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PRODUCTION UNDERWRITING FOR RUCKUS HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE GENEROUS
RUCKUS HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FRED AND LOU
PART BY THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FRED AND LOU HARTWIG AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FRED AND LOU HARTWIG AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
HARTWIG AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU.
YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO RUCKUS, OUR
THANK YOU. WELCOME TO RUCKUS, OUR WEEKLY FOOD FOR THAT THE FIGHT
WELCOME TO RUCKUS, OUR WEEKLY FOOD FOR THAT THE FIGHT OVER THE NEWS OF THE DAY AND THE
WEEKLY FOOD FOR THAT THE FIGHT OVER THE NEWS OF THE DAY AND THE TRENDS OF THE TIMES.
OVER THE NEWS OF THE DAY AND THE TRENDS OF THE TIMES. I'M MIKE SHANIN JOINED BY THE
TRENDS OF THE TIMES. I'M MIKE SHANIN JOINED BY THE RUCKETTES.
I'M MIKE SHANIN JOINED BY THE RUCKETTES. KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL
RUCKETTES. KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL WRITER, YAEL ABOUHALKAH; GWEN
KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL WRITER, YAEL ABOUHALKAH; GWEN GRANT, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
WRITER, YAEL ABOUHALKAH; GWEN GRANT, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE KCUR BEEN LEAGUE; MEDIA AND
GRANT, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE KCUR BEEN LEAGUE; MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, MARY
KCUR BEEN LEAGUE; MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, MARY O'HALLORAN, AND LOBBYIST ***
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, MARY O'HALLORAN, AND LOBBYIST *** COZAD WITH THE COZAD COMPANY.
O'HALLORAN, AND LOBBYIST *** COZAD WITH THE COZAD COMPANY. THIS WEEK RUCKUS BEGINS ITS
COZAD WITH THE COZAD COMPANY. THIS WEEK RUCKUS BEGINS ITS 17th SEASON HERE ON PUBLIC
THIS WEEK RUCKUS BEGINS ITS 17th SEASON HERE ON PUBLIC TELEVISION, KCPT.
17th SEASON HERE ON PUBLIC TELEVISION, KCPT. WHEN WE DID THAT FIRST RUCKUS
TELEVISION, KCPT. WHEN WE DID THAT FIRST RUCKUS PROGRAM NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO,
WHEN WE DID THAT FIRST RUCKUS PROGRAM NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO, COLUMNIST STEVE ROSE WAS HERE
PROGRAM NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO, COLUMNIST STEVE ROSE WAS HERE TAKING PART IN THE DISCUSSION,
COLUMNIST STEVE ROSE WAS HERE TAKING PART IN THE DISCUSSION, AND NOW, AS THEN, HIS VIEWS
TAKING PART IN THE DISCUSSION, AND NOW, AS THEN, HIS VIEWS PROVOKE DEBATE.
AND NOW, AS THEN, HIS VIEWS PROVOKE DEBATE. IN HIS LAST KANSAS CITY STAR
PROVOKE DEBATE. IN HIS LAST KANSAS CITY STAR COLUMN OF LAST YEAR, ROSE
IN HIS LAST KANSAS CITY STAR COLUMN OF LAST YEAR, ROSE OFFERED PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW
COLUMN OF LAST YEAR, ROSE OFFERED PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR.
OFFERED PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR. STEVE FORESEES 2014 ELECTION
YEAR. STEVE FORESEES 2014 ELECTION VICTORIES FOR GOVERNOR SAM
STEVE FORESEES 2014 ELECTION VICTORIES FOR GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK AND SENATOR PAT
VICTORIES FOR GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK AND SENATOR PAT ROBERTS, BUT AN UPSET DEFEAT OF
BROWNBACK AND SENATOR PAT ROBERTS, BUT AN UPSET DEFEAT OF KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE KRIS
ROBERTS, BUT AN UPSET DEFEAT OF KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE KRIS KOBACH.
KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE KRIS KOBACH. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE
KOBACH. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE. ROSE SAYS THE RACE BETWEEN
GUBERNATORIAL RACE. ROSE SAYS THE RACE BETWEEN BROWNBACK, THE INCUMBENT
ROSE SAYS THE RACE BETWEEN BROWNBACK, THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
BROWNBACK, THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, PAUL DIFFIES, IS --
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER, PAUL DIFFIES, IS -- PAUL DAVIS, IS GOING TO BE
CHALLENGER, PAUL DIFFIES, IS -- PAUL DAVIS, IS GOING TO BE CLOSE.
PAUL DAVIS, IS GOING TO BE CLOSE. IS ROSE CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT?
CLOSE. IS ROSE CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT? MARY.
IS ROSE CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT? MARY. IT IS CLOSE.
MARY. IT IS CLOSE. I AGREE WITH HIM.
IT IS CLOSE. I AGREE WITH HIM. IT IS ALREADY CLOSE.
I AGREE WITH HIM. IT IS ALREADY CLOSE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOME POLLS
IT IS ALREADY CLOSE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOME POLLS HAVE THE DAVIS DOCKING TICKET,
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOME POLLS HAVE THE DAVIS DOCKING TICKET, PAUL DAVIS, CURRENT MINORITY
HAVE THE DAVIS DOCKING TICKET, PAUL DAVIS, CURRENT MINORITY LEADER OF DEMOCRATS AND JILL
PAUL DAVIS, CURRENT MINORITY LEADER OF DEMOCRATS AND JILL DOCKING OF THE DOCKINGS.
LEADER OF DEMOCRATS AND JILL DOCKING OF THE DOCKINGS. IS SHE THE REASON THAT DAVIS
DOCKING OF THE DOCKINGS. IS SHE THE REASON THAT DAVIS IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION THAN
IS SHE THE REASON THAT DAVIS IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT?
IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT? THERE IS SOME OF THAT.
YOU MIGHT EXPECT? THERE IS SOME OF THAT. I WAS AT A RECENT GATHERING
THERE IS SOME OF THAT. I WAS AT A RECENT GATHERING WHERE LOTS OF DEMOCRATS THAT HAD
I WAS AT A RECENT GATHERING WHERE LOTS OF DEMOCRATS THAT HAD BEEN MORE ACTIVE IN THE PARTY IN
WHERE LOTS OF DEMOCRATS THAT HAD BEEN MORE ACTIVE IN THE PARTY IN KANSAS THAN I HAVE, AND THEY ALL
BEEN MORE ACTIVE IN THE PARTY IN KANSAS THAN I HAVE, AND THEY ALL WANTED TO MEET MICHELLE DOCKING
KANSAS THAN I HAVE, AND THEY ALL WANTED TO MEET MICHELLE DOCKING BECAUSE THEY LIKED HER
WANTED TO MEET MICHELLE DOCKING BECAUSE THEY LIKED HER FATHER-IN-LAW -- JILL DOCKING,
BECAUSE THEY LIKED HER FATHER-IN-LAW -- JILL DOCKING, BECAUSE THEY LIKED HER
FATHER-IN-LAW -- JILL DOCKING, BECAUSE THEY LIKED HER FATHER-IN-LAW.
BECAUSE THEY LIKED HER FATHER-IN-LAW. I THINK SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT
FATHER-IN-LAW. I THINK SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT PARTNER FOR PAUL.
I THINK SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT PARTNER FOR PAUL. HE'S DOING VERY WELL.
PARTNER FOR PAUL. HE'S DOING VERY WELL. THIS MONTH OR JUST THIS WEEK, AS
HE'S DOING VERY WELL. THIS MONTH OR JUST THIS WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT, PAUL DAVIS
THIS MONTH OR JUST THIS WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT, PAUL DAVIS FILED HIS FIRST FORMS WITH THE
A MATTER OF FACT, PAUL DAVIS FILED HIS FIRST FORMS WITH THE STATE COMMISSION THAT KEEPS
FILED HIS FIRST FORMS WITH THE STATE COMMISSION THAT KEEPS TRACK OF MONEY, AND HE'S PAST
STATE COMMISSION THAT KEEPS TRACK OF MONEY, AND HE'S PAST THE $1 MILLION MARK.
TRACK OF MONEY, AND HE'S PAST THE $1 MILLION MARK. THAT IS A GOOD BENCHMARK FOR A
THE $1 MILLION MARK. THAT IS A GOOD BENCHMARK FOR A NEW CANDIDATE TAKING ON AN
THAT IS A GOOD BENCHMARK FOR A NEW CANDIDATE TAKING ON AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR WHO IS AS
NEW CANDIDATE TAKING ON AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR WHO IS AS POWERFUL AS SAM BROWNBACK IS.
INCUMBENT GOVERNOR WHO IS AS POWERFUL AS SAM BROWNBACK IS. THAT'S A REFLECT, I THINK, OF
POWERFUL AS SAM BROWNBACK IS. THAT'S A REFLECT, I THINK, OF HIS WILLINGNESS TO DO A
THAT'S A REFLECT, I THINK, OF HIS WILLINGNESS TO DO A BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN.
HIS WILLINGNESS TO DO A BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN. I THINK BROWNBACK HAS ABOUT
BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN. I THINK BROWNBACK HAS ABOUT $2 MILLION, AND IN A STATE THAT
I THINK BROWNBACK HAS ABOUT $2 MILLION, AND IN A STATE THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLY
$2 MILLION, AND IN A STATE THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLY REPUBLICAN, AND YOU HAVE A MAN
IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLY REPUBLICAN, AND YOU HAVE A MAN LIKE SAM BROWNBACK WHO HAS NEVER
REPUBLICAN, AND YOU HAVE A MAN LIKE SAM BROWNBACK WHO HAS NEVER LOST A BID, IS THERE ANY REASON
LIKE SAM BROWNBACK WHO HAS NEVER LOST A BID, IS THERE ANY REASON TO THINK HE'S IN DANGER?
LOST A BID, IS THERE ANY REASON TO THINK HE'S IN DANGER? IF I WERE A DEMOCRAT, I WOULD
TO THINK HE'S IN DANGER? IF I WERE A DEMOCRAT, I WOULD BE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE
IF I WERE A DEMOCRAT, I WOULD BE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO
BE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO MUCH ABOUT THEIR LIEUTENANT
FACT THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO MUCH ABOUT THEIR LIEUTENANT GOVERNORENER CANDIDATE.
MUCH ABOUT THEIR LIEUTENANT GOVERNORENER CANDIDATE. THE DANGER IS THIS, HE'S DONE
GOVERNORENER CANDIDATE. THE DANGER IS THIS, HE'S DONE SOMETHING WHICH MISSOURI AND
THE DANGER IS THIS, HE'S DONE SOMETHING WHICH MISSOURI AND KANSAS GOVERNORS DON'T DO, HE'S
SOMETHING WHICH MISSOURI AND KANSAS GOVERNORS DON'T DO, HE'S DONE SOMETHING.
KANSAS GOVERNORS DON'T DO, HE'S DONE SOMETHING. MOSTLY LOW, DON'T DO VERY MUCH,
DONE SOMETHING. MOSTLY LOW, DON'T DO VERY MUCH, DON'T AROUSE ANY CONTROVERSY,
MOSTLY LOW, DON'T DO VERY MUCH, DON'T AROUSE ANY CONTROVERSY, AND YOU GO OUT AND ASK THE
DON'T AROUSE ANY CONTROVERSY, AND YOU GO OUT AND ASK THE AVERAGE VOTER, HOW IS GOVERNOR
AND YOU GO OUT AND ASK THE AVERAGE VOTER, HOW IS GOVERNOR SO-AND-SO DOING, AND THEY SAY,
AVERAGE VOTER, HOW IS GOVERNOR SO-AND-SO DOING, AND THEY SAY, DOING OKAY, DOING ALL RIGHT.
