS ISSUE IS
HAPPENING, STEVE KRASKE? THEY COULD, BUT THIS ISSUE IS SO HOT AND SO BIG, I THINK DAVE
THEY COULD, BUT THIS ISSUE IS SO HOT AND SO BIG, I THINK DAVE IS RIGHT.
SO HOT AND SO BIG, I THINK DAVE IS RIGHT. AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE A
IS RIGHT. AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE A VOTE.
AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE A VOTE. THIS ISSUE IS A LITTLE TRICKY,
VOTE. THIS ISSUE IS A LITTLE TRICKY, BECAUSE ALMOST UNDER ANY
THIS ISSUE IS A LITTLE TRICKY, BECAUSE ALMOST UNDER ANY SCENARIO YOU WOULD EXPECT A VOTE
BECAUSE ALMOST UNDER ANY SCENARIO YOU WOULD EXPECT A VOTE OF SOME KIND, BECAUSE THE CITY
SCENARIO YOU WOULD EXPECT A VOTE OF SOME KIND, BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO USE
OF SOME KIND, BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO USE REVENUE BONDS TO BUILD A NEW
COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO USE REVENUE BONDS TO BUILD A NEW AIRPORT USING REVENUE BONDS
REVENUE BONDS TO BUILD A NEW AIRPORT USING REVENUE BONDS REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
AIRPORT USING REVENUE BONDS REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. SO EVEN IN THAT BACK DOOR SORT
REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. SO EVEN IN THAT BACK DOOR SORT OF WAY, NICK, THERE WOULD HAVE
SO EVEN IN THAT BACK DOOR SORT OF WAY, NICK, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VOTE ANYWAY.
OF WAY, NICK, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VOTE ANYWAY. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE,
BEEN A VOTE ANYWAY. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE, TOO.
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE, TOO. I THINK DAVE IS RIGHT.
TOO. I THINK DAVE IS RIGHT. I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT
I THINK DAVE IS RIGHT. I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THIS BECAUSE THE PR AGAINST THE
I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THIS BECAUSE THE PR AGAINST THE COUNCIL AND THE WAY THE CITY HAS
THIS BECAUSE THE PR AGAINST THE COUNCIL AND THE WAY THE CITY HAS TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD HAS BEEN
COUNCIL AND THE WAY THE CITY HAS TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD HAS BEEN SO NEGATIVE THAT THEY'RE GOING
TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD HAS BEEN SO NEGATIVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THIS PUT ON THE
SO NEGATIVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THIS PUT ON THE BALLOT POSSIBLY IN NOVEMBER OR A
TO NEED TO GET THIS PUT ON THE BALLOT POSSIBLY IN NOVEMBER OR A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND
BALLOT POSSIBLY IN NOVEMBER OR A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND GIVE THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO
COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND GIVE THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT, BUT TO CHANGE THE
GIVE THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT, BUT TO CHANGE THE DISCUSSION POSSIBLY IN THEIR
VOTE ON IT, BUT TO CHANGE THE DISCUSSION POSSIBLY IN THEIR FAVOR TO, START TO HAVE SOME OF
DISCUSSION POSSIBLY IN THEIR FAVOR TO, START TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CITIZEN COMMISSION REVIEW
FAVOR TO, START TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CITIZEN COMMISSION REVIEW COMMITTEES AND OTHER STUDIES TO
THESE CITIZEN COMMISSION REVIEW COMMITTEES AND OTHER STUDIES TO SHOW THIS IS THE BEST OPTION
COMMITTEES AND OTHER STUDIES TO SHOW THIS IS THE BEST OPTION GOING FORWARD.
SHOW THIS IS THE BEST OPTION GOING FORWARD. RIGHT NOW IF THEY PUT THIS ON
GOING FORWARD. RIGHT NOW IF THEY PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT IN APRIL, IT'S
RIGHT NOW IF THEY PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT IN APRIL, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET CRUSHED.
THE BALLOT IN APRIL, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET CRUSHED. JUST AS A PRACTICE --
PROBABLY GOING TO GET CRUSHED. JUST AS A PRACTICE -- PRACTICAL MATTER, THIS WOULD BE
JUST AS A PRACTICE -- PRACTICAL MATTER, THIS WOULD BE SEEN AS A TEST VOTE ON THE WHOLE
PRACTICAL MATTER, THIS WOULD BE SEEN AS A TEST VOTE ON THE WHOLE IDEA, EVEN THOUGH LEGALLY IT
SEEN AS A TEST VOTE ON THE WHOLE IDEA, EVEN THOUGH LEGALLY IT WOULD NOT BE.
IDEA, EVEN THOUGH LEGALLY IT WOULD NOT BE. AND IF THE SINGLE TERMINAL WAS
WOULD NOT BE. AND IF THE SINGLE TERMINAL WAS CRUSHED 2 TO 1, 3 TO 1, IT WOULD
AND IF THE SINGLE TERMINAL WAS CRUSHED 2 TO 1, 3 TO 1, IT WOULD MAKE IT THAT MUCH HARDER WHEN IT
CRUSHED 2 TO 1, 3 TO 1, IT WOULD MAKE IT THAT MUCH HARDER WHEN IT GOES ON THE BALLOT TO GET IT
MAKE IT THAT MUCH HARDER WHEN IT GOES ON THE BALLOT TO GET IT PASSED.
GOES ON THE BALLOT TO GET IT PASSED. BUT LONG-TERM, THIS HAS BEEN
PASSED. BUT LONG-TERM, THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD PROCESS.
BUT LONG-TERM, THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD PROCESS. IT'S BROADENED THE CONVERSATION.
A GOOD PROCESS. IT'S BROADENED THE CONVERSATION. IT'S ALLOWED MUCH MORE TIME FOR
IT'S BROADENED THE CONVERSATION. IT'S ALLOWED MUCH MORE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME ENGAGED AND
IT'S ALLOWED MUCH MORE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME ENGAGED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS.
PEOPLE TO BECOME ENGAGED AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. THE PROBLEM ABOUT CHANGING THAT
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. THE PROBLEM ABOUT CHANGING THAT AIRPORT, YOU'VE GOT THAT KNEE
THE PROBLEM ABOUT CHANGING THAT AIRPORT, YOU'VE GOT THAT KNEE JERK, BUT WE LOVE IT AS IT IS,
AIRPORT, YOU'VE GOT THAT KNEE JERK, BUT WE LOVE IT AS IT IS, AND YOU'VE GOT TO REACH OVER
JERK, BUT WE LOVE IT AS IT IS, AND YOU'VE GOT TO REACH OVER THAT IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO
AND YOU'VE GOT TO REACH OVER THAT IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO GET THIS SINGLE TERMINAL.
THAT IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO GET THIS SINGLE TERMINAL. THERE HAS BEEN SOME
GET THIS SINGLE TERMINAL. THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUGGESTION THAT JUST BECAUSE OF
THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUGGESTION THAT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT MARY SAID THEY WON'T HAVE A
SUGGESTION THAT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT MARY SAID THEY WON'T HAVE A VOTE IN APRIL.
WHAT MARY SAID THEY WON'T HAVE A VOTE IN APRIL. THEY WOULD PUT IT OFF FOR A YEAR
VOTE IN APRIL. THEY WOULD PUT IT OFF FOR A YEAR OR NOVEMBER, BECAUSE TIME IS ON
THEY WOULD PUT IT OFF FOR A YEAR OR NOVEMBER, BECAUSE TIME IS ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO FAVOR A
OR NOVEMBER, BECAUSE TIME IS ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO FAVOR A SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN HERE, LIKE
THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO FAVOR A SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN HERE, LIKE MAYOR SLY JAMES, WHO HAS SAID,
SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN HERE, LIKE MAYOR SLY JAMES, WHO HAS SAID, HEY, FOLKS, THE CLOCK IS MOVING,
MAYOR SLY JAMES, WHO HAS SAID, HEY, FOLKS, THE CLOCK IS MOVING, TIME IS MARCHING FORWARD.
