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COMING UP, SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD? KANSAS TAKES A BEATING FOR
SPOIL THE CHILD? KANSAS TAKES A BEATING FOR PROPOSING A BILL TO ALLOW MORE
KANSAS TAKES A BEATING FOR PROPOSING A BILL TO ALLOW MORE FORCEFUL SPANKINGS.
PROPOSING A BILL TO ALLOW MORE FORCEFUL SPANKINGS. WE EXAMINE THAT HARD-HITTING
FORCEFUL SPANKINGS. WE EXAMINE THAT HARD-HITTING STORY.
WE EXAMINE THAT HARD-HITTING STORY. PLUS THE MISSOURI BOARD OF
STORY. PLUS THE MISSOURI BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORT ON UNACCREDITED
PLUS THE MISSOURI BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORT ON UNACCREDITED SCHOOLS IS RELEASED, BUT WHAT
EDUCATION REPORT ON UNACCREDITED SCHOOLS IS RELEASED, BUT WHAT DID WE LEARN?
SCHOOLS IS RELEASED, BUT WHAT DID WE LEARN? WE TRACK THE FUTURE OF KEMPER
DID WE LEARN? WE TRACK THE FUTURE OF KEMPER ARENA, PLUS GETTING EMBROILED IN
WE TRACK THE FUTURE OF KEMPER ARENA, PLUS GETTING EMBROILED IN THE CULTURE WARS.
ARENA, PLUS GETTING EMBROILED IN THE CULTURE WARS. WHY J.E. DUNN IS NOW JOINING
THE CULTURE WARS. WHY J.E. DUNN IS NOW JOINING HOBBY LOBBY IN THE LEGAL FIGHT
WHY J.E. DUNN IS NOW JOINING HOBBY LOBBY IN THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE.
HOBBY LOBBY IN THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE. WELCOME, EVERYONE.
OVER CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE. WELCOME, EVERYONE. I'M NICK HAINES.
WELCOME, EVERYONE. I'M NICK HAINES. THOSE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP
I'M NICK HAINES. THOSE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP ON WEEK IN REVIEW, DISSECTING
THOSE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP ON WEEK IN REVIEW, DISSECTING THE BIG LOCAL AND REGIONAL
ON WEEK IN REVIEW, DISSECTING THE BIG LOCAL AND REGIONAL STORIES ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE
THE BIG LOCAL AND REGIONAL STORIES ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE.
STORIES ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE. THE HOST OF UP-TO-DATE ON KCUR
LINE. THE HOST OF UP-TO-DATE ON KCUR F.M., STAR COLUMNIST AND UMKC
THE HOST OF UP-TO-DATE ON KCUR F.M., STAR COLUMNIST AND UMKC JOURNALISM PROFESSOR STEVE
F.M., STAR COLUMNIST AND UMKC JOURNALISM PROFESSOR STEVE KRASKE, FROM 41 ACTION NEWS
JOURNALISM PROFESSOR STEVE KRASKE, FROM 41 ACTION NEWS REPORTER GARRETT HAAKE, KANSAS
KRASKE, FROM 41 ACTION NEWS REPORTER GARRETT HAAKE, KANSAS CITY STAR DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
REPORTER GARRETT HAAKE, KANSAS CITY STAR DEVELOPMENT REPORTER KEVIN COLLISON, AND THE SENIOR
CITY STAR DEVELOPMENT REPORTER KEVIN COLLISON, AND THE SENIOR WRITER FOR THE CALL NEWSPAPER
KEVIN COLLISON, AND THE SENIOR WRITER FOR THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON.
WRITER FOR THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON. WE BEGIN IN TOWN WHERE KANSAS
ERIC WESSON. WE BEGIN IN TOWN WHERE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL OFFICIALS
WE BEGIN IN TOWN WHERE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL OFFICIALS EXPRESSED RELIEF THIS WEEK THAT
CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL OFFICIALS EXPRESSED RELIEF THIS WEEK THAT THE MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF
EXPRESSED RELIEF THIS WEEK THAT THE MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DID NOT ADOPT A
THE MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DID NOT ADOPT A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN THAT WOULD
EDUCATION DID NOT ADOPT A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE CALLED FOR THE NEAR
CONTROVERSIAL PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE CALLED FOR THE NEAR IMMEDIATE STATE INTERVENTION OF
HAVE CALLED FOR THE NEAR IMMEDIATE STATE INTERVENTION OF THEIR DISTRICT.
IMMEDIATE STATE INTERVENTION OF THEIR DISTRICT. INSTEAD, THE STATE BOARD'S LONG
THEIR DISTRICT. INSTEAD, THE STATE BOARD'S LONG AWAITED PLAN FOR DEALING WITH
INSTEAD, THE STATE BOARD'S LONG AWAITED PLAN FOR DEALING WITH UNACCREDITED SCHOOLS PROVIDES A
AWAITED PLAN FOR DEALING WITH UNACCREDITED SCHOOLS PROVIDES A RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS FOR
UNACCREDITED SCHOOLS PROVIDES A RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH TROUBLED DISTRICTS,
RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH TROUBLED DISTRICTS, FROM PUTTING THEM ON SHORT-TERM
DEALING WITH TROUBLED DISTRICTS, FROM PUTTING THEM ON SHORT-TERM PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS TO
FROM PUTTING THEM ON SHORT-TERM PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS TO APPOINTING A NEW FORM OF
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS TO APPOINTING A NEW FORM OF GOVERNANCE WHERE A NEW SCHOOL
APPOINTING A NEW FORM OF GOVERNANCE WHERE A NEW