SO-AND-SO DOING, AND THEY SAY, DOING OKAY, DOING ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
DOING OKAY, DOING ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY'RE DOING ALL RIGHT. AND THEY COAST TO REELECTION.
BUT THEY'RE DOING ALL RIGHT. AND THEY COAST TO REELECTION. AND IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET
AND THEY COAST TO REELECTION. AND IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET A GOVERNOR DEFEATED.
AND IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET A GOVERNOR DEFEATED. IT'S EITHER OUTSIDE FACTORS,
A GOVERNOR DEFEATED. IT'S EITHER OUTSIDE FACTORS, NATIONALLY THE PARTY IS DOING
IT'S EITHER OUTSIDE FACTORS, NATIONALLY THE PARTY IS DOING VERY BADLY, SO KIT BOND LOSES TO
NATIONALLY THE PARTY IS DOING VERY BADLY, SO KIT BOND LOSES TO JOE TEASDALE, OR YOU GET
VERY BADLY, SO KIT BOND LOSES TO JOE TEASDALE, OR YOU GET SOMEBODY WHO DOES SOMETHING
JOE TEASDALE, OR YOU GET SOMEBODY WHO DOES SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL.
SOMEBODY WHO DOES SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL. BROWNBACK HAS ACTUALLY DONE
CONTROVERSIAL. BROWNBACK HAS ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING.
BROWNBACK HAS ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING. HE'S STEPPED UP AND CHANGED THE
SOMETHING. HE'S STEPPED UP AND CHANGED THE TAX CODE AND SO ON, BUT THAT
HE'S STEPPED UP AND CHANGED THE TAX CODE AND SO ON, BUT THAT MAKES HIM CONTROVERSIAL.
TAX CODE AND SO ON, BUT THAT MAKES HIM CONTROVERSIAL. YAEL, WE HEAR ABOUT MODERATE
MAKES HIM CONTROVERSIAL. YAEL, WE HEAR ABOUT MODERATE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE GOING TO
YAEL, WE HEAR ABOUT MODERATE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE GOING TO TURN AWAY FROM THE G.O.P.
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE GOING TO TURN AWAY FROM THE G.O.P. DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THOSE?
TURN AWAY FROM THE G.O.P. DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THOSE? HAVE YOU RUN ACROSS ANY?
DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THOSE? HAVE YOU RUN ACROSS ANY? IS THERE SOME ORGANIZED EFFORTS?
HAVE YOU RUN ACROSS ANY? IS THERE SOME ORGANIZED EFFORTS? IS THERE A PRAGMATIC REPUBLICAN
IS THERE SOME ORGANIZED EFFORTS? IS THERE A PRAGMATIC REPUBLICAN RUNNING OUT SAYING, LET'S GET
IS THERE A PRAGMATIC REPUBLICAN RUNNING OUT SAYING, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND VOTE FOR THE
RUNNING OUT SAYING, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE?
TOGETHER AND VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE? THERE IS AN ORGANIZED EFFORT.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE? THERE IS AN ORGANIZED EFFORT. BUT ***, VERY IMPORTANT POINT,
THERE IS AN ORGANIZED EFFORT. BUT ***, VERY IMPORTANT POINT, I THINK SAM BROWNBACK WILL BE
BUT ***, VERY IMPORTANT POINT, I THINK SAM BROWNBACK WILL BE REWARDED OR PUNISHED BASED ON
I THINK SAM BROWNBACK WILL BE REWARDED OR PUNISHED BASED ON WHAT HE DID COME NOVEMBER.
REWARDED OR PUNISHED BASED ON WHAT HE DID COME NOVEMBER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE JOBS THING
WHAT HE DID COME NOVEMBER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE JOBS THING WILL BE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN,
IN OTHER WORDS, THE JOBS THING WILL BE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND DAVIS WILL BE MAKING A BIG
WILL BE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND DAVIS WILL BE MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT IF THE JOBS HAVE
AND DAVIS WILL BE MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT IF THE JOBS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED IN A FASHION
DEAL ABOUT IT IF THE JOBS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED IN A FASHION THAT BROWNBACK PROMISED.
NOT MATERIALIZED IN A FASHION THAT BROWNBACK PROMISED. TWO, DAVIS WILL BE MAKING A BIG
THAT BROWNBACK PROMISED. TWO, DAVIS WILL BE MAKING A BIG DEAL IF THERE IS SOME SCHOOL
TWO, DAVIS WILL BE MAKING A BIG DEAL IF THERE IS SOME SCHOOL FUNDING MESS-UP OR WHATEVER.
DEAL IF THERE IS SOME SCHOOL FUNDING MESS-UP OR WHATEVER. ALL OF THOSE EVENTS STILL HAVE
FUNDING MESS-UP OR WHATEVER. ALL OF THOSE EVENTS STILL HAVE TO PLAY OUT.
ALL OF THOSE EVENTS STILL HAVE TO PLAY OUT. NOW I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK
TO PLAY OUT. NOW I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK BROWNBACK HAS A VERY SERIOUS
NOW I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK BROWNBACK HAS A VERY SERIOUS CHANCE OF WINNING BECAUSE, FIRST
BROWNBACK HAS A VERY SERIOUS CHANCE OF WINNING BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, THE JOBS MIGHT
CHANCE OF WINNING BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, THE JOBS MIGHT MATERIALIZE, AND SECOND OF ALL,
OF ALL, THE JOBS MIGHT MATERIALIZE, AND SECOND OF ALL, HE MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID THIS
MATERIALIZE, AND SECOND OF ALL, HE MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID THIS SCHOOL THING AND PUT A LITTLE
HE MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID THIS SCHOOL THING AND PUT A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN THE UNIVERSITIES.
SCHOOL THING AND PUT A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN THE UNIVERSITIES. THE THING YOU'RE TALKING
MORE MONEY IN THE UNIVERSITIES. THE THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.
THE THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS. BY THE WAY, I THINK THERE ARE
ABOUT, THE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS. BY THE WAY, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO PLAY OUT
BY THE WAY, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO PLAY OUT HERE.
A LOT OF THINGS TO PLAY OUT HERE. A MODERATE REPUBLICAN WHO HAS
HERE. A MODERATE REPUBLICAN WHO HAS JOINED PAUL DAVIS' CAMPAIGN,
A MODERATE REPUBLICAN WHO HAS JOINED PAUL DAVIS' CAMPAIGN, WENDELL LADY.
JOINED PAUL DAVIS' CAMPAIGN, WENDELL LADY. WHO?
WENDELL LADY. WHO? THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE
WHO? THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE KANSAS HOUSE AS WELL AS
THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE KANSAS HOUSE AS WELL AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
KANSAS HOUSE AS WELL AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS.
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
REGENTS. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU WANTED A NAME.
THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU WANTED A NAME. THERE IS ONE.
YOU WANTED A NAME. THERE IS ONE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS IS THERE
THERE IS ONE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS IS THERE AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO PULL
WHAT I'M SAYING IS IS THERE AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO PULL MODERATE REPUBLICANS AWAY FROM
AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO PULL MODERATE REPUBLICANS AWAY FROM THE G.O.P.
MODERATE REPUBLICANS AWAY FROM THE G.O.P. PAUL DAVIS IS RUNNING NOT
THE G.O.P. PAUL DAVIS IS RUNNING NOT FIRST ON JOBS BUT EDUCATION AND
PAUL DAVIS IS RUNNING NOT FIRST ON JOBS BUT EDUCATION AND DOING AN OPENLY BIPARTISAN
FIRST ON JOBS BUT EDUCATION AND DOING AN OPENLY BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN, AND THAT HAS
DOING AN OPENLY BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN, AND THAT HAS POTENTIAL.
CAMPAIGN, AND THAT HAS POTENTIAL. LET ME ASK A COUPLE OF QUICK
POTENTIAL. LET ME ASK A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
LET ME ASK A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. SENATOR PAT ROBERTS, DO YOU
QUESTIONS. SENATOR PAT ROBERTS, DO YOU THINK HE'S IN ANY DANGER OF NOT
SENATOR PAT ROBERTS, DO YOU THINK HE'S IN ANY DANGER OF NOT BEING NOMINATED OR REELECTED?
THINK HE'S IN ANY DANGER OF NOT BEING NOMINATED OR REELECTED? OF COURSE NOT.
BEING NOMINATED OR REELECTED? OF COURSE NOT. STEVE ROSE PREDICTING KRIS
OF COURSE NOT. STEVE ROSE PREDICTING KRIS KOBACH WILL NOT WIN THE RACE FOR
STEVE ROSE PREDICTING KRIS KOBACH WILL NOT WIN THE RACE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE AND THEN SAYS
KOBACH WILL NOT WIN THE RACE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE AND THEN SAYS HIS PREDICTION IS NO GOOD, THAT
SECRETARY OF STATE AND THEN SAYS HIS PREDICTION IS NO GOOD, THAT HE SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL WIN.
HIS PREDICTION IS NO GOOD, THAT HE SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL WIN. I CERTAINLY HOPE HIS
HE SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL WIN. I CERTAINLY HOPE HIS PREDICTION IS ACCURATE AND KRIS
I CERTAINLY HOPE HIS PREDICTION IS ACCURATE AND KRIS KOBACH WILL NOT WIN HIS
PREDICTION IS ACCURATE AND KRIS KOBACH WILL NOT WIN HIS REELECTION BID.
KOBACH WILL NOT WIN HIS REELECTION BID. I THINK STEVE'S PREDICTIONS WERE
REELECTION BID. I THINK STEVE'S PREDICTIONS WERE REALLY PRETTY EASY TO DO.
I THINK STEVE'S PREDICTIONS WERE REALLY PRETTY EASY TO DO. BY THE WAY, SINCE KANSAS
REALLY PRETTY EASY TO DO. BY THE WAY, SINCE KANSAS BECAME A STATE, THERE HAVE BEEN
BY THE WAY, SINCE KANSAS BECAME A STATE, THERE HAVE BEEN 45 GOVERNORS, 32 REPUBLICANS, 11
BECAME A STATE, THERE HAVE BEEN 45 GOVERNORS, 32 REPUBLICANS, 11 DEMOCRATS AND TWO POPULISTS.
45 GOVERNORS, 32 REPUBLICANS, 11 DEMOCRATS AND TWO POPULISTS. NOW THAT THE LEGAL CHALLENGE
DEMOCRATS AND TWO POPULISTS. NOW THAT THE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE DOWNTOWN STREETCAR
NOW THAT THE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE DOWNTOWN STREETCAR STARTER LINE HAS BEEN REJECTED,
TO THE DOWNTOWN STREETCAR STARTER LINE HAS BEEN REJECTED, THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
STARTER LINE HAS BEEN REJECTED, THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS BEGINS ANEW.
THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS BEGINS ANEW. SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE STREETCAR
BENEFITS BEGINS ANEW. SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE STREETCAR SYSTEM IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN
SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE STREETCAR SYSTEM IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT WILL BECOME A MAJOR METRO
SYSTEM IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT WILL BECOME A MAJOR METRO WIDE OPERATION.
WHAT WILL BECOME A MAJOR METRO WIDE OPERATION. BACKERS ALSO BELIEVE THE STARTER
WIDE OPERATION. BACKERS ALSO BELIEVE THE STARTER LINE WILL GENERATE COMIC
BACKERS ALSO BELIEVE THE STARTER LINE WILL GENERATE COMIC DEVELOPMENT, BRINGING MORE
LINE WILL GENERATE COMIC DEVELOPMENT, BRINGING MORE BUSINESS TO DOWNTOWN.