HEY, FOLKS, THE CLOCK IS MOVING, TIME IS MARCHING FORWARD. KCI IS PART OF OUR DISTANT PAST.
TIME IS MARCHING FORWARD. KCI IS PART OF OUR DISTANT PAST. NOW IT'S TIME TO LOOK TO THE
KCI IS PART OF OUR DISTANT PAST. NOW IT'S TIME TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE. TIME IS ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE
FUTURE. TIME IS ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE LIKE SLY JAMES, SO THE PEOPLE
TIME IS ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE LIKE SLY JAMES, SO THE PEOPLE TUESDAY -- SO THE IMPETUS FOR
LIKE SLY JAMES, SO THE PEOPLE TUESDAY -- SO THE IMPETUS FOR HIM WOULD BE TO PUT THE VOTE OFF
TUESDAY -- SO THE IMPETUS FOR HIM WOULD BE TO PUT THE VOTE OFF AND BRING PEOPLE UP TO SPEED.
HIM WOULD BE TO PUT THE VOTE OFF AND BRING PEOPLE UP TO SPEED. WHICH IS WHY I THINK THEY MAY
AND BRING PEOPLE UP TO SPEED. WHICH IS WHY I THINK THEY MAY JUST PASS THIS THING WITHOUT ANY
WHICH IS WHY I THINK THEY MAY JUST PASS THIS THING WITHOUT ANY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT SET
JUST PASS THIS THING WITHOUT ANY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT SET UP A POLITICAL PROBLEM OF HAVING
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT SET UP A POLITICAL PROBLEM OF HAVING A TEST VOTE THAT COULD GO THE
UP A POLITICAL PROBLEM OF HAVING A TEST VOTE THAT COULD GO THE WRONG WAY.
A TEST VOTE THAT COULD GO THE WRONG WAY. THAT'S MY GUESS.
WRONG WAY. THAT'S MY GUESS. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MEMBERS OF
THAT'S MY GUESS. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S MY
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S MY GUESS.
THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S MY GUESS. LET ME THROW THIS IN QUICKLY,
GUESS. LET ME THROW THIS IN QUICKLY, TOO, WE'RE REMINDED ONCE AGAIN,
LET ME THROW THIS IN QUICKLY, TOO, WE'RE REMINDED ONCE AGAIN, AT THE VERY LOW THRESHOLD IN
TOO, WE'RE REMINDED ONCE AGAIN, AT THE VERY LOW THRESHOLD IN KANSAS CITY, TO PUT MEASURES ON
AT THE VERY LOW THRESHOLD IN KANSAS CITY, TO PUT MEASURES ON THE BALLOT.
KANSAS CITY, TO PUT MEASURES ON THE BALLOT. IT TAKES ONLY 3500 ROUGHLY.
THE BALLOT. IT TAKES ONLY 3500 ROUGHLY. BUT THAT'S A HUGE
IT TAKES ONLY 3500 ROUGHLY. BUT THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
BUT THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING. THIS IS ALL DURING THE HOLIDAY
UNDERTAKING. THIS IS ALL DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.
THIS IS ALL DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD. THAT WASN'T AN EASY TASK.
PERIOD. THAT WASN'T AN EASY TASK. BUT IT'S NOT DIFFICULT
THAT WASN'T AN EASY TASK. BUT IT'S NOT DIFFICULT EITHER.
BUT IT'S NOT DIFFICULT EITHER. 3500 VOTES IS NOT AN ENORMOUS
EITHER. 3500 VOTES IS NOT AN ENORMOUS HURDLE TO CLEAR, WHICH CLAY
3500 VOTES IS NOT AN ENORMOUS HURDLE TO CLEAR, WHICH CLAY CHASTAIN PROVES OVER AND OVER
HURDLE TO CLEAR, WHICH CLAY CHASTAIN PROVES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
CHASTAIN PROVES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU
AND OVER AGAIN. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU GO OUT SIGNATURE COLLECTING, A
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU GO OUT SIGNATURE COLLECTING, A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T REGISTERED
GO OUT SIGNATURE COLLECTING, A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T REGISTERED VOTERS, DON'T LIVE IN KANSAS
LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T REGISTERED VOTERS, DON'T LIVE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
VOTERS, DON'T LIVE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. NO QUESTION.
CITY, MISSOURI. NO QUESTION. I WILL SAY THIS JUST BRIEFLY.
NO QUESTION. I WILL SAY THIS JUST BRIEFLY. THERE WILL BE SOME PRESSURE ON
I WILL SAY THIS JUST BRIEFLY. THERE WILL BE SOME PRESSURE ON THE COUNCIL TO PUT THIS TO A
THERE WILL BE SOME PRESSURE ON THE COUNCIL TO PUT THIS TO A VOTE, THIS PETITION, IF THEY
THE COUNCIL TO PUT THIS TO A VOTE, THIS PETITION, IF THEY DON'T ADOPT IT, LARGELY BECAUSE
VOTE, THIS PETITION, IF THEY DON'T ADOPT IT, LARGELY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF
DON'T ADOPT IT, LARGELY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE INITIATIVE PROCESS IN KANSAS
PEOPLE ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE INITIATIVE PROCESS IN KANSAS CITY, AND I DON'T THINK THE
THE INITIATIVE PROCESS IN KANSAS CITY, AND I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICULARLY
CITY, AND I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICULARLY GOING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR
COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICULARLY GOING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR EARLY NEXT YEAR WANT TO INSULT
GOING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR EARLY NEXT YEAR WANT TO INSULT THE VOTERS THAT WAY.
EARLY NEXT YEAR WANT TO INSULT THE VOTERS THAT WAY. AS WE START A NEW YEAR,
THE VOTERS THAT WAY. AS WE START A NEW YEAR, KANSAS IS WORKING OUT THE
AS WE START A NEW YEAR, KANSAS IS WORKING OUT THE DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL GO ABOUT
KANSAS IS WORKING OUT THE DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A NEW LAW THAT
DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A NEW LAW THAT ALLOWS OFFICIALS TO RANDOMLY
IMPLEMENTING A NEW LAW THAT ALLOWS OFFICIALS TO RANDOMLY DRUG TEST THOSE APPLYING FOR
ALLOWS OFFICIALS TO RANDOMLY DRUG TEST THOSE APPLYING FOR WELFARE BENEFITS.
DRUG TEST THOSE APPLYING FOR WELFARE BENEFITS. BUT THEY ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT
WELFARE BENEFITS. BUT THEY ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT MISSOURI TO SEE HOW IT WILL
BUT THEY ONLY NEED TO LOOK AT MISSOURI TO SEE HOW IT WILL WORK.
MISSOURI TO SEE HOW IT WILL WORK. THE RESULTS ARE NOW IN ON
WORK. THE RESULTS ARE NOW IN ON MISSOURI'S EXPERIMENT.
THE RESULTS ARE NOW IN ON MISSOURI'S EXPERIMENT. THE SHOW-ME STATE ENACTED A
MISSOURI'S EXPERIMENT. THE SHOW-ME STATE ENACTED A SIMILAR LAW LAST MARCH, AND
THE SHOW-ME STATE ENACTED A SIMILAR LAW LAST MARCH, AND AFTER SPENDING NEARLY HALF A
SIMILAR LAW LAST MARCH, AND AFTER SPENDING NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE PROGRAM,
AFTER SPENDING NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE PROGRAM, 20 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
MILLION DOLLARS ON THE PROGRAM, 20 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUG USE, AND NEARLY 200 REFUSED
20 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUG USE, AND NEARLY 200 REFUSED TO COMPLY AND WERE DENIED
DRUG USE, AND NEARLY 200 REFUSED TO COMPLY AND WERE DENIED BENEFITS.
TO COMPLY AND WERE DENIED BENEFITS. DOES REFUSING TO COMPLY MEAN
BENEFITS. DOES REFUSING TO COMPLY MEAN THEY WERE USING DRUGS AND JUST
DOES REFUSING TO COMPLY MEAN THEY WERE USING DRUGS AND JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE
THEY WERE USING DRUGS AND JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE EMBARRASSMENT OF BEING TESTED,
DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE EMBARRASSMENT OF BEING TESTED, MARY?