DEVELOPMENT, BRINGING MORE BUSINESS TO DOWNTOWN. AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS OWNER
BUSINESS TO DOWNTOWN. AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS OWNER AFFECTED BY THE PLAN, SUE BURKE,
AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS OWNER AFFECTED BY THE PLAN, SUE BURKE, SAYS THERE WILL INDEED BE
AFFECTED BY THE PLAN, SUE BURKE, SAYS THERE WILL INDEED BE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES BUT NOT
SAYS THERE WILL INDEED BE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES BUT NOT GOOD ONES.
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES BUT NOT GOOD ONES. BURKE WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS
GOOD ONES. BURKE WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE FAILED LAWSUIT.
BURKE WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE FAILED LAWSUIT. SHE CLAIMS THE SYSTEM'S HIGHER
IN THE FAILED LAWSUIT. SHE CLAIMS THE SYSTEM'S HIGHER TAXES ARE DRIVING CUSTOMERS AWAY
SHE CLAIMS THE SYSTEM'S HIGHER TAXES ARE DRIVING CUSTOMERS AWAY FROM HER BUSINESS AND THAT MEANS
TAXES ARE DRIVING CUSTOMERS AWAY FROM HER BUSINESS AND THAT MEANS SHE WILL LIKELY MOVE HER AIR
FROM HER BUSINESS AND THAT MEANS SHE WILL LIKELY MOVE HER AIR FILTER COMPANY TO KANSAS WHERE
SHE WILL LIKELY MOVE HER AIR FILTER COMPANY TO KANSAS WHERE SHE SAYS THEY SEEM TO ENCOURAGE
FILTER COMPANY TO KANSAS WHERE SHE SAYS THEY SEEM TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS.
SHE SAYS THEY SEEM TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS. IS MS. BURKE THE FIRST OF MANY
BUSINESS. IS MS. BURKE THE FIRST OF MANY WHO WILL HEAD WEST, OR IS SHE
IS MS. BURKE THE FIRST OF MANY WHO WILL HEAD WEST, OR IS SHE SIMPLY A SORE LOSER, ***?
WHO WILL HEAD WEST, OR IS SHE SIMPLY A SORE LOSER, ***? WELL, THIS AREA THAT THE TAX
SIMPLY A SORE LOSER, ***? WELL, THIS AREA THAT THE TAX WAS RAISED IN IS SMALL ENOUGH
WELL, THIS AREA THAT THE TAX WAS RAISED IN IS SMALL ENOUGH THAT IF A NUMBER OF SMALL
WAS RAISED IN IS SMALL ENOUGH THAT IF A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS MOVE OUT OF THERE,
THAT IF A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS MOVE OUT OF THERE, PROBABLY THE CITY IS NOT GOING
BUSINESS MOVE OUT OF THERE, PROBABLY THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO NOTICE IT.
PROBABLY THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO NOTICE IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE LADY
TO NOTICE IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE LADY IS A SORE LOSER OR WHAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE LADY IS A SORE LOSER OR WHAT. IF THERE IS MOVEMENT TO KANSAS,
IS A SORE LOSER OR WHAT. IF THERE IS MOVEMENT TO KANSAS, IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF THE
IF THERE IS MOVEMENT TO KANSAS, IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF THE GENERALLY MORE BUSINESS
IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF THE GENERALLY MORE BUSINESS FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THERE
GENERALLY MORE BUSINESS FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THERE AND THE TAX REDUCTION, AND IT
FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THERE AND THE TAX REDUCTION, AND IT WILL BE MOSTLY SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THE TAX REDUCTION, AND IT WILL BE MOSTLY SMALL BUSINESSES. THE STREETCAR IN AND OF ITSELF,
WILL BE MOSTLY SMALL BUSINESSES. THE STREETCAR IN AND OF ITSELF, IF HISTORY IS ANY INDICATOR FROM
THE STREETCAR IN AND OF ITSELF, IF HISTORY IS ANY INDICATOR FROM OTHER CITIES, ALONG THE LINE OF
IF HISTORY IS ANY INDICATOR FROM OTHER CITIES, ALONG THE LINE OF WHERE THE STREETCAR IS, YOU GET
OTHER CITIES, ALONG THE LINE OF WHERE THE STREETCAR IS, YOU GET MORE -- YOU GET ECONOMIC
WHERE THE STREETCAR IS, YOU GET MORE -- YOU GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MORE -- YOU GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE
DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE PAYING THE TAX, OR SOME PORTION
THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE PAYING THE TAX, OR SOME PORTION OF THE TAX, BECOME THE BIG BEN
PAYING THE TAX, OR SOME PORTION OF THE TAX, BECOME THE BIG BEN FISHERIES OF -- BIG BIN --
OF THE TAX, BECOME THE BIG BEN FISHERIES OF -- BIG BIN -- BENEFICIARIES OF THE STREETCARS.
FISHERIES OF -- BIG BIN -- BENEFICIARIES OF THE STREETCARS. WHY DO THEY ONTO -- WHY DO
BENEFICIARIES OF THE STREETCARS. WHY DO THEY ONTO -- WHY DO THEY OBJECT TO IT?
WHY DO THEY ONTO -- WHY DO THEY OBJECT TO IT? THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE
THEY OBJECT TO IT? THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX.
THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX. YOU SAID THEY WERE THE
TAX. YOU SAID THEY WERE THE BENEFICIARIES.
YOU SAID THEY WERE THE BENEFICIARIES. THEY ARE IF THE DEVELOPMENT
BENEFICIARIES. THEY ARE IF THE DEVELOPMENT COMES.
THEY ARE IF THE DEVELOPMENT COMES. IF I HAVE PROPERTY FOR RENT,
COMES. IF I HAVE PROPERTY FOR RENT, THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME.
IF I HAVE PROPERTY FOR RENT, THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE
THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR ME. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE. THE HISTORY IN OTHER CITIES -- I
ACCESSIBLE. THE HISTORY IN OTHER CITIES -- I DON'T BUY PIE IN THE SKY, BUT IF
THE HISTORY IN OTHER CITIES -- I DON'T BUY PIE IN THE SKY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER TOWNS, YOU PUT
DON'T BUY PIE IN THE SKY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER TOWNS, YOU PUT IN A LIGHT RAIL LINE.
YOU LOOK AT OTHER TOWNS, YOU PUT IN A LIGHT RAIL LINE. ALONG THAT LINE, IT'S BENEFICIAL
IN A LIGHT RAIL LINE. ALONG THAT LINE, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
ALONG THAT LINE, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. WELL, IS IT BENEFICIAL TO
TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. WELL, IS IT BENEFICIAL TO BUSINESSES ALREADY IN EXISTENCE
WELL, IS IT BENEFICIAL TO BUSINESSES ALREADY IN EXISTENCE THERE AND IF SO, WHY DO SO MANY
BUSINESSES ALREADY IN EXISTENCE THERE AND IF SO, WHY DO SO MANY OBJECT?
THERE AND IF SO, WHY DO SO MANY OBJECT? A LITTLE CONSOLATION FOR SUE
OBJECT? A LITTLE CONSOLATION FOR SUE BURKE, SHE'S NOT A SORE LOSER.
A LITTLE CONSOLATION FOR SUE BURKE, SHE'S NOT A SORE LOSER. SHE IS A SMALL BUSINESS IN AN
BURKE, SHE'S NOT A SORE LOSER. SHE IS A SMALL BUSINESS IN AN AREA OF GREAT BIG BUSINESSES.
SHE IS A SMALL BUSINESS IN AN AREA OF GREAT BIG BUSINESSES. AND IT'S LIKELY THAT SHE DOESN'T
AREA OF GREAT BIG BUSINESSES. AND IT'S LIKELY THAT SHE DOESN'T FIT THERE ANYMORE, AND I FEEL
AND IT'S LIKELY THAT SHE DOESN'T FIT THERE ANYMORE, AND I FEEL SORRY FOR OWNERS LIKE THIS,
FIT THERE ANYMORE, AND I FEEL SORRY FOR OWNERS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE HURT.
SORRY FOR OWNERS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE HURT. SHE WILL BENEFIT EVENTUALLY IF
BECAUSE THEY ARE HURT. SHE WILL BENEFIT EVENTUALLY IF SHE SELLS HER BUILDING.
SHE WILL BENEFIT EVENTUALLY IF SHE SELLS HER BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE RENTS OR
SHE SELLS HER BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE RENTS OR WHAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE RENTS OR WHAT. IF SHE OWNS HER BUILDING, SHE'LL
WHAT. IF SHE OWNS HER BUILDING, SHE'LL BENEFIT IN THE END.
IF SHE OWNS HER BUILDING, SHE'LL BENEFIT IN THE END. IN THE MEANTIME, HER PROPERTY
BENEFIT IN THE END. IN THE MEANTIME, HER PROPERTY TAXES WILL GO UP BECAUSE THE
IN THE MEANTIME, HER PROPERTY TAXES WILL GO UP BECAUSE THE EVALUATIONS -- IT INDEED CAUSE
TAXES WILL GO UP BECAUSE THE EVALUATIONS -- IT INDEED CAUSE THINGS TO BE MORE VALUABLE.
EVALUATIONS -- IT INDEED CAUSE THINGS TO BE MORE VALUABLE. THREE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE
THINGS TO BE MORE VALUABLE. THREE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE HEADED TO SPAIN TO TAKE A LOOK
THREE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE HEADED TO SPAIN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY STREETCARS ARE BUILT
HEADED TO SPAIN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY STREETCARS ARE BUILT S THERE AN ISSUE, A CONCERN, A
AT THE WAY STREETCARS ARE BUILT S THERE AN ISSUE, A CONCERN, A PROBLEM THAT COSTS SOME $8,000?
S THERE AN ISSUE, A CONCERN, A PROBLEM THAT COSTS SOME $8,000? WELL, IT HAS.
PROBLEM THAT COSTS SOME $8,000? WELL, IT HAS. I UNDERSTAND WHY.
WELL, IT HAS. I UNDERSTAND WHY. WHEN THEY HAVE
I UNDERSTAND WHY. WHEN THEY HAVE 100 MILLION-DOLLAR STREETCAR
WHEN THEY HAVE 100 MILLION-DOLLAR STREETCAR LINE, $7,000?
100 MILLION-DOLLAR STREETCAR LINE, $7,000? I CAN UNDERSTAND $7,000.
LINE, $7,000? I CAN UNDERSTAND $7,000. IT SEEMS TO BE JUSTIFIABLE?
I CAN UNDERSTAND $7,000. IT SEEMS TO BE JUSTIFIABLE? IT'S NOT A CONCERN BASICALLY,
IT SEEMS TO BE JUSTIFIABLE? IT'S NOT A CONCERN BASICALLY, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING, OF
IT'S NOT A CONCERN BASICALLY, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING, OF COURSE, IS THAT THEY GET THE
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING, OF COURSE, IS THAT THEY GET THE STREET LINE THIS FIRST TWO MILES
COURSE, IS THAT THEY GET THE STREET LINE THIS FIRST TWO MILES RIGHT.
STREET LINE THIS FIRST TWO MILES RIGHT. SO TWO POINTS.
RIGHT. SO TWO POINTS. ONE, YES, IT SO FAR HAS HELPED
SO TWO POINTS. ONE, YES, IT SO FAR HAS HELPED DEVELOP DOWNTOWN, NOT HURT IT,
ONE, YES, IT SO FAR HAS HELPED DEVELOP DOWNTOWN, NOT HURT IT, AND YOU HAVE HOTELS.
DEVELOP DOWNTOWN, NOT HURT IT, AND YOU HAVE HOTELS. YOU HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALL
AND YOU HAVE HOTELS. YOU HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALL BEING DEVELOPED, SOME NEW, SOME
YOU HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALL BEING DEVELOPED, SOME NEW, SOME CONTINUING, AND ALL OF THEM
BEING DEVELOPED, SOME NEW, SOME CONTINUING, AND ALL OF THEM GOING ON SINCE THE STREETCAR
CONTINUING, AND ALL OF THEM GOING ON SINCE THE STREETCAR HAPPENED.
GOING ON SINCE THE STREETCAR HAPPENED. SO, ONE, DEVELOPMENT, IT'S OKAY.
HAPPENED. SO, ONE, DEVELOPMENT, IT'S OKAY. IS THAT RELATED, DO YOU
SO, ONE, DEVELOPMENT, IT'S OKAY. IS THAT RELATED, DO YOU THINK?
IS THAT RELATED, DO YOU THINK? SOME HAVE BEEN RELATED.
THINK? SOME HAVE BEEN RELATED. LIKE *** SAID, WE'RE GOING TO
SOME HAVE BEEN RELATED. LIKE *** SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIXED RAIL ROUTE, WHICH
LIKE *** SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIXED RAIL ROUTE, WHICH IS MAIN.
HAVE A FIXED RAIL ROUTE, WHICH IS MAIN. IT'S NOT GO TO GO ANYWHERE LIKE
IS MAIN. IT'S NOT GO TO GO ANYWHERE LIKE A BUS ROUTE CAN IN SIX MONTHS OR
IT'S NOT GO TO GO ANYWHERE LIKE A BUS ROUTE CAN IN SIX MONTHS OR TWO DAYS OR WHATEVER.
A BUS ROUTE CAN IN SIX MONTHS OR TWO DAYS OR WHATEVER. SO THE DEVELOPMENT ANGLE SO FAR
TWO DAYS OR WHATEVER. SO THE DEVELOPMENT ANGLE SO FAR IS VERY GOOD.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT ANGLE SO FAR IS VERY GOOD. HERE IS THE SECOND POINT, AND
IS VERY GOOD. HERE IS THE SECOND POINT, AND THIS IS WHY I SAY YOU'VE GOT TO
HERE IS THE SECOND POINT, AND THIS IS WHY I SAY YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT.
THIS IS WHY I SAY YOU'VE GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO COME LATER THIS
GET THIS RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO COME LATER THIS YEAR, AT LEAST A PLAN, IS FOR A
THEY'RE GOING TO COME LATER THIS YEAR, AT LEAST A PLAN, IS FOR A MULTIHUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
YEAR, AT LEAST A PLAN, IS FOR A MULTIHUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR EXTENSION, PROPOSED EXTENSION OF
MULTIHUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR EXTENSION, PROPOSED EXTENSION OF STREETCAR.
EXTENSION, PROPOSED EXTENSION OF STREETCAR. THAT COULD GO EAST ON 31st,
STREETCAR. THAT COULD GO EAST ON 31st, EAST ON INSTEAD, SOUTH A MAIN
THAT COULD GO EAST ON 31st, EAST ON INSTEAD, SOUTH A MAIN STREET.
EAST ON INSTEAD, SOUTH A MAIN STREET. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY SURE DON'T
STREET. IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY SURE DON'T WANT A LOT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY
IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY SURE DON'T WANT A LOT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT THE FIRST TWO MILES.
WANT A LOT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT THE FIRST TWO MILES. EVERY STEP IN THE NEXT FOUR,
ABOUT THE FIRST TWO MILES. EVERY STEP IN THE NEXT FOUR, FIVE, SIX MONTHS HAS TO BE RIGHT
EVERY STEP IN THE NEXT FOUR, FIVE, SIX MONTHS HAS TO BE RIGHT BY THE AUTHORITY, JOHNSON, MAYOR
FIVE, SIX MONTHS HAS TO BE RIGHT BY THE AUTHORITY, JOHNSON, MAYOR SLY JAMES, ALL THE PEOPLE
BY THE AUTHORITY, JOHNSON, MAYOR SLY JAMES, ALL THE PEOPLE PUSHING STREETCAR.
SLY JAMES, ALL THE PEOPLE PUSHING STREETCAR. LIKE THE ROLLOUT OF THE
PUSHING STREETCAR. LIKE THE ROLLOUT OF THE OBAMACARE.
LIKE THE ROLLOUT OF THE OBAMACARE. EXACTLY.
OBAMACARE. EXACTLY. STREETCAR DOT GOV, YOU BETTER BE
EXACTLY. STREETCAR DOT GOV, YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO GET IN.
STREETCAR DOT GOV, YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO GET IN. DID YOU NOT SAY IN A
ABLE TO GET IN. DID YOU NOT SAY IN A DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT A WEEK
DID YOU NOT SAY IN A DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT THESE EXPANSIONS OF THE
DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT THESE EXPANSIONS OF THE STREETCAR LINE ARE LIKELY TO BE
AGO THAT THESE EXPANSIONS OF THE STREETCAR LINE ARE LIKELY TO BE FINANCED OR WE WILL BE ASKED TO
STREETCAR LINE ARE LIKELY TO BE FINANCED OR WE WILL BE ASKED TO FINANCE THEM?
FINANCED OR WE WILL BE ASKED TO FINANCE THEM? ABSOLUTELY.
FINANCE THEM? ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW IS PLAN IS A SIMILAR
ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW IS PLAN IS A SIMILAR SALES TAX UP TO 1% AND A SIMILAR
RIGHT NOW IS PLAN IS A SIMILAR SALES TAX UP TO 1% AND A SIMILAR PROPERTY LEVEE INCREASE ON
SALES TAX UP TO 1% AND A SIMILAR PROPERTY LEVEE INCREASE ON PEOPLE WHO OR BUSINESSES AND
PROPERTY LEVEE INCREASE ON PEOPLE WHO OR BUSINESSES AND HOMES CLOSER TO THE LINE, AND
PEOPLE WHO OR BUSINESSES AND HOMES CLOSER TO THE LINE, AND PLUS FEDERAL MONEY.
HOMES CLOSER TO THE LINE, AND PLUS FEDERAL MONEY. THEY WOULD NEED A LOT MORE
PLUS FEDERAL MONEY. THEY WOULD NEED A LOT MORE FEDERAL MONEY TO DO THIS
THEY WOULD NEED A LOT MORE FEDERAL MONEY TO DO THIS EXPANSION THAN THEY DID FOR THE
FEDERAL MONEY TO DO THIS EXPANSION THAN THEY DID FOR THE DOWNTOWN ONE.
EXPANSION THAN THEY DID FOR THE DOWNTOWN ONE. IS THIS EXCITING TO YOU,
DOWNTOWN ONE. IS THIS EXCITING TO YOU, GWEN?
IS THIS EXCITING TO YOU, GWEN? ABSOLUTELY.
GWEN? ABSOLUTELY. I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE LIGHT
ABSOLUTELY. I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE LIGHT RAIL, HAVING THAT COME THROUGH
I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE LIGHT RAIL, HAVING THAT COME THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
RAIL, HAVING THAT COME THROUGH DOWNTOWN. IT SPURS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
DOWNTOWN. IT SPURS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING
IT SPURS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR KANSAS CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING FOR KANSAS CITY. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
FOR KANSAS CITY. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. OUT FRONT AND BEHIND THE
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. OUT FRONT AND BEHIND THE SCENES.
OUT FRONT AND BEHIND THE SCENES. THOSE ARE THE TWO PLACES YAEL
SCENES. THOSE ARE THE TWO PLACES YAEL WRITES THAT MAYOR SLY JAMES WILL
THOSE ARE THE TWO PLACES YAEL WRITES THAT MAYOR SLY JAMES WILL HAVE TO STEP UP HIS GAME IF HE
WRITES THAT MAYOR SLY JAMES WILL HAVE TO STEP UP HIS GAME IF HE AND HIS PLANS FOR KANSAS CITY
HAVE TO STEP UP HIS GAME IF HE AND HIS PLANS FOR KANSAS CITY ARE TO SUCCEED IN 2014.
AND HIS PLANS FOR KANSAS CITY ARE TO SUCCEED IN 2014. YAEL WRITES IN HIS KANSAS CITY
ARE TO SUCCEED IN 2014. YAEL WRITES IN HIS KANSAS CITY STAR COLUMN THAT JAMES NEEDS TO
YAEL WRITES IN HIS KANSAS CITY STAR COLUMN THAT JAMES NEEDS TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE ON THE POLICE
STAR COLUMN THAT JAMES NEEDS TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE ON THE POLICE BOARD, PLAY A KEY PART IN ANY
BE MORE ASSERTIVE ON THE POLICE BOARD, PLAY A KEY PART IN ANY DECISION ABOUT KCI AND KEEP A
BOARD, PLAY A KEY PART IN ANY DECISION ABOUT KCI AND KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON EFFORTS TO
DECISION ABOUT KCI AND KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF CITY
WATCHFUL EYE ON EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF CITY GOVERNMENT. JAMES HAS NOT BEEN AFRAID TO
GOVERNMENT. JAMES HAS NOT BEEN AFRAID TO TAKE ON THE TOUGH ISSUES THUS
JAMES HAS NOT BEEN AFRAID TO TAKE ON THE TOUGH ISSUES THUS FAR, YAEL RIGHTS, AND THAT TRAIT
TAKE ON THE TOUGH ISSUES THUS FAR, YAEL RIGHTS, AND THAT TRAIT CAN SERVE HIM AND KANSAS CITY
FAR, YAEL RIGHTS, AND THAT TRAIT CAN SERVE HIM AND KANSAS CITY WELL IN THE NEW YEAR.
CAN SERVE HIM AND KANSAS CITY WELL IN THE NEW YEAR. YAEL, IT SEEMS YOU'VE BECOME A
WELL IN THE NEW YEAR. YAEL, IT SEEMS YOU'VE BECOME A BIT OF A FAN OF THE KANSAS CITY
YAEL, IT SEEMS YOU'VE BECOME A BIT OF A FAN OF THE KANSAS CITY MAYOR.
BIT OF A FAN OF THE KANSAS CITY MAYOR. FAIR TO SAY?
MAYOR. FAIR TO SAY? I THINK IN GENERAL, HAVE
FAIR TO SAY? I THINK IN GENERAL, HAVE BEEN.
I THINK IN GENERAL, HAVE BEEN. CERTAINLY SOME OF THE ISSUES
BEEN. CERTAINLY SOME OF THE ISSUES HE'S TRIED TO HIT HAVE NOT GONE
CERTAINLY SOME OF THE ISSUES HE'S TRIED TO HIT HAVE NOT GONE WELL, AND I'VE POINTED THAT OUT
HE'S TRIED TO HIT HAVE NOT GONE WELL, AND I'VE POINTED THAT OUT ON THE POLICE ISSUE.