EMBARRASSMENT OF BEING TESTED, MARY? YOU DON'T KNOW.
MARY? YOU DON'T KNOW. CERTAINLY YOU COULD PROBABLY
YOU DON'T KNOW. CERTAINLY YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE A VALID ARGUMENT THAT A
CERTAINLY YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE A VALID ARGUMENT THAT A PORTION WOULD BE THAT.
MAKE A VALID ARGUMENT THAT A PORTION WOULD BE THAT. BUT THERE ALSO MIGHT BE A LOT OF
PORTION WOULD BE THAT. BUT THERE ALSO MIGHT BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST SAY, I'M NOT
BUT THERE ALSO MIGHT BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THAT.
PEOPLE WHO JUST SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
GOING TO PUT UP WITH THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. THEY SEE THE UNFAIRNESS IN IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. THEY SEE THE UNFAIRNESS IN IT. THERE WAS A LOT OF REPORTING
THEY SEE THE UNFAIRNESS IN IT. THERE WAS A LOT OF REPORTING AROUND THIS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF REPORTING AROUND THIS. IT'S NOT HAPPENING JUST HERE.
AROUND THIS. IT'S NOT HAPPENING JUST HERE. OTHER STATES HAVE STARTED TO
IT'S NOT HAPPENING JUST HERE. OTHER STATES HAVE STARTED TO FIGURE OUT THAT IT COSTS MORE
OTHER STATES HAVE STARTED TO FIGURE OUT THAT IT COSTS MORE MONEY THAN IT SAVES.
FIGURE OUT THAT IT COSTS MORE MONEY THAN IT SAVES. THE ENTIRE THING IS BUILT UPON
MONEY THAN IT SAVES. THE ENTIRE THING IS BUILT UPON THIS IDEA OF LEGISLATURES THINK
THE ENTIRE THING IS BUILT UPON THIS IDEA OF LEGISLATURES THINK THINKING THEY UNDERSTAND THE
THIS IDEA OF LEGISLATURES THINK THINKING THEY UNDERSTAND THE POVERTY AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE
THINKING THEY UNDERSTAND THE POVERTY AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE POOR AND THAT BY GOD, IT'S
POVERTY AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE POOR AND THAT BY GOD, IT'S BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING
POOR AND THAT BY GOD, IT'S BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING DRUGS, AND JUST HAD TURNED OUT
BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING DRUGS, AND JUST HAD TURNED OUT TO BE THE TRUTH.
DRUGS, AND JUST HAD TURNED OUT TO BE THE TRUTH. MAYBE WHAT THESE LEGISLATORS
TO BE THE TRUTH. MAYBE WHAT THESE LEGISLATORS NEED TO DO IS SIT BACK AND
MAYBE WHAT THESE LEGISLATORS NEED TO DO IS SIT BACK AND REASSESS SOME OF THEIR
NEED TO DO IS SIT BACK AND REASSESS SOME OF THEIR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT POOR PEOPLE.
REASSESS SOME OF THEIR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT POOR PEOPLE. NOW THE LAW IN THE STATE OF
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT POOR PEOPLE. NOW THE LAW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI SAYS IT IS ONLY -- AND
NOW THE LAW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI SAYS IT IS ONLY -- AND IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, AS IT
MISSOURI SAYS IT IS ONLY -- AND IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, AS IT WILL BE ENACTED THIS YEAR, SAYS
IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, AS IT WILL BE ENACTED THIS YEAR, SAYS IT'S NOT MANDATORY FOR EVERYONE.
WILL BE ENACTED THIS YEAR, SAYS IT'S NOT MANDATORY FOR EVERYONE. IT IS SUSPECTED DRUG USE.
IT'S NOT MANDATORY FOR EVERYONE. IT IS SUSPECTED DRUG USE. HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK,
IT IS SUSPECTED DRUG USE. HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK, THOUGH?
HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK, THOUGH? THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING --.
THOUGH? THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING --. ARBITRARY, NICK?
THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING --. ARBITRARY, NICK? HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK?
ARBITRARY, NICK? HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK? I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE --
HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WORK? I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE -- THERE HAVE BEEN IN OTHER STATES,
I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE -- THERE HAVE BEEN IN OTHER STATES, AS YOU KNOW, SOME CONSTITUTIONAL
THERE HAVE BEEN IN OTHER STATES, AS YOU KNOW, SOME CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO THIS KIND OF
AS YOU KNOW, SOME CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION.
CHALLENGES TO THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION. THERE ARE EQUAL PROTECTION
LEGISLATION. THERE ARE EQUAL PROTECTION PROTECTIONS IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
THERE ARE EQUAL PROTECTION PROTECTIONS IN OUR CONSTITUTION. FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK
PROTECTIONS IN OUR CONSTITUTION. FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THEY JUST SUFFERED A SETBACK, IN
FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THEY JUST SUFFERED A SETBACK, IN THE COURTS IN TERMS OF THE
THEY JUST SUFFERED A SETBACK, IN THE COURTS IN TERMS OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS.
THE COURTS IN TERMS OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION ISN'T
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION ISN'T COMPLETELY CLEAR.
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION ISN'T COMPLETELY CLEAR. IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE.
COMPLETELY CLEAR. IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE. YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THERE IS A
IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE. YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THERE IS A LEGITIMATE LOCAL CHALLENGE THAT
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THERE IS A LEGITIMATE LOCAL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATUTES MIGHT FACE SOME
LEGITIMATE LOCAL CHALLENGE THAT THE STATUTES MIGHT FACE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE COURTS.
THE STATUTES MIGHT FACE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE COURTS. IT IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
PROBLEMS IN THE COURTS. IT IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE. HAVING SAID THAT, THERE ARE
IT IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE. HAVING SAID THAT, THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WELFARE
HAVING SAID THAT, THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WELFARE APPLICANTS HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT
QUESTIONS THAT WELFARE APPLICANTS HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT BEGIN TO PERHAPS SUGGEST THEY
APPLICANTS HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT BEGIN TO PERHAPS SUGGEST THEY MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE FOLKS OF
BEGIN TO PERHAPS SUGGEST THEY MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE FOLKS OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE DRUGS.
MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE FOLKS OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE DRUGS. THEY ALSO DO SOME BACKGROUND
PEOPLE WHO TAKE DRUGS. THEY ALSO DO SOME BACKGROUND CHECKS, USING MISSOURI HIGHWAY
THEY ALSO DO SOME BACKGROUND CHECKS, USING MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL DATA TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
CHECKS, USING MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL DATA TO SEE IF THEY HAVE PRIOR ARREST RECORDS FOR DRUG
PATROL DATA TO SEE IF THEY HAVE PRIOR ARREST RECORDS FOR DRUG USE.
PRIOR ARREST RECORDS FOR DRUG USE. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE
USE. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE THING KICKS IN.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE THING KICKS IN. STACEY.
THING KICKS IN. STACEY. LET'S DRAW THIS DISTINCTION
STACEY. LET'S DRAW THIS DISTINCTION WITH THE KANSAS LAW.
LET'S DRAW THIS DISTINCTION WITH THE KANSAS LAW. IT'S NOT LIKE THE FLORIDA LAW,
WITH THE KANSAS LAW. IT'S NOT LIKE THE FLORIDA LAW, THE MICHIGAN LAW, THE ONE IN
IT'S NOT LIKE THE FLORIDA LAW, THE MICHIGAN LAW, THE ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT THE GOVERNOR
THE MICHIGAN LAW, THE ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT THE GOVERNOR IS FAILING TO IMPLEMENT.