WELL, AND I'VE POINTED THAT OUT ON THE POLICE ISSUE. A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE WHERE HE
ON THE POLICE ISSUE. A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE WHERE HE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE LOCAL
A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE WHERE HE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE LOCAL CONTROL BE THE, I GUESS, END
REALLY WANTED TO HAVE LOCAL CONTROL BE THE, I GUESS, END GAME OF THE CITIZENS GROUP HE
CONTROL BE THE, I GUESS, END GAME OF THE CITIZENS GROUP HE APPOINTED, AND IT DID NOT
GAME OF THE CITIZENS GROUP HE APPOINTED, AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
APPOINTED, AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN. SO I REALLY THINK HE'S GOT TO
HAPPEN. SO I REALLY THINK HE'S GOT TO STEP UP HIS GAME ON BEING ON THE
SO I REALLY THINK HE'S GOT TO STEP UP HIS GAME ON BEING ON THE POLICE BOARD IF HE WANTS TO GET
STEP UP HIS GAME ON BEING ON THE POLICE BOARD IF HE WANTS TO GET SOME OF THE STUFF THROUGH THAT
POLICE BOARD IF HE WANTS TO GET SOME OF THE STUFF THROUGH THAT HE THINKS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SOME OF THE STUFF THROUGH THAT HE THINKS IS VERY IMPORTANT. PART OF THAT IS HAVING
HE THINKS IS VERY IMPORTANT. PART OF THAT IS HAVING CONSOLIDATION AND SPENDING
PART OF THAT IS HAVING CONSOLIDATION AND SPENDING KANSAS CITY TAX MONEY BETTER.
CONSOLIDATION AND SPENDING KANSAS CITY TAX MONEY BETTER. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
KANSAS CITY TAX MONEY BETTER. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREETCAR.
AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREETCAR. VERY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE OUT
STREETCAR. VERY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE OUT IN FRONT ON THAT AS WELL.
VERY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE OUT IN FRONT ON THAT AS WELL. LET'S LOOK AT THIS POINT
IN FRONT ON THAT AS WELL. LET'S LOOK AT THIS POINT ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES AND UP
LET'S LOOK AT THIS POINT ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES AND UP FRONT.
ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES AND UP FRONT. POLICE BOARD WOULD BE ONE
FRONT. POLICE BOARD WOULD BE ONE EXAMPLE, BEHIND THE SCENES
POLICE BOARD WOULD BE ONE EXAMPLE, BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING SURE HE KNOWS WHAT'S
EXAMPLE, BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING SURE HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND UP FRONT WHEN THE
MAKING SURE HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND UP FRONT WHEN THE BOARD MEETS PUBLICLY.
GOING ON AND UP FRONT WHEN THE BOARD MEETS PUBLICLY. EXACTLY.
BOARD MEETS PUBLICLY. EXACTLY. HE AND CHIEF FORTE HAD A LITTLE
EXACTLY. HE AND CHIEF FORTE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A PUBLIC TIF DURING THIS
HE AND CHIEF FORTE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A PUBLIC TIF DURING THIS WHOLE LOCAL CONTROL THING WHERE
BIT OF A PUBLIC TIF DURING THIS WHOLE LOCAL CONTROL THING WHERE THE POLICE CHIEF SURPRISED THE
WHOLE LOCAL CONTROL THING WHERE THE POLICE CHIEF SURPRISED THE MAYOR.
THE POLICE CHIEF SURPRISED THE MAYOR. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS I WANT TO
MAYOR. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS I WANT TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL.
THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS I WANT TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL. IT'S LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, NOBODY
KEEP LOCAL CONTROL. IT'S LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, NOBODY ASKED YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE A
IT'S LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, NOBODY ASKED YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE A CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS DOING IT.
ASKED YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE A CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS DOING IT. SO PRIVATELY, HE COULD HAVE, AND
CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS DOING IT. SO PRIVATELY, HE COULD HAVE, AND HE MIGHT HAVE, BUT HE COULD HAVE
SO PRIVATELY, HE COULD HAVE, AND HE MIGHT HAVE, BUT HE COULD HAVE SAID SHUT UP, WE DON'T NEED THE
HE MIGHT HAVE, BUT HE COULD HAVE SAID SHUT UP, WE DON'T NEED THE POLICE CHIEF TO GET INVOLVED
SAID SHUT UP, WE DON'T NEED THE POLICE CHIEF TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.
POLICE CHIEF TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. I'VE GOT A CITIZENS GROUP
WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. I'VE GOT A CITIZENS GROUP LOOKING AT IT.
I'VE GOT A CITIZENS GROUP LOOKING AT IT. THAT'S BEHIND BEHIND THE SCENES.
LOOKING AT IT. THAT'S BEHIND BEHIND THE SCENES. OUT FRONT, HE HAS TO BE ON THE
THAT'S BEHIND BEHIND THE SCENES. OUT FRONT, HE HAS TO BE ON THE POLICE FORCE SAYING THINGS.
OUT FRONT, HE HAS TO BE ON THE POLICE FORCE SAYING THINGS. ONE MORE THING TO GET RIGHT,
POLICE FORCE SAYING THINGS. ONE MORE THING TO GET RIGHT, KCI.
ONE MORE THING TO GET RIGHT, KCI. THE KCI DECISION AT SOME POINT
KCI. THE KCI DECISION AT SOME POINT WILL BE RECOMMENDED BY THIS
THE KCI DECISION AT SOME POINT WILL BE RECOMMENDED BY THIS CITIZENS GROUP.
WILL BE RECOMMENDED BY THIS CITIZENS GROUP. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
CITIZENS GROUP. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE YET, BUT IF IT'S
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE YET, BUT IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE WE NEED TO REVAMP
GOING TO BE YET, BUT IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE WE NEED TO REVAMP AND COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
ANYTHING LIKE WE NEED TO REVAMP AND COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO
AND COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUT FRONT WITH SOME KIND OF
DOLLARS, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUT FRONT WITH SOME KIND OF GOOD PLAN, EITHER I EMBRACE THIS
BE OUT FRONT WITH SOME KIND OF GOOD PLAN, EITHER I EMBRACE THIS FULLY AND LET'S VOTE ON IT, OR I
GOOD PLAN, EITHER I EMBRACE THIS FULLY AND LET'S VOTE ON IT, OR I REJECT IT.
FULLY AND LET'S VOTE ON IT, OR I REJECT IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS?
REJECT IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS? HE WANTS AN IMPROVED KCI.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS? HE WANTS AN IMPROVED KCI. WELL, WHO DOESN'T?
HE WANTS AN IMPROVED KCI. WELL, WHO DOESN'T? A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WELL, WHO DOESN'T? A LOT OF PEOPLE. HE'S NOT ESPECIALLY BASED THE
A LOT OF PEOPLE. HE'S NOT ESPECIALLY BASED THE BILLION DOLLAR --.
HE'S NOT ESPECIALLY BASED THE BILLION DOLLAR --. WELL, NO.
BILLION DOLLAR --. WELL, NO. YAEL'S MICRO ANALYSIS IS
WELL, NO. YAEL'S MICRO ANALYSIS IS ALWAYS KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT
YAEL'S MICRO ANALYSIS IS ALWAYS KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT ACTUALLY THE POPULARITY OF BIG
ALWAYS KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT ACTUALLY THE POPULARITY OF BIG CITY MAYORS DEPENDS FIRST ON
ACTUALLY THE POPULARITY OF BIG CITY MAYORS DEPENDS FIRST ON TRUST, AND BOY, DOES HE HAVE A
CITY MAYORS DEPENDS FIRST ON TRUST, AND BOY, DOES HE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF IT RIGHT NOW.
TRUST, AND BOY, DOES HE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF IT RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE TRUST THAT WHAT HE SAYS
HIGH LEVEL OF IT RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE TRUST THAT WHAT HE SAYS IS WHAT'S HE'S GOING TO DO IS
PEOPLE TRUST THAT WHAT HE SAYS IS WHAT'S HE'S GOING TO DO IS WHAT HE'S FOR.
IS WHAT'S HE'S GOING TO DO IS WHAT HE'S FOR. THEY DON'T SENSE THE USUAL KIND
WHAT HE'S FOR. THEY DON'T SENSE THE USUAL KIND OF AMBIGUITY OF PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T SENSE THE USUAL KIND OF AMBIGUITY OF PEOPLE. SECONDLY, IS THE CITY HEADING IN
OF AMBIGUITY OF PEOPLE. SECONDLY, IS THE CITY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
SECONDLY, IS THE CITY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? IS IT HEADING IN SOME DIRECTION?
THE RIGHT DIRECTION? IS IT HEADING IN SOME DIRECTION? AND SECONDLY, IF IT'S THE RIGHT
IS IT HEADING IN SOME DIRECTION? AND SECONDLY, IF IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU FEEL THAT EVEN
AND SECONDLY, IF IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH
DIRECTION, YOU FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH HIM, AND I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS
THOUGH YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH HIM, AND I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS AT A SOCIAL GATHERING OVER THE
HIM, AND I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS AT A SOCIAL GATHERING OVER THE HOLIDAYS WHERE THE MAYOR WAS
AT A SOCIAL GATHERING OVER THE HOLIDAYS WHERE THE MAYOR WAS HOLDING THIS PARTY AND THERE
HOLIDAYS WHERE THE MAYOR WAS HOLDING THIS PARTY AND THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP AROUND
HOLDING THIS PARTY AND THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP AROUND HIM THAT DISAGREED WITH HIM.
WERE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP AROUND HIM THAT DISAGREED WITH HIM. HE WAS JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME
HIM THAT DISAGREED WITH HIM. HE WAS JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME TRYING TO PERSUADE HIM OF HIS
HE WAS JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME TRYING TO PERSUADE HIM OF HIS POINT OF VIEW, AND EVERYBODY
TRYING TO PERSUADE HIM OF HIS POINT OF VIEW, AND EVERYBODY LOVED IT.
POINT OF VIEW, AND EVERYBODY LOVED IT. THAT'S THE KIND OF CANDID
LOVED IT. THAT'S THE KIND OF CANDID OPENNESS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT
THAT'S THE KIND OF CANDID OPENNESS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT THIS MAN.
OPENNESS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT THIS MAN. WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH HIM ON
THIS MAN. WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH HIM ON THE AIRPORT OR ON POLICE LOCAL
WHETHER THEY AGREE WITH HIM ON THE AIRPORT OR ON POLICE LOCAL CONTROL OR NOT.
THE AIRPORT OR ON POLICE LOCAL CONTROL OR NOT. YOU COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT
CONTROL OR NOT. YOU COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITH CLEAVER, BARNS OR
YOU COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITH CLEAVER, BARNS OR FUNKHOUSER.
WITH CLEAVER, BARNS OR FUNKHOUSER. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THERE.
FUNKHOUSER. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THERE. GWEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THERE. GWEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT,
GWEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND NO SECRET, I'M A BIG FAN OF
STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND NO SECRET, I'M A BIG FAN OF THAT APPROACH TO LOCAL
AND NO SECRET, I'M A BIG FAN OF THAT APPROACH TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I WOULD ADMIT
THAT APPROACH TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I WOULD ADMIT THAT SEEMS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING A
GOVERNMENT, BUT I WOULD ADMIT THAT SEEMS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING A STRONG MAYOR WITHOUT THE CHARTER
THAT SEEMS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING A STRONG MAYOR WITHOUT THE CHARTER PROVISIONS MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.
STRONG MAYOR WITHOUT THE CHARTER PROVISIONS MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. I WOULD AGREE.
PROVISIONS MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. I WOULD AGREE. I THINK HE IS A STRONG MAYOR,
I WOULD AGREE. I THINK HE IS A STRONG MAYOR, BUT LIKE ALL THE OTHER MAYORS
I THINK HE IS A STRONG MAYOR, BUT LIKE ALL THE OTHER MAYORS BEFORE HIM, HE WOULD LIKE TO
BUT LIKE ALL THE OTHER MAYORS BEFORE HIM, HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CHARTER CHANGE, SO THAT
BEFORE HIM, HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CHARTER CHANGE, SO THAT WE GO TO A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF
HAVE THE CHARTER CHANGE, SO THAT WE GO TO A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
WE GO TO A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. BUT I THINK AS CLEAVER LEARNED,
GOVERNMENT. BUT I THINK AS CLEAVER LEARNED, AS MAYOR BARNES LEARNED, YOU'VE
BUT I THINK AS CLEAVER LEARNED, AS MAYOR BARNES LEARNED, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO LEAD OUT
AS MAYOR BARNES LEARNED, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO LEAD OUT FRONT AND FROM BEHIND IN THIS
GOT TO LEARN HOW TO LEAD OUT FRONT AND FROM BEHIND IN THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE,
FRONT AND FROM BEHIND IN THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK SLY JAMES HAS
FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK SLY JAMES HAS ADAPTED QUITE WELL TO THAT.
AND I THINK SLY JAMES HAS ADAPTED QUITE WELL TO THAT. HE SEEMS TO HAVE MAJOR CONTROL
ADAPTED QUITE WELL TO THAT. HE SEEMS TO HAVE MAJOR CONTROL OF THE COUNCIL, MORE SO THAN ANY
HE SEEMS TO HAVE MAJOR CONTROL OF THE COUNCIL, MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER MAYOR BEFORE HIM.
OF THE COUNCIL, MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER MAYOR BEFORE HIM. YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE
OTHER MAYOR BEFORE HIM. YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERPERSONAL
YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, I WOULD ASSUME, IN
IMPORTANCE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, I WOULD ASSUME, IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS.
RELATIONS, I WOULD ASSUME, IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS. IF YOU DON'T LIKE SLY, YOU'VE
THE WORLD OF POLITICS. IF YOU DON'T LIKE SLY, YOU'VE GOT A CHARACTER FLAW.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE SLY, YOU'VE GOT A CHARACTER FLAW. HE'S A GREAT GUY PERSONALLY,
GOT A CHARACTER FLAW. HE'S A GREAT GUY PERSONALLY, GREAT GUY.
HE'S A GREAT GUY PERSONALLY, GREAT GUY. TO TALK TO HIM IS TO LIKE HIM,
GREAT GUY. TO TALK TO HIM IS TO LIKE HIM, AND HE'S BEEN A LAWYER ALL HIS
TO TALK TO HIM IS TO LIKE HIM, AND HE'S BEEN A LAWYER ALL HIS LIFE.
AND HE'S BEEN A LAWYER ALL HIS LIFE. HE'S LISTENED TO PEOPLE DISAGREE
LIFE. HE'S LISTENED TO PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH HIM.
HE'S LISTENED TO PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH HIM. HE'S USED TO IT.
WITH HIM. HE'S USED TO IT. IT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM A BIT, AS
HE'S USED TO IT. IT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM A BIT, AS MARY SAID.
IT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM A BIT, AS MARY SAID. THAT'S HIS --.
MARY SAID. THAT'S HIS --. DIDN'T HE DO MEDIATION
THAT'S HIS --. DIDN'T HE DO MEDIATION COUNSELING?
DIDN'T HE DO MEDIATION COUNSELING? YES, AND HE'S DONE THINGS AS
COUNSELING? YES, AND HE'S DONE THINGS AS MAYOR, AND THEY ARE VISIBLE
YES, AND HE'S DONE THINGS AS MAYOR, AND THEY ARE VISIBLE THINGS.
MAYOR, AND THEY ARE VISIBLE THINGS. THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION IS,
THINGS. THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION IS, THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS GOVERNMENT,
THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION IS, THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS GOVERNMENT, AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE DONE A
THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS GOVERNMENT, AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE DONE A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS. IN THE LONG HAUL, IT DIDN'T
LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS. IN THE LONG HAUL, IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY AMOUNT TO SAVING THE
IN THE LONG HAUL, IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY AMOUNT TO SAVING THE CITY.
NECESSARILY AMOUNT TO SAVING THE CITY. THAT'S THE LONG HAUL QUESTION
CITY. THAT'S THE LONG HAUL QUESTION FOR US.
THAT'S THE LONG HAUL QUESTION FOR US. WHILE SOME ARE STILL
FOR US. WHILE SOME ARE STILL DEBATING MILEY CYRUS AND THE
WHILE SOME ARE STILL DEBATING MILEY CYRUS AND THE RIGHT TO TWERK, WE'RE MOVING ON
DEBATING MILEY CYRUS AND THE RIGHT TO TWERK, WE'RE MOVING ON TO RIGHT TO WORK.
RIGHT TO TWERK, WE'RE MOVING ON TO RIGHT TO WORK. THAT LEGISLATION ANATHEMA TO
TO RIGHT TO WORK. THAT LEGISLATION ANATHEMA TO LABOR UNIONS, MAY COME UP FOR A
THAT LEGISLATION ANATHEMA TO LABOR UNIONS, MAY COME UP FOR A VOTE IN THIS YEAR'S MISSOURI
LABOR UNIONS, MAY COME UP FOR A VOTE IN THIS YEAR'S MISSOURI LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MIGHT END
VOTE IN THIS YEAR'S MISSOURI LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MIGHT END UP ON THE BALLOT OR MIGHT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MIGHT END UP ON THE BALLOT OR MIGHT DISAPPEAR.
UP ON THE BALLOT OR MIGHT DISAPPEAR. RIGHT TO WORK LAWS GENERALLY SAY
DISAPPEAR. RIGHT TO WORK LAWS GENERALLY SAY THAT WORKERS DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN
RIGHT TO WORK LAWS GENERALLY SAY THAT WORKERS DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN OR CONTRIBUTE TO UNIONS AS A
THAT WORKERS DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN OR CONTRIBUTE TO UNIONS AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.
OR CONTRIBUTE TO UNIONS AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. BACKERS SUGGEST A RIGHT TO WORK
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. BACKERS SUGGEST A RIGHT TO WORK LAW ATTRACTS BUSINESSES TO A
BACKERS SUGGEST A RIGHT TO WORK LAW ATTRACTS BUSINESSES TO A STATE.
LAW ATTRACTS BUSINESSES TO A STATE. LABOR OPPONENTS SAY IT'S REALLY
STATE. LABOR OPPONENTS SAY IT'S REALLY A RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS LAW.
LABOR OPPONENTS SAY IT'S REALLY A RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS LAW. SO IS THERE A CATALYST THAT'S
A RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS LAW. SO IS THERE A CATALYST THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE
SO IS THERE A CATALYST THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE ISSUE CENTER STAGE IN MISSOURI,
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE ISSUE CENTER STAGE IN MISSOURI, GWEN?
ISSUE CENTER STAGE IN MISSOURI, GWEN? WELL, I THINK IT CAME CENTER
GWEN? WELL, I THINK IT CAME CENTER STAGE AGAIN WITH THE BOEING
WELL, I THINK IT CAME CENTER STAGE AGAIN WITH THE BOEING SITUATION, THE UNION BARGAINING
STAGE AGAIN WITH THE BOEING SITUATION, THE UNION BARGAINING ISSUE WITH BOEING AIRLINES, AND
SITUATION, THE UNION BARGAINING ISSUE WITH BOEING AIRLINES, AND MISSOURI BIDDING ON THAT,
ISSUE WITH BOEING AIRLINES, AND MISSOURI BIDDING ON THAT, WANTING TO GET THAT.
MISSOURI BIDDING ON THAT, WANTING TO GET THAT. WHAT THAT WAS, BOEING
WANTING TO GET THAT. WHAT THAT WAS, BOEING THREATENED TO MOVE FROM SEATTLE
WHAT THAT WAS, BOEING THREATENED TO MOVE FROM SEATTLE IF THE UNION DIDN'T EXTEND THE
THREATENED TO MOVE FROM SEATTLE IF THE UNION DIDN'T EXTEND THE CONTRACT FAVORABLE APPARENTLY
IF THE UNION DIDN'T EXTEND THE CONTRACT FAVORABLE APPARENTLY FOR THE COMPANY FOR ANOTHER SIX
CONTRACT FAVORABLE APPARENTLY FOR THE COMPANY FOR ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
FOR THE COMPANY FOR ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. THEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT, SO
OR SEVEN YEARS. THEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT, SO THAT'S A MOOT ISSUE, BUT WHAT IT
THEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT, SO THAT'S A MOOT ISSUE, BUT WHAT IT DID WAS CAUSE THE LOCAL
THAT'S A MOOT ISSUE, BUT WHAT IT DID WAS CAUSE THE LOCAL PROPONENTS OF RIGHT TO WORK TO
DID WAS CAUSE THE LOCAL PROPONENTS OF RIGHT TO WORK TO RAISE THE ISSUE AGAIN, AND IT
PROPONENTS OF RIGHT TO WORK TO RAISE THE ISSUE AGAIN, AND IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE PUSHING IT.
RAISE THE ISSUE AGAIN, AND IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE PUSHING IT. THE SESSION RESUMED YESTERDAY,
APPEARS THAT THEY'RE PUSHING IT. THE SESSION RESUMED YESTERDAY, AND THEN IN TODAY'S PAPER, SOME
THE SESSION RESUMED YESTERDAY, AND THEN IN TODAY'S PAPER, SOME TALK OF, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE
AND THEN IN TODAY'S PAPER, SOME TALK OF, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.
TALK OF, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, DEMOCRATS WHO STRONGLY
AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, DEMOCRATS WHO STRONGLY OPPOSE RIGHT TO WORK ARE
HOWEVER, DEMOCRATS WHO STRONGLY OPPOSE RIGHT TO WORK ARE THREATENING TO FILIBUSTER THE
OPPOSE RIGHT TO WORK ARE THREATENING TO FILIBUSTER THE ISSUE.
THREATENING TO FILIBUSTER THE ISSUE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A
ISSUE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUEL BEHIND IT
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUEL BEHIND IT THIS SESSION, BUT MY HOPE IS
LITTLE BIT MORE FUEL BEHIND IT THIS SESSION, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL DO AS IT HAS DONE
THIS SESSION, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL DO AS IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST AND GO ABSOLUTELY
THAT IT WILL DO AS IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST AND GO ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE.
IN THE PAST AND GO ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. GOVERNOR NIXON WILL VETO IT IF
NOWHERE. GOVERNOR NIXON WILL VETO IT IF IT DOES PASS, AND THEN IT WOULD
GOVERNOR NIXON WILL VETO IT IF IT DOES PASS, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A BALLOT
IT DOES PASS, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A BALLOT INITIATIVE.
HAVE TO GO TO A BALLOT INITIATIVE. WHEN IT WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE
INITIATIVE. WHEN IT WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE HOW MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS
WHEN IT WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE HOW MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS DEFEATED.
HOW MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS DEFEATED. 30 YEARS AGO.
DEFEATED. 30 YEARS AGO. AND MY HOPE IS THAT THE
30 YEARS AGO. AND MY HOPE IS THAT THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WILL
AND MY HOPE IS THAT THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND RIGHT TO WORK IS NOT
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND RIGHT TO WORK IS NOT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST, AND
UNDERSTAND RIGHT TO WORK IS NOT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST, AND GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES SHOW THAT
IN THEIR BEST INTEREST, AND GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES SHOW THAT STATES WITH RIGHT TO WORK LAWS
GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES SHOW THAT STATES WITH RIGHT TO WORK LAWS HAVE LOWER WAGE EARNERS.