NORTH CAROLINA THAT THE GOVERNOR IS FAILING TO IMPLEMENT. THIS LAW ACTUALLY, IF YOUR
IS FAILING TO IMPLEMENT. THIS LAW ACTUALLY, IF YOUR BENEFITS ARE DENIED OR IF YOU'RE
THIS LAW ACTUALLY, IF YOUR BENEFITS ARE DENIED OR IF YOU'RE FOUND TO BE USING DRUGS, THEN
BENEFITS ARE DENIED OR IF YOU'RE FOUND TO BE USING DRUGS, THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET
FOUND TO BE USING DRUGS, THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE BENEFITS BACK BY SIMPLY,
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE BENEFITS BACK BY SIMPLY, A, GOING THROUGH DRUG REHAB, AND
THOSE BENEFITS BACK BY SIMPLY, A, GOING THROUGH DRUG REHAB, AND B, GOING THROUGH JOB TRAINING
A, GOING THROUGH DRUG REHAB, AND B, GOING THROUGH JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.
B, GOING THROUGH JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS. IF THERE ARE CHILDREN INVOLVED,
PROGRAMS. IF THERE ARE CHILDREN INVOLVED, TOO, WHO WOULD ALSO BE DENIED
IF THERE ARE CHILDREN INVOLVED, TOO, WHO WOULD ALSO BE DENIED BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS, A
TOO, WHO WOULD ALSO BE DENIED BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS, A RELATIVE CAN STEP IN AND GET
BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS, A RELATIVE CAN STEP IN AND GET THOSE FOR THE PARENTS.
RELATIVE CAN STEP IN AND GET THOSE FOR THE PARENTS. REALLY, EVEN IF THIS MAY COST
THOSE FOR THE PARENTS. REALLY, EVEN IF THIS MAY COST THE STATE MONEY, IT COMES TO A
REALLY, EVEN IF THIS MAY COST THE STATE MONEY, IT COMES TO A BETTER POSITIVE GOOD, BECAUSE WE
THE STATE MONEY, IT COMES TO A BETTER POSITIVE GOOD, BECAUSE WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH DRUG REHAB,
BETTER POSITIVE GOOD, BECAUSE WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH DRUG REHAB, AND WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH JOB
GET PEOPLE THROUGH DRUG REHAB, AND WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.
AND WE GET PEOPLE THROUGH JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS. OTHER STATES AREN'T DOING THIS,
TRAINING PROGRAMS. OTHER STATES AREN'T DOING THIS, SO I APPLAUD KANSAS.
OTHER STATES AREN'T DOING THIS, SO I APPLAUD KANSAS. AT THE END, IF WE ARE GETTING
SO I APPLAUD KANSAS. AT THE END, IF WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE BETTER, WE'RE GETTING
AT THE END, IF WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE BETTER, WE'RE GETTING THEM HEALTHY AND GETTING THEM A
PEOPLE BETTER, WE'RE GETTING THEM HEALTHY AND GETTING THEM A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.
THEM HEALTHY AND GETTING THEM A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK BACK AND
JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK BACK AND SAY THIS ACTUALLY IS WELFARE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK BACK AND SAY THIS ACTUALLY IS WELFARE. WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WELL AND
SAY THIS ACTUALLY IS WELFARE. WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WELL AND GETTING THEM BACK INTO THE
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WELL AND GETTING THEM BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
GETTING THEM BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. I DON'T HAVE AS BIG OF A PROBLEM
WORKFORCE. I DON'T HAVE AS BIG OF A PROBLEM WITH KANSAS LAW AS THE OTHER
I DON'T HAVE AS BIG OF A PROBLEM WITH KANSAS LAW AS THE OTHER STATES.
WITH KANSAS LAW AS THE OTHER STATES. SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
STATES. SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS VOTED FOR THE KANSAS LAW BECAUSE
SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS VOTED FOR THE KANSAS LAW BECAUSE IT ALSO REQUIRED THAT LAWMAKERS
VOTED FOR THE KANSAS LAW BECAUSE IT ALSO REQUIRED THAT LAWMAKERS BE SUBJECT TO DRUG TESTING, TOO.
IT ALSO REQUIRED THAT LAWMAKERS BE SUBJECT TO DRUG TESTING, TOO. NOW, IT'S COME CLEAR THAT
BE SUBJECT TO DRUG TESTING, TOO. NOW, IT'S COME CLEAR THAT LAWMAKERS, WHEN THEY ARE DRUG
NOW, IT'S COME CLEAR THAT LAWMAKERS, WHEN THEY ARE DRUG TESTED, THERE ARE NO PENALTIES
LAWMAKERS, WHEN THEY ARE DRUG TESTED, THERE ARE NO PENALTIES AGAINST THEM.
TESTED, THERE ARE NO PENALTIES AGAINST THEM. YOU DON'T GET BENEFITS IF YOU'RE
AGAINST THEM. YOU DON'T GET BENEFITS IF YOU'RE ON -- YOU WON'T GET WELFARE
YOU DON'T GET BENEFITS IF YOU'RE ON -- YOU WON'T GET WELFARE BENEFITS IF YOU ARE DRUG TESTED,
ON -- YOU WON'T GET WELFARE BENEFITS IF YOU ARE DRUG TESTED, BUT LAWMAKERS, THERE ARE NO
BENEFITS IF YOU ARE DRUG TESTED, BUT LAWMAKERS, THERE ARE NO PUNISHMENTS.
BUT LAWMAKERS, THERE ARE NO PUNISHMENTS. WHY IS THAT?
PUNISHMENTS. WHY IS THAT? NOT ONLY THAT, FOLKS LIKE ME
WHY IS THAT? NOT ONLY THAT, FOLKS LIKE ME WHO REPORT ON THIS STUFF AND
NOT ONLY THAT, FOLKS LIKE ME WHO REPORT ON THIS STUFF AND FIND OUT THE IDENTITIES OF
WHO REPORT ON THIS STUFF AND FIND OUT THE IDENTITIES OF LAWMAKERS WHO DO TEST POSITIVE,
FIND OUT THE IDENTITIES OF LAWMAKERS WHO DO TEST POSITIVE, NICK, WE -- THOSE SAFEGUARDS
LAWMAKERS WHO DO TEST POSITIVE, NICK, WE -- THOSE SAFEGUARDS WEREN'T BUILT IN TO BEGIN IT.
NICK, WE -- THOSE SAFEGUARDS WEREN'T BUILT IN TO BEGIN IT. THAT ASPECT IS A BIG JOKE.
WEREN'T BUILT IN TO BEGIN IT. THAT ASPECT IS A BIG JOKE. AND PRAISE FOR STEPHANIE
THAT ASPECT IS A BIG JOKE. AND PRAISE FOR STEPHANIE CLAYTON OF OVERLAND PARK HAS
AND PRAISE FOR STEPHANIE CLAYTON OF OVERLAND PARK HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THAT AND SAID
CLAYTON OF OVERLAND PARK HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THAT AND SAID THAT THE ONLY REASON SHE VOTED
SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THAT AND SAID THAT THE ONLY REASON SHE VOTED FOR THIS WAS THAT SHE THOUGHT
THAT THE ONLY REASON SHE VOTED FOR THIS WAS THAT SHE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE OF THAT
FOR THIS WAS THAT SHE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE OF THAT PENALTY FOR THE LAWMAKERS.
THERE WOULD BE MORE OF THAT PENALTY FOR THE LAWMAKERS. SO PRAISES TO HER.
PENALTY FOR THE LAWMAKERS. SO PRAISES TO HER. THAT'S FAIRNESS.
SO PRAISES TO HER. THAT'S FAIRNESS. IT'S A HIGH ACT OF HYPOCRISY.
THAT'S FAIRNESS. IT'S A HIGH ACT OF HYPOCRISY. TREER TRYING TO DO THIS PROGRAM
IT'S A HIGH ACT OF HYPOCRISY. TREER TRYING TO DO THIS PROGRAM THAT I THINK WOULD DO WELL FOR
TREER TRYING TO DO THIS PROGRAM THAT I THINK WOULD DO WELL FOR PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
THAT I THINK WOULD DO WELL FOR PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WALK THE SAME LINES.
PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WALK THE SAME LINES. SO THAT IS WHAT ILLUSTRATES
WALK THE SAME LINES. SO THAT IS WHAT ILLUSTRATES TO US AND SHOULD ILLUSTRATE TO
SO THAT IS WHAT ILLUSTRATES TO US AND SHOULD ILLUSTRATE TO US THAT THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE IS
TO US AND SHOULD ILLUSTRATE TO US THAT THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE IS MORE POLITICAL THAN IT IS ON
US THAT THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE IS MORE POLITICAL THAN IT IS ON POLICY.