STATES WITH RIGHT TO WORK LAWS HAVE LOWER WAGE EARNERS. THEY EARN LESS, AND THEY HAVE
HAVE LOWER WAGE EARNERS. THEY EARN LESS, AND THEY HAVE HIGHER RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
THEY EARN LESS, AND THEY HAVE HIGHER RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT. IT DOES NOT SPUR ECONOMIC
HIGHER RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT. IT DOES NOT SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAY THAT
IT DOES NOT SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAY THAT PROPONENTS OF RIGHT TO WORK
DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAY THAT PROPONENTS OF RIGHT TO WORK CLAIM.
PROPONENTS OF RIGHT TO WORK CLAIM. MARY, DO THE REASONS THAT
CLAIM. MARY, DO THE REASONS THAT UNIONS ONCE FLOURISHED STILL
MARY, DO THE REASONS THAT UNIONS ONCE FLOURISHED STILL EXIST TODAY, HAVE THEY BEEN
UNIONS ONCE FLOURISHED STILL EXIST TODAY, HAVE THEY BEEN RECTIFIED BY GOVERNMENT LAWS,
EXIST TODAY, HAVE THEY BEEN RECTIFIED BY GOVERNMENT LAWS, REGULATIONS ABOUT WORKPLACE
RECTIFIED BY GOVERNMENT LAWS, REGULATIONS ABOUT WORKPLACE SAFETY, EMPLOYEE TREATMENT?
REGULATIONS ABOUT WORKPLACE SAFETY, EMPLOYEE TREATMENT? IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
SAFETY, EMPLOYEE TREATMENT? IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE HARD TO MAKE THAT CASE SINCE A
IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE HARD TO MAKE THAT CASE SINCE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE -- THE NUMBER
HARD TO MAKE THAT CASE SINCE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE -- THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN UNIONS CONTINUES TO
NUMBER OF PEOPLE -- THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN UNIONS CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
OF PEOPLE IN UNIONS CONTINUES TO DECLINE. WHAT IS IT NOW, 8% OF PEOPLE
DECLINE. WHAT IS IT NOW, 8% OF PEOPLE THAT COULD BELONG DO IN
WHAT IS IT NOW, 8% OF PEOPLE THAT COULD BELONG DO IN MISSOURI.
THAT COULD BELONG DO IN MISSOURI. I THINK REPUBLICANS, BOTH
MISSOURI. I THINK REPUBLICANS, BOTH PARTIES ARE STUCK IN THIS MODE.
I THINK REPUBLICANS, BOTH PARTIES ARE STUCK IN THIS MODE. DEMOCRATS ARE IN FAVOR OF LABOR
PARTIES ARE STUCK IN THIS MODE. DEMOCRATS ARE IN FAVOR OF LABOR UNIONS, AND DEMOCRATS FINANCE A
DEMOCRATS ARE IN FAVOR OF LABOR UNIONS, AND DEMOCRATS FINANCE A GREAT DEAL OF THE WORK OF
UNIONS, AND DEMOCRATS FINANCE A GREAT DEAL OF THE WORK OF GETTING CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR
GREAT DEAL OF THE WORK OF GETTING CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY, AND
GETTING CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY, AND REPUBLICANS ARE STUCK IN THAT
OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY, AND REPUBLICANS ARE STUCK IN THAT LABOR UNIONS ARE THE SOURCE OF
REPUBLICANS ARE STUCK IN THAT LABOR UNIONS ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL.
LABOR UNIONS ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL. WELL, JUST A SECOND.
ALL EVIL. WELL, JUST A SECOND. DO LABOR UNIONS SEEM TO BE THE
WELL, JUST A SECOND. DO LABOR UNIONS SEEM TO BE THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL TO REPUBLICAN
DO LABOR UNIONS SEEM TO BE THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL TO REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS?
SOURCE OF ALL EVIL TO REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS? REPUBLICANS ARE NOT -- IF YOU
LAWMAKERS? REPUBLICANS ARE NOT -- IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE AVERAGE
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT -- IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE AVERAGE REPUBLICAN, ASK ME ABOUT UNIONS.
WANT TO TALK TO THE AVERAGE REPUBLICAN, ASK ME ABOUT UNIONS. THEY'RE TROUBLE BY EMPLOYEE
REPUBLICAN, ASK ME ABOUT UNIONS. THEY'RE TROUBLE BY EMPLOYEE UNIONS A LOT MORE THAN PRIVATE
THEY'RE TROUBLE BY EMPLOYEE UNIONS A LOT MORE THAN PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS.
UNIONS A LOT MORE THAN PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE FUTURE
SECTOR UNIONS. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE FUTURE OF THE UNION MOVEMENT APPARENTLY
BUT THAT'S WHERE THE FUTURE OF THE UNION MOVEMENT APPARENTLY IS.
OF THE UNION MOVEMENT APPARENTLY IS. SERVICE EMPLOYEES IS A BIG
IS. SERVICE EMPLOYEES IS A BIG GROWTH AREA.
SERVICE EMPLOYEES IS A BIG GROWTH AREA. IT IS INTERESTING TO HAVE
GROWTH AREA. IT IS INTERESTING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WHEN THE WHOLE
IT IS INTERESTING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WHEN THE WHOLE INCOME DISPARITY ARGUMENT IS
THIS DISCUSSION WHEN THE WHOLE INCOME DISPARITY ARGUMENT IS PROBABLY AT ITS WORST IN MANY,
INCOME DISPARITY ARGUMENT IS PROBABLY AT ITS WORST IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
PROBABLY AT ITS WORST IN MANY, MANY YEARS. WAGES HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR
MANY YEARS. WAGES HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR THREE DECADES, WHICH I CAN'T
WAGES HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR THREE DECADES, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN.
THREE DECADES, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN. NOT FOR YOU.
BELIEVE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN. NOT FOR YOU. OH, YES, FOR ME.
NOT FOR YOU. OH, YES, FOR ME. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANGLE OF
OH, YES, FOR ME. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANGLE OF WHAT IS RIGHT TO WORK REALLY
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANGLE OF WHAT IS RIGHT TO WORK REALLY GOING TO HELP OR HURT MISSOURI,
WHAT IS RIGHT TO WORK REALLY GOING TO HELP OR HURT MISSOURI, I THINK OPPONENTS CALL IT RIGHT
GOING TO HELP OR HURT MISSOURI, I THINK OPPONENTS CALL IT RIGHT TO BE FIRED BASICALLY, BECAUSE
I THINK OPPONENTS CALL IT RIGHT TO BE FIRED BASICALLY, BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE MORE POWER TO THE
TO BE FIRED BASICALLY, BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE MORE POWER TO THE EMPLOYER.
IT DOES GIVE MORE POWER TO THE EMPLOYER. IT'S NOT REALLY AN EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER. IT'S NOT REALLY AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT.
IT'S NOT REALLY AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. IT'S AN EMPLOYER BENEFIT WITH
BENEFIT. IT'S AN EMPLOYER BENEFIT WITH THE ALLEGED THING, NOW MORE
IT'S AN EMPLOYER BENEFIT WITH THE ALLEGED THING, NOW MORE EMPLOYERS WILL FLOCK HERE
THE ALLEGED THING, NOW MORE EMPLOYERS WILL FLOCK HERE BECAUSE WE CAN FIRE PEOPLE WHEN
EMPLOYERS WILL FLOCK HERE BECAUSE WE CAN FIRE PEOPLE WHEN WE WANT TO.
BECAUSE WE CAN FIRE PEOPLE WHEN WE WANT TO. BUT YET I JUST DON'T SEE IT AS
WE WANT TO. BUT YET I JUST DON'T SEE IT AS THE BIG BOOM FOR MISSOURI.
BUT YET I JUST DON'T SEE IT AS THE BIG BOOM FOR MISSOURI. I ASSUME IT WILL GET CAUGHT UP
THE BIG BOOM FOR MISSOURI. I ASSUME IT WILL GET CAUGHT UP IN POLITICS.
I ASSUME IT WILL GET CAUGHT UP IN POLITICS. ***, WITH THE MISSOURI
IN POLITICS. ***, WITH THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE BACK IN SESSION NOW,
***, WITH THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE BACK IN SESSION NOW, WHAT ISSUES ARE GOING TO
LEGISLATURE BACK IN SESSION NOW, WHAT ISSUES ARE GOING TO DOMINATE?
WHAT ISSUES ARE GOING TO DOMINATE? THE TRANSFER LAW?
DOMINATE? THE TRANSFER LAW? THE TRANSFER LAW WILL BE A
THE TRANSFER LAW? THE TRANSFER LAW WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE, WHICH WILL THEN
THE TRANSFER LAW WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE, WHICH WILL THEN BRING UP EDUCATION REFORM IN
HUGE ISSUE, WHICH WILL THEN BRING UP EDUCATION REFORM IN GENERAL.
BRING UP EDUCATION REFORM IN GENERAL. SO THAT WILL BE HUGE.
GENERAL. SO THAT WILL BE HUGE. THE TAX ISSUE IS GOING TO COME
SO THAT WILL BE HUGE. THE TAX ISSUE IS GOING TO COME BACK.
THE TAX ISSUE IS GOING TO COME BACK. REPUBLICANS WILL CRY FOR A
BACK. REPUBLICANS WILL CRY FOR A TAX -- WILL TRY FOR A TAX CUT
REPUBLICANS WILL CRY FOR A TAX -- WILL TRY FOR A TAX CUT AGAIN.
TAX -- WILL TRY FOR A TAX CUT AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY. THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST
ABSOLUTELY. THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS I SEE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS I SEE. RIGHT TO WORK IS NOT ON THE
THINGS I SEE. RIGHT TO WORK IS NOT ON THE LEVEL WITH THOSE TWO.
RIGHT TO WORK IS NOT ON THE LEVEL WITH THOSE TWO. THOSE ARE THE TWO LEADING ISSUES
LEVEL WITH THOSE TWO. THOSE ARE THE TWO LEADING ISSUES IN THIS SESSION.
THOSE ARE THE TWO LEADING ISSUES IN THIS SESSION. THE LEGISLATURE, IF THEY PASS --
IN THIS SESSION. THE LEGISLATURE, IF THEY PASS -- AS GWEN SAID, IF THEY PASS A
THE LEGISLATURE, IF THEY PASS -- AS GWEN SAID, IF THEY PASS A RIGHT TO WORK THROUGH LAW THE
AS GWEN SAID, IF THEY PASS A RIGHT TO WORK THROUGH LAW THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR CAN
RIGHT TO WORK THROUGH LAW THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR CAN VETO IT.
LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR CAN VETO IT. IF THEY PASS A JOINT RESOLUTION
VETO IT. IF THEY PASS A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, THE
IF THEY PASS A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, THE GOVERNOR HAS NO VETO AND THEN IT
TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, THE GOVERNOR HAS NO VETO AND THEN IT GOES TO THE PEOPLE.
GOVERNOR HAS NO VETO AND THEN IT GOES TO THE PEOPLE. THE QUESTION CONSERVATIVES HAVE
GOES TO THE PEOPLE. THE QUESTION CONSERVATIVES HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES, THERE ARE
THE QUESTION CONSERVATIVES HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF THINGS
TO ASK THEMSELVES, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THE BALLOT ALREADY.
GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THE BALLOT ALREADY. HOW MANY DO WE WANT OUT THERE IN
ON THE BALLOT ALREADY. HOW MANY DO WE WANT OUT THERE IN ONE YEAR?