MORE POLITICAL THAN IT IS ON POLICY. NOT JUST FOR THE LEGISLATORS BUT
POLICY. NOT JUST FOR THE LEGISLATORS BUT FOR THE WELFARE RECIPIENTS AND
NOT JUST FOR THE LEGISLATORS BUT FOR THE WELFARE RECIPIENTS AND BENEFITS RECIPIENTS AS WELL.
FOR THE WELFARE RECIPIENTS AND BENEFITS RECIPIENTS AS WELL. AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE,
BENEFITS RECIPIENTS AS WELL. AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE, NICK, AND WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH
AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE, NICK, AND WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH ON THIS SHOW ABOUT THIS, OF
NICK, AND WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH ON THIS SHOW ABOUT THIS, OF LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO SAY
ON THIS SHOW ABOUT THIS, OF LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO SAY SOMETHING, NOT NECESSARILY TO DO
LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO SAY SOMETHING, NOT NECESSARILY TO DO SOMETHING, AND THIS IS ANOTHER
SOMETHING, NOT NECESSARILY TO DO SOMETHING, AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SOMETHING, AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT. I THINK SOME JUDGES ARE LOOKING
EXAMPLE OF THAT. I THINK SOME JUDGES ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, IN ESSENCE,
I THINK SOME JUDGES ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, IN ESSENCE, WE DON'T THINK THIS COMPLIES
AT THIS AND SAYING, IN ESSENCE, WE DON'T THINK THIS COMPLIES WITH THE CONSTITUTION, WE'LL SEE
WE DON'T THINK THIS COMPLIES WITH THE CONSTITUTION, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE TWO
WITH THE CONSTITUTION, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE TWO STATES.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE TWO STATES. IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, THE
STATES. IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, THE MOTHER OF JOVAN BELCHER SUES THE
IN OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, THE MOTHER OF JOVAN BELCHER SUES THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.
MOTHER OF JOVAN BELCHER SUES THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGED HE
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGED HE UNKNOWINGLY SACRIFICED HIS BRAIN
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGED HE UNKNOWINGLY SACRIFICED HIS BRAIN DURING HIS FOUR YEARS WITH THE
UNKNOWINGLY SACRIFICED HIS BRAIN DURING HIS FOUR YEARS WITH THE TEAM.
DURING HIS FOUR YEARS WITH THE TEAM. BELCHER'S BODY WAS EXHUMED AT
TEAM. BELCHER'S BODY WAS EXHUMED AT THE REQUEST OF HIS FAMILY TWO
BELCHER'S BODY WAS EXHUMED AT THE REQUEST OF HIS FAMILY TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE REQUEST OF HIS FAMILY TWO WEEKS AGO. DID DOCTORS FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF
WEEKS AGO. DID DOCTORS FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF BRAIN INJURY, STACEY CAMERON?
DID DOCTORS FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF BRAIN INJURY, STACEY CAMERON? WELL, WE'LL SEE.
BRAIN INJURY, STACEY CAMERON? WELL, WE'LL SEE. THE BODY WAS EXHUMED IN LONG
WELL, WE'LL SEE. THE BODY WAS EXHUMED IN LONG ISLAND IN LATE DECEMBER LOOKING
THE BODY WAS EXHUMED IN LONG ISLAND IN LATE DECEMBER LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF TRAUMATIC
ISLAND IN LATE DECEMBER LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AS WE AS OTHER
FOR EVIDENCE OF TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AS WE AS OTHER CONCUSSIVE INJURIES.
ENCEPHALOPATHY AS WE AS OTHER CONCUSSIVE INJURIES. IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT
CONCUSSIVE INJURIES. IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT ROAD FOR THE FAMILY TO HOE,
IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT ROAD FOR THE FAMILY TO HOE, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THIS
ROAD FOR THE FAMILY TO HOE, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THIS SUICIDE AND THE FACT THAT HE
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THIS SUICIDE AND THE FACT THAT HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
SUICIDE AND THE FACT THAT HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD. THE EVIDENCE COULD HAVE BEEN
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD. THE EVIDENCE COULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
THE EVIDENCE COULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. FOR THE CHIEFS GOING FORWARD AND
DESTROYED. FOR THE CHIEFS GOING FORWARD AND THE NFL, I THINK WHAT'S MOST
FOR THE CHIEFS GOING FORWARD AND THE NFL, I THINK WHAT'S MOST CONCERNING ARE SOME OF THE
THE NFL, I THINK WHAT'S MOST CONCERNING ARE SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS WHERE THE CHIEFS
CONCERNING ARE SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS WHERE THE CHIEFS WERE USING PARTICULAR TYPES OF
ALLEGATIONS WHERE THE CHIEFS WERE USING PARTICULAR TYPES OF CAFFEINE COCKTAILS AND
WERE USING PARTICULAR TYPES OF CAFFEINE COCKTAILS AND INHALANTS, SNIFFING SALTS AND
CAFFEINE COCKTAILS AND INHALANTS, SNIFFING SALTS AND OTHER TYPES OF
INHALANTS, SNIFFING SALTS AND OTHER TYPES OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES TO KEEP
OTHER TYPES OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES TO KEEP JOVAN BELCHER AND OTHER PLAYERS
ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES TO KEEP JOVAN BELCHER AND OTHER PLAYERS PRACTICING AND PLAYING WHEN THEY
JOVAN BELCHER AND OTHER PLAYERS PRACTICING AND PLAYING WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF THE FIELD
PRACTICING AND PLAYING WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF THE FIELD WITH THESE TYPES OF INJURIES.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF THE FIELD WITH THESE TYPES OF INJURIES. IF THIS COMES OUT AS BEING TRUE,
WITH THESE TYPES OF INJURIES. IF THIS COMES OUT AS BEING TRUE, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE DAMAGING
IF THIS COMES OUT AS BEING TRUE, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE DAMAGING FOR THE CHIEFS AND THE SPORTS,
THEN IT'S GOING TO BE DAMAGING FOR THE CHIEFS AND THE SPORTS, BUT THIS IS A WRONGFUL DEATH
FOR THE CHIEFS AND THE SPORTS, BUT THIS IS A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, AND IT'S A HARD ROAD TO
BUT THIS IS A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, AND IT'S A HARD ROAD TO HOE HERE TO SAY THAT THE
LAWSUIT, AND IT'S A HARD ROAD TO HOE HERE TO SAY THAT THE INJURIES ON THE FIELD IS WHAT
HOE HERE TO SAY THAT THE INJURIES ON THE FIELD IS WHAT CAUSED JAVON BELCHER TO TAKE HIS
INJURIES ON THE FIELD IS WHAT CAUSED JAVON BELCHER TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.
CAUSED JAVON BELCHER TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. MARY.
OWN LIFE. MARY. ABSOLUTELY.
MARY. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK, BOTTOM LINE, YOU STILL
ABSOLUTELY. I THINK, BOTTOM LINE, YOU STILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO WHAT THIS
I THINK, BOTTOM LINE, YOU STILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO WHAT THIS WAS.
HAVE TO GET BACK TO WHAT THIS WAS. THE RELATIONSHIP WAS A VOLATILE
WAS. THE RELATIONSHIP WAS A VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP THAT JAVON BELCHER
THE RELATIONSHIP WAS A VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP THAT JAVON BELCHER HAD WITH KASSANDRA PERKINS.
RELATIONSHIP THAT JAVON BELCHER HAD WITH KASSANDRA PERKINS. HE PUT 9 BULLETS INTO HER.
HAD WITH KASSANDRA PERKINS. HE PUT 9 BULLETS INTO HER. TO SAY THAT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD
HE PUT 9 BULLETS INTO HER. TO SAY THAT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SNIPPING THINGS ON THE
TO SAY THAT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SNIPPING THINGS ON THE FIELD A COUPLE TIMES, I DON'T
BEEN SNIPPING THINGS ON THE FIELD A COUPLE TIMES, I DON'T KNOW.
FIELD A COUPLE TIMES, I DON'T KNOW. THE CAUSE AND EFFECT TO PROVE IT
KNOW. THE CAUSE AND EFFECT TO PROVE IT LEGALLY IS JUST GOING TO BE
THE CAUSE AND EFFECT TO PROVE IT LEGALLY IS JUST GOING TO BE HORRENDOUS, AND I GET IT THAT
LEGALLY IS JUST GOING TO BE HORRENDOUS, AND I GET IT THAT JOVAN BELCHER'S MOTHER IS IN A
HORRENDOUS, AND I GET IT THAT JOVAN BELCHER'S MOTHER IS IN A HORRIBLE PLACE.
JOVAN BELCHER'S MOTHER IS IN A HORRIBLE PLACE. EVERYONE WHO LOVED THOSE TWO IS.
HORRIBLE PLACE. EVERYONE WHO LOVED THOSE TWO IS. YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW RECONCILE
EVERYONE WHO LOVED THOSE TWO IS. YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW RECONCILE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PERSON
YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW RECONCILE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU LOVED.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU LOVED. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT A WRONGFUL
THAT YOU LOVED. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT IS THE WAY TO DO
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT IS THE WAY TO DO THAT.
DEATH LAWSUIT IS THE WAY TO DO THAT. I THINK IT ISN'T WITH THE
THAT. I THINK IT ISN'T WITH THE INHALANT SALTS.
I THINK IT ISN'T WITH THE INHALANT SALTS. IT WAS THE FACT THAT THESE
INHALANT SALTS. IT WAS THE FACT THAT THESE INJURIES HAD CAUSED MAJOR
IT WAS THE FACT THAT THESE INJURIES HAD CAUSED MAJOR DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL
INJURIES HAD CAUSED MAJOR DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL PROBLEMS.
DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL PROBLEMS. OFTEN WE DON'T STEP BACK TO SAY,
PROBLEMS. OFTEN WE DON'T STEP BACK TO SAY, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
OFTEN WE DON'T STEP BACK TO SAY, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY DID THIS MAN SHOOT HER NINE
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY DID THIS MAN SHOOT HER NINE TIMES, THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD
WHY DID THIS MAN SHOOT HER NINE TIMES, THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD IN FRONT OF HIS OWN MOTHER AND
TIMES, THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD IN FRONT OF HIS OWN MOTHER AND THE KID AND TAKE HIS OWN LIFE?
IN FRONT OF HIS OWN MOTHER AND THE KID AND TAKE HIS OWN LIFE? SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG,
THE KID AND TAKE HIS OWN LIFE? SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG, AND THE FAMILY BELIEVES IT WAS
SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG, AND THE FAMILY BELIEVES IT WAS PROBLEMS WITH HIS BEHAVIOR
AND THE FAMILY BELIEVES IT WAS PROBLEMS WITH HIS BEHAVIOR RESULTING FROM FOOTBALL.
PROBLEMS WITH HIS BEHAVIOR RESULTING FROM FOOTBALL. BUT THEY HAVEN'T DISCOVERED
RESULTING FROM FOOTBALL. BUT THEY HAVEN'T DISCOVERED ANY BRAIN INJURY BECAUSE THEY
BUT THEY HAVEN'T DISCOVERED ANY BRAIN INJURY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE THE FULL
ANY BRAIN INJURY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE THE FULL TESTS SO THIS LAWSUIT MAY HE BE
HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE THE FULL TESTS SO THIS LAWSUIT MAY HE BE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT.
TESTS SO THIS LAWSUIT MAY HE BE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT. THIS IS ALSO THE WEEK THAT KNEEL
PREMATURE AT THIS POINT. THIS IS ALSO THE WEEK THAT KNEEL KNEEL -- NEIL SMITH JOINS FIVE
THIS IS ALSO THE WEEK THAT KNEEL KNEEL -- NEIL SMITH JOINS FIVE FORMER CHIEFS PLAYERS IN SUING
KNEEL -- NEIL SMITH JOINS FIVE FORMER CHIEFS PLAYERS IN SUING THE CHIEFS OVER CONCUSSION
FORMER CHIEFS PLAYERS IN SUING THE CHIEFS OVER CONCUSSION RELATED INJURIES.
THE CHIEFS OVER CONCUSSION RELATED INJURIES. AFTER LEAVING THE CHIEFS, SMITH
RELATED INJURIES. AFTER LEAVING THE CHIEFS, SMITH SPENT THREE SEASONS WITH THE
AFTER LEAVING THE CHIEFS, SMITH SPENT THREE SEASONS WITH THE DENVER BRONCOS AND THEN ANOTHER
SPENT THREE SEASONS WITH THE DENVER BRONCOS AND THEN ANOTHER SEASON WITH THE CHARGERS BEFORE
DENVER BRONCOS AND THEN ANOTHER SEASON WITH THE CHARGERS BEFORE RETIRING.
SEASON WITH THE CHARGERS BEFORE RETIRING. WHY ISN'T HE SUING THOSE TEAMS?
RETIRING. WHY ISN'T HE SUING THOSE TEAMS? IT COMES BACK TO THE LAW.
WHY ISN'T HE SUING THOSE TEAMS? IT COMES BACK TO THE LAW. THERE IS A QUIRK IN MISSOURI'S
IT COMES BACK TO THE LAW. THERE IS A QUIRK IN MISSOURI'S WORKERS' COMP LAW THAT ALLOWS
THERE IS A QUIRK IN MISSOURI'S WORKERS' COMP LAW THAT ALLOWS PLAYERS OF THE CHIEFS TO SUE IF
WORKERS' COMP LAW THAT ALLOWS PLAYERS OF THE CHIEFS TO SUE IF THEY HAVE NEVER SOUGHT
PLAYERS OF THE CHIEFS TO SUE IF THEY HAVE NEVER SOUGHT COMPENSATION.
THEY HAVE NEVER SOUGHT COMPENSATION. HE CAME IN WITH SOME OTHER
COMPENSATION. HE CAME IN WITH SOME OTHER PLAFS.
HE CAME IN WITH SOME OTHER PLAFS. I THINK WE HAVE 22 --
PLAFS. I THINK WE HAVE 22 -- PLAINTIFFS.
I THINK WE HAVE 22 -- PLAINTIFFS. WE HAVE 22 HERE NOW, SAYING THAT
PLAINTIFFS. WE HAVE 22 HERE NOW, SAYING THAT THE TEAM HAD HELD BACK THE
WE HAVE 22 HERE NOW, SAYING THAT THE TEAM HAD HELD BACK THE DANGERS OF CONCUSSIONS, DIDN'T
THE TEAM HAD HELD BACK THE DANGERS OF CONCUSSIONS, DIDN'T INFORM THEM, AND NOW THEY HAVE
DANGERS OF CONCUSSIONS, DIDN'T INFORM THEM, AND NOW THEY HAVE MENTAL ISSUES AND HEALTH ISSUES
INFORM THEM, AND NOW THEY HAVE MENTAL ISSUES AND HEALTH ISSUES AS A RESULT.
MENTAL ISSUES AND HEALTH ISSUES AS A RESULT. I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY AGAIN
AS A RESULT. I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY AGAIN THAT BOY, THIS IS TOUGH STUFF
I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY AGAIN THAT BOY, THIS IS TOUGH STUFF FOR THE NFL, THIS CONTINUED
THAT BOY, THIS IS TOUGH STUFF FOR THE NFL, THIS CONTINUED FOCUS ON CONCUSSIONS AND THE
FOR THE NFL, THIS CONTINUED FOCUS ON CONCUSSIONS AND THE ISSUES.
FOCUS ON CONCUSSIONS AND THE ISSUES. LOTS OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE
ISSUES. LOTS OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE THAT BELCHER'S MOODS AND
LOTS OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE THAT BELCHER'S MOODS AND BEHAVIOR OFF THE FIELD WERE
THAT BELCHER'S MOODS AND BEHAVIOR OFF THE FIELD WERE AFFECTED, APPARENTLY, COULD HAVE
BEHAVIOR OFF THE FIELD WERE AFFECTED, APPARENTLY, COULD HAVE BEEN BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO
AFFECTED, APPARENTLY, COULD HAVE BEEN BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM ON THE FIELD THROUGH HEAD
BEEN BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM ON THE FIELD THROUGH HEAD INJURIES, NICK.
HIM ON THE FIELD THROUGH HEAD INJURIES, NICK. THE NFL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
INJURIES, NICK. THE NFL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THIS.
THE NFL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THIS. IT'S GOING TO TAINT THE GAME AND
GRAPPLE WITH THIS. IT'S GOING TO TAINT THE GAME AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
IT'S GOING TO TAINT THE GAME AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF PROFESSIONAL
WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL.
THE FUTURE OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. BUT BECAUSE OF A CROOK IN THE
FOOTBALL. BUT BECAUSE OF A CROOK IN THE LAW, IT SEEMS TO BE HURTING
BUT BECAUSE OF A CROOK IN THE LAW, IT SEEMS TO BE HURTING MISSOURI MORE.
LAW, IT SEEMS TO BE HURTING MISSOURI MORE. RIGHT.
MISSOURI MORE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFF'S
RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO
BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO
ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO ON FISHING EXPEDITIONS TO
ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO ON FISHING EXPEDITIONS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE CHIEFS AND
GO ON FISHING EXPEDITIONS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE CHIEFS AND THE NFL KNEW ABOUT CONCUSSIONS,
LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE CHIEFS AND THE NFL KNEW ABOUT CONCUSSIONS, SO IT'S GOING TO PUT A LOT OF
THE NFL KNEW ABOUT CONCUSSIONS, SO IT'S GOING TO PUT A LOT OF THE DIRTY LAUNDRY OUT THERE.
SO IT'S GOING TO PUT A LOT OF THE DIRTY LAUNDRY OUT THERE. I THINK JAVON BELCHER IS
THE DIRTY LAUNDRY OUT THERE. I THINK JAVON BELCHER IS PARTICULARLY AN UNSYMPATHETIC
I THINK JAVON BELCHER IS PARTICULARLY AN UNSYMPATHETIC WRONGFUL DEATH PLAINTIFF OR HIS
PARTICULARLY AN UNSYMPATHETIC WRONGFUL DEATH PLAINTIFF OR HIS MOTHER, IN PART BECAUSE HE
WRONGFUL DEATH PLAINTIFF OR HIS MOTHER, IN PART BECAUSE HE DIDN'T JUST PLAY FOR THE CHIEFS.
MOTHER, IN PART BECAUSE HE DIDN'T JUST PLAY FOR THE CHIEFS. HE PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL,
DIDN'T JUST PLAY FOR THE CHIEFS. HE PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL, PLAYED AS A YOUNG PERSON.
HE PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL, PLAYED AS A YOUNG PERSON. PRESUMABLY HIS MOTHER HAD SOME
PLAYED AS A YOUNG PERSON. PRESUMABLY HIS MOTHER HAD SOME ROLE IN WHETHER HE WAS A
PRESUMABLY HIS MOTHER HAD SOME ROLE IN WHETHER HE WAS A FOOTBALL PLAYER OR NOT, AND IN
ROLE IN WHETHER HE WAS A FOOTBALL PLAYER OR NOT, AND IN ESSENCE FOR HER TO CLAIM THAT
FOOTBALL PLAYER OR NOT, AND IN ESSENCE FOR HER TO CLAIM THAT THE FOOTBALL INJURIES LED TO HIS
ESSENCE FOR HER TO CLAIM THAT THE FOOTBALL INJURIES LED TO HIS DEATH, THAT'S A DIFFICULT
THE FOOTBALL INJURIES LED TO HIS DEATH, THAT'S A DIFFICULT UNSYMPATHETIC PLAINTIFF IN THIS
DEATH, THAT'S A DIFFICULT UNSYMPATHETIC PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE.
UNSYMPATHETIC PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE. AND THE OFFICIAL REPORT IN
CASE. AND THE OFFICIAL REPORT IN JJ'S RESTAURANT EXPLOSION HAS BE
AND THE OFFICIAL REPORT IN JJ'S RESTAURANT EXPLOSION HAS BE DELAYED YET AGAIN.
JJ'S RESTAURANT EXPLOSION HAS BE DELAYED YET AGAIN. WE ARE NOW HEADING TO THE
DELAYED YET AGAIN. WE ARE NOW HEADING TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NIGHT KANSAS
WE ARE NOW HEADING TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NIGHT KANSAS CITY'S LANDMARK RESTAURANT
ANNIVERSARY OF THE NIGHT KANSAS CITY'S LANDMARK RESTAURANT EXPLODED AND ROCKED THE COUNTRY
CITY'S LANDMARK RESTAURANT EXPLODED AND ROCKED THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS
EXPLODED AND ROCKED THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG FOR THE REPORT TO BE
CLUB PLAZA WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG FOR THE REPORT TO BE RELEASED?
LONG FOR THE REPORT TO BE RELEASED? THE MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE
RELEASED? THE MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IS GETTING LOTS OF
THE MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IS GETTING LOTS OF DOCUMENTS AND LOTS OF AFFIDAVITS
COMMISSION IS GETTING LOTS OF DOCUMENTS AND LOTS OF AFFIDAVITS AND OTHER STATEMENTS THAT THEY
DOCUMENTS AND LOTS OF AFFIDAVITS AND OTHER STATEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO SORT THROUGH TO TRY TO
AND OTHER STATEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO SORT THROUGH TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A CAUSE, AND I
HAVE TO SORT THROUGH TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A CAUSE, AND I THINK, NICK, AGAIN, YOU DON'T
COME UP WITH A CAUSE, AND I THINK, NICK, AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT TO PREJUDGE WHAT THEY'RE
THINK, NICK, AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT TO PREJUDGE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, BUT MY GUESS IS
WANT TO PREJUDGE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, BUT MY GUESS IS EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE A
GOING TO SAY, BUT MY GUESS IS EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF BLAME, AND SO
EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF BLAME, AND SO APPORTIONING IT TO ALL OF THE
LITTLE PIECE OF BLAME, AND SO APPORTIONING IT TO ALL OF THE RELEVANT ACTORS IN THIS TRAGEDY
APPORTIONING IT TO ALL OF THE RELEVANT ACTORS IN THIS TRAGEDY PROBABLY IS GOING TO TAKE A
RELEVANT ACTORS IN THIS TRAGEDY PROBABLY IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, AND IS A GOOD EXPLANATION
PROBABLY IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, AND IS A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO
WHILE, AND IS A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THIS REPORT OUT.
FOR WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THIS REPORT OUT. AND FINALLY, WHAT HAPPENED
GET THIS REPORT OUT. AND FINALLY, WHAT HAPPENED TO KANSAS AND MISSOURI'S BILLION
AND FINALLY, WHAT HAPPENED TO KANSAS AND MISSOURI'S BILLION DOLLAR BID FOR BO?
TO KANSAS AND MISSOURI'S BILLION DOLLAR BID FOR BO? FOR BOEING?
DOLLAR BID FOR BO? FOR BOEING? YOU MAY REMEMBER BOTH STATES IN
FOR BOEING? YOU MAY REMEMBER BOTH STATES IN EARLY DECEMBER WERE BENDING OVER
YOU MAY REMEMBER BOTH STATES IN EARLY DECEMBER WERE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS FOR THE RIGHT TO BUILD
EARLY DECEMBER WERE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS FOR THE RIGHT TO BUILD BO'S -- BOEING'S 777 X
BACKWARDS FOR THE RIGHT TO BUILD BO'S -- BOEING'S 777 X SUPER-PLANE.
BO'S -- BOEING'S 777 X SUPER-PLANE. THE STATE OF MISSOURI APPROVED
SUPER-PLANE. THE STATE OF MISSOURI APPROVED $1.7 BILLION IN TAX INCENTIVES
THE STATE OF MISSOURI APPROVED $1.7 BILLION IN TAX INCENTIVES IN A SPECIAL SESSION.
$1.7 BILLION IN TAX INCENTIVES IN A SPECIAL SESSION. ARE KANSAS AND MISSOURI STILL IN
IN A SPECIAL SESSION. ARE KANSAS AND MISSOURI STILL IN THE RUNNING?
ARE KANSAS AND MISSOURI STILL IN THE RUNNING? THEY ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO
THE RUNNING? THEY ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT SHORTLY WHAT KIND OF
THEY ARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT SHORTLY WHAT KIND OF STATUS THOSE STATES HAVE.
FIND OUT SHORTLY WHAT KIND OF STATUS THOSE STATES HAVE. THE UNION IS VOTING TODAY OUT IN
STATUS THOSE STATES HAVE. THE UNION IS VOTING TODAY OUT IN WASHINGTON ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT
THE UNION IS VOTING TODAY OUT IN WASHINGTON ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT A NEW PACKAGE OR NOT.
WASHINGTON ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT A NEW PACKAGE OR NOT. IF THEY REJECT THIS PACKAGE,
A NEW PACKAGE OR NOT. IF THEY REJECT THIS PACKAGE, BOEING HAS SAID OVER AND OVER
IF THEY REJECT THIS PACKAGE, BOEING HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE
BOEING HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE, AND
AGAIN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE, AND THAT COULD MEAN STATES LIKE
THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE, AND THAT COULD MEAN STATES LIKE MISSOURI AND KANSAS, WHO ARE
THAT COULD MEAN STATES LIKE MISSOURI AND KANSAS, WHO ARE STILL IN THE RUNNING.
MISSOURI AND KANSAS, WHO ARE STILL IN THE RUNNING. SEVERAL STATES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED
STILL IN THE RUNNING. SEVERAL STATES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT ALREADY.
SEVERAL STATES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT ALREADY. BUT BOTH OF OUR STATES ARE STILL
OUT ALREADY. BUT BOTH OF OUR STATES ARE STILL IN IT.
BUT BOTH OF OUR STATES ARE STILL IN IT. WHAT IF MISSOURI OR KANSAS DO
IN IT. WHAT IF MISSOURI OR KANSAS DO NOT GET THIS.
WHAT IF MISSOURI OR KANSAS DO NOT GET THIS. DO THEY LOSE ANYTHING AT ALL?
NOT GET THIS. DO THEY LOSE ANYTHING AT ALL? WELL, NO.
DO THEY LOSE ANYTHING AT ALL? WELL, NO. I MEAN, NOT OTHER THAN THE
WELL, NO. I MEAN, NOT OTHER THAN THE EFFORT THAT WAS MADE TO TRY AND
I MEAN, NOT OTHER THAN THE EFFORT THAT WAS MADE TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE IN THE
EFFORT THAT WAS MADE TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE IN THE TIME AND --.
PUT TOGETHER THIS PACKAGE IN THE TIME AND --. BECAUSE WE DO HEAR MAYOR SLY
TIME AND --. BECAUSE WE DO HEAR MAYOR SLY JAMES COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOW
BECAUSE WE DO HEAR MAYOR SLY JAMES COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOW HOUSING CREDITS.
JAMES COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOW HOUSING CREDITS. THEY DON'T KICK IN --.
HOUSING CREDITS. THEY DON'T KICK IN --. SO WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYTHING?
THEY DON'T KICK IN --. SO WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYTHING? LET'S BE CLEAR, THE DEBATE
SO WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYTHING? LET'S BE CLEAR, THE DEBATE OVER TAX CREDITS IN MISSOURI
LET'S BE CLEAR, THE DEBATE OVER TAX CREDITS IN MISSOURI WILL LAST FAR BEYOND WHAT BOEING
OVER TAX CREDITS IN MISSOURI WILL LAST FAR BEYOND WHAT BOEING DOES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND WILL
WILL LAST FAR BEYOND WHAT BOEING DOES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND WILL BE A CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE 2014
DOES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND WILL BE A CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE 2014 SESSION.
BE A CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE 2014 SESSION. THAT WILL HAPPEN EITHER WAY.
SESSION. THAT WILL HAPPEN EITHER WAY. THERE SEEMS TO ALSO BE A PUSH
THAT WILL HAPPEN EITHER WAY. THERE SEEMS TO ALSO BE A PUSH IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO GO
THERE SEEMS TO ALSO BE A PUSH IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO GO AFTER LABOR UNIONS.
IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO GO AFTER LABOR UNIONS. RIGHT, PARTICULARLY IF THE
AFTER LABOR UNIONS. RIGHT, PARTICULARLY IF THE WASHINGTON UNION DIDN'T APPROVE
RIGHT, PARTICULARLY IF THE WASHINGTON UNION DIDN'T APPROVE THIS PACKAGE AND IT MOVES TO A
WASHINGTON UNION DIDN'T APPROVE THIS PACKAGE AND IT MOVES TO A STATE THAT IS FAR MORE
THIS PACKAGE AND IT MOVES TO A STATE THAT IS FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE AGAINST UNIONS, THEN
STATE THAT IS FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE AGAINST UNIONS, THEN I THINK THIS CONSERVATIVE
AGGRESSIVE AGAINST UNIONS, THEN I THINK THIS CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATURE IN MISSOURI WILL TRY
I THINK THIS CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATURE IN MISSOURI WILL TRY TO POINT TO A STATE LIKE TEXAS
LEGISLATURE IN MISSOURI WILL TRY TO POINT TO A STATE LIKE TEXAS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S A RIGHT
TO POINT TO A STATE LIKE TEXAS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S A RIGHT TO WORK, AND SAY, WE LOST THIS,
OR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S A RIGHT TO WORK, AND SAY, WE LOST THIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TOUGH ON UNIONS.
TO WORK, AND SAY, WE LOST THIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TOUGH ON UNIONS. THEY GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO
BECAUSE THEY'RE TOUGH ON UNIONS. THEY GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO WORK.
THEY GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO WORK. MISSOURI NEEDS TO GO BACK AND
WORK. MISSOURI NEEDS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS.
MISSOURI NEEDS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS. WE JUST LOST BOEING AS A RESULT.
LOOK AT THIS. WE JUST LOST BOEING AS A RESULT. THE SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT HE
WE JUST LOST BOEING AS A RESULT. THE SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT HE WANTS TO MAKE RIGHT TO WORK AN
THE SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT HE WANTS TO MAKE RIGHT TO WORK AN ISSUE IN MISSOURI THIS
WANTS TO MAKE RIGHT TO WORK AN ISSUE IN MISSOURI THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
ISSUE IN MISSOURI THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE I
LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE I THINK EITHER WAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE I THINK EITHER WAY. THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.
THINK EITHER WAY. THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS
THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS.
OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS. FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR, DAVE
REVIEWERS. FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR, DAVE HELLING, AND NATIONALLY
FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR, DAVE HELLING, AND NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST FOR THE
HELLING, AND NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST FOR THE STAR, MARY SANCHEZ.
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST FOR THE STAR, MARY SANCHEZ. LISTEN TOM WEEKDAYS AT 11 ON --
STAR, MARY SANCHEZ. LISTEN TOM WEEKDAYS AT 11 ON -- LISTEN TO HIM WEEKDAYS AT 11 ON
LISTEN TOM WEEKDAYS AT 11 ON -- LISTEN TO HIM WEEKDAYS AT 11 ON KCUR F.M. STEVE KRASKE, AND FROM
LISTEN TO HIM WEEKDAYS AT 11 ON KCUR F.M. STEVE KRASKE, AND FROM THE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT AT KCTV,
KCUR F.M. STEVE KRASKE, AND FROM THE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT AT KCTV, STACEY CAMERON.
THE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT AT KCTV, STACEY CAMERON. I'M NICK HAINES BRIGHT EYED AND
STACEY CAMERON. I'M NICK HAINES BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED THIS 2014.
I'M NICK HAINES BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED THIS 2014. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT,
BUSHY TAILED THIS 2014. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT, THANKS FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR
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