HOW MANY DO WE WANT OUT THERE IN ONE YEAR? AND THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION FOR
ONE YEAR? AND THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION FOR THEM. AND THAT MAY AFFECT THE WAY
THEM. AND THAT MAY AFFECT THE WAY SOME VOTERS LOOK AT REPUBLICAN
AND THAT MAY AFFECT THE WAY SOME VOTERS LOOK AT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN 2014 AND
SOME VOTERS LOOK AT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN 2014 AND SUBSEQUENTLY.
CANDIDATES IN 2014 AND SUBSEQUENTLY. AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE
SUBSEQUENTLY. AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH SOME BIG
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH SOME BIG KANSAS SIZE TAX CUT FOR UPPER
GOING TO TRY TO PUSH SOME BIG KANSAS SIZE TAX CUT FOR UPPER INCOME PEOPLE.
KANSAS SIZE TAX CUT FOR UPPER INCOME PEOPLE. I MEAN, THIS IS A TIME WHEN
INCOME PEOPLE. I MEAN, THIS IS A TIME WHEN THERE ISN'T ANY EXTRA BUDGET IN
I MEAN, THIS IS A TIME WHEN THERE ISN'T ANY EXTRA BUDGET IN MISSOURI AND THE SCHOOLS HAVEN'T
THERE ISN'T ANY EXTRA BUDGET IN MISSOURI AND THE SCHOOLS HAVEN'T BEEN FUNDED.
MISSOURI AND THE SCHOOLS HAVEN'T BEEN FUNDED. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON.
BEEN FUNDED. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. IT IS TIME NOW FOR ROASTS
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. IT IS TIME NOW FOR ROASTS AND TOASTS WHERE THE RUCKETTES
IT IS TIME NOW FOR ROASTS AND TOASTS WHERE THE RUCKETTES THROW BOUQUETS OR BRICKBATS AT
AND TOASTS WHERE THE RUCKETTES THROW BOUQUETS OR BRICKBATS AT PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE NEWS.
THROW BOUQUETS OR BRICKBATS AT PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE NEWS. WE START WITH GWEN.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE NEWS. WE START WITH GWEN. CHEERS TO KCP&L FOR ITS
WE START WITH GWEN. CHEERS TO KCP&L FOR ITS RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT
CHEERS TO KCP&L FOR ITS RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT PURSUE RATE INCREASES
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT PURSUE RATE INCREASES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, GREAT
WOULD NOT PURSUE RATE INCREASES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, GREAT NEWS FOR CONSUMERS AS WELL AS
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, GREAT NEWS FOR CONSUMERS AS WELL AS MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN WIND
NEWS FOR CONSUMERS AS WELL AS MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN WIND POWER BOTH IN MISSOURI AND
MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN WIND POWER BOTH IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS.
POWER BOTH IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE,
KANSAS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE, GREAT CORPORATE SOCIAL
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE, GREAT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, GREAT INVESTMENT
GREAT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, GREAT INVESTMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHEERS TO
RESPONSIBILITY, GREAT INVESTMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHEERS TO KCP&L.
IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHEERS TO KCP&L. CHEERS TO THE KANSAS CITY
KCP&L. CHEERS TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR FOR DOING SOME LENGTHIER
CHEERS TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR FOR DOING SOME LENGTHIER PIECES AND SOME SERIES LATELY.
STAR FOR DOING SOME LENGTHIER PIECES AND SOME SERIES LATELY. A ROAST OVER THE QUALITY OF
PIECES AND SOME SERIES LATELY. A ROAST OVER THE QUALITY OF THEM.
A ROAST OVER THE QUALITY OF THEM. THE ONE ONE ON WHAT GOES ON IN
THEM. THE ONE ONE ON WHAT GOES ON IN JEFF CITY WAS JUST SOPHOMORIC.
THE ONE ONE ON WHAT GOES ON IN JEFF CITY WAS JUST SOPHOMORIC. MY FAVOR PART WAS WHERE THEY
JEFF CITY WAS JUST SOPHOMORIC. MY FAVOR PART WAS WHERE THEY SAID TERM LIMITS INCREASE THE
MY FAVOR PART WAS WHERE THEY SAID TERM LIMITS INCREASE THE POWER OF LOBBYISTS.
SAID TERM LIMITS INCREASE THE POWER OF LOBBYISTS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ONLY
POWER OF LOBBYISTS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ONLY LOBBYIST THAT IS FOR THE
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ONLY LOBBYIST THAT IS FOR THE TERMINATION OF TERM LIMITS.
LOBBYIST THAT IS FOR THE TERMINATION OF TERM LIMITS. OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT THE
TERMINATION OF TERM LIMITS. OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S DIVISION.
OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S DIVISION. ALL.
CHILDREN'S DIVISION. ALL. ALL THAT REVEALED WAS THE --
ALL. ALL THAT REVEALED WAS THE -- JUST TRY AND GET THE FACTS
ALL THAT REVEALED WAS THE -- JUST TRY AND GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
JUST TRY AND GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT. YAEL.
STRAIGHT. YAEL. WELL, I WILL -- AS A KU ALUM,
YAEL. WELL, I WILL -- AS A KU ALUM, I'M GOING TO ROAST THE KU
WELL, I WILL -- AS A KU ALUM, I'M GOING TO ROAST THE KU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WHICH IS
I'M GOING TO ROAST THE KU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WHICH IS PROPOSING SPENDING $17 MILLION
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WHICH IS PROPOSING SPENDING $17 MILLION ON HOUSING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE
PROPOSING SPENDING $17 MILLION ON HOUSING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 60 KIDS, HALF OF THEM BEING
ON HOUSING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 60 KIDS, HALF OF THEM BEING BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
THAN 60 KIDS, HALF OF THEM BEING BASKETBALL PLAYERS. THIS IS A TOTAL OUTLANDISH USE
BASKETBALL PLAYERS. THIS IS A TOTAL OUTLANDISH USE OF PRIVATE FUNDS AS WELL AS A
THIS IS A TOTAL OUTLANDISH USE OF PRIVATE FUNDS AS WELL AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY GETTING
OF PRIVATE FUNDS AS WELL AS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF ARMS
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF ARMS RACE IS RIDICULOUS, AND I HOPE
INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF ARMS RACE IS RIDICULOUS, AND I HOPE IT'S RESCINDED BY THE KANSAS
RACE IS RIDICULOUS, AND I HOPE IT'S RESCINDED BY THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS NEXT WEEK.
IT'S RESCINDED BY THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS NEXT WEEK. WELL, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE
BOARD OF REGENTS NEXT WEEK. WELL, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN KANSAS IS
WELL, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN KANSAS IS OFF AND RUN, BECAUSE SAM
RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN KANSAS IS OFF AND RUN, BECAUSE SAM BROWNBACK, GOVERNOR SAM
OFF AND RUN, BECAUSE SAM BROWNBACK, GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK IS NOW RESPONDING TO
BROWNBACK, GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK IS NOW RESPONDING TO PAUL DAVIS' CHALLENGE.
BROWNBACK IS NOW RESPONDING TO PAUL DAVIS' CHALLENGE. DAVIS IS RUNNING A PRO-EDUCATION
PAUL DAVIS' CHALLENGE. DAVIS IS RUNNING A PRO-EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, SO THE GOVERNOR COMES
DAVIS IS RUNNING A PRO-EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, SO THE GOVERNOR COMES OUT SAYING HE'S FOR ALL-DAY
CAMPAIGN, SO THE GOVERNOR COMES OUT SAYING HE'S FOR ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN, AND ALL ACROSS THE
OUT SAYING HE'S FOR ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN, AND ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF KANSAS YOU'LL FIND
KINDERGARTEN, AND ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF KANSAS YOU'LL FIND SUPPORT FOR THAT, BOTH PARTIES
STATE OF KANSAS YOU'LL FIND SUPPORT FOR THAT, BOTH PARTIES AND EVERYWHERE, EXCEPT HE WILL
SUPPORT FOR THAT, BOTH PARTIES AND EVERYWHERE, EXCEPT HE WILL PAY FOR IT BY TAKING THE MONEY
AND EVERYWHERE, EXCEPT HE WILL PAY FOR IT BY TAKING THE MONEY FROM A FUND CALLED TEMPORARY
PAY FOR IT BY TAKING THE MONEY FROM A FUND CALLED TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES.
FROM A FUND CALLED TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. THERE YOU GO.
ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. THERE YOU GO. SOPHIE'S CHOICE, TYPICAL SAM
THERE YOU GO. SOPHIE'S CHOICE, TYPICAL SAM BROWNBACK.
SOPHIE'S CHOICE, TYPICAL SAM BROWNBACK. GO FOR THE PR, AND THEN, AS THE
BROWNBACK. GO FOR THE PR, AND THEN, AS THE SAYING GOES, STICK IT TO PEOPLE
GO FOR THE PR, AND THEN, AS THE SAYING GOES, STICK IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR.
SAYING GOES, STICK IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR. AND FINALLY A TOAST TO
WHO ARE POOR. AND FINALLY A TOAST TO COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND STEVE
AND FINALLY A TOAST TO COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND STEVE KRASKE WHO INVITED THE RUCKETTES
COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND STEVE KRASKE WHO INVITED THE RUCKETTES TO JOIN HIM ON HIS UP-TO-DATE
KRASKE WHO INVITED THE RUCKETTES TO JOIN HIM ON HIS UP-TO-DATE PROGRAM LAST WEEK.
TO JOIN HIM ON HIS UP-TO-DATE PROGRAM LAST WEEK. YAEL, MARY AND I TALKED WITH
PROGRAM LAST WEEK. YAEL, MARY AND I TALKED WITH STEVE ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR
YAEL, MARY AND I TALKED WITH STEVE ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR KANSAS CITY IN THE NEW YEAR.
STEVE ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR KANSAS CITY IN THE NEW YEAR. STEVE IS AN ENGAGING HOST WHO
KANSAS CITY IN THE NEW YEAR. STEVE IS AN ENGAGING HOST WHO HANDLES BOTH THE GUESTS AND THE
STEVE IS AN ENGAGING HOST WHO HANDLES BOTH THE GUESTS AND THE CALLERS QUITE WELL.
HANDLES BOTH THE GUESTS AND THE CALLERS QUITE WELL. THANKS FOR STEVE AND 89.3 F.M.,
CALLERS QUITE WELL. THANKS FOR STEVE AND 89.3 F.M., KCUR FOR THE INVITATION.
THANKS FOR STEVE AND 89.3 F.M., KCUR FOR THE INVITATION. I THINK THIS IS AN EMBARRASSING
KCUR FOR THE INVITATION. I THINK THIS IS AN EMBARRASSING FIRST FOR ME, THE FIRST TIME
I THINK THIS IS AN EMBARRASSING FIRST FOR ME, THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN SEEN ON TELEVISION ON
FIRST FOR ME, THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN SEEN ON TELEVISION ON LEVI'S AND NOT WEARING A
I'VE BEEN SEEN ON TELEVISION ON LEVI'S AND NOT WEARING A NECKTIE.
LEVI'S AND NOT WEARING A NECKTIE. THAT IS RUCKUS FOR THIS WEEK.
NECKTIE. THAT IS RUCKUS FOR THIS WEEK. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT THURSDAY EVEN
THAT IS RUCKUS FOR THIS WEEK. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT THURSDAY EVEN AT 7:30 NOW ON BEHALF OF THE
WE'LL BE BACK NEXT THURSDAY EVEN AT 7:30 NOW ON BEHALF OF THE RUCKETTES AND RUCKUS CREW, MIKE
AT 7:30 NOW ON BEHALF OF THE RUCKETTES AND RUCKUS CREW, MIKE SHANIN SAYING THANKS FOR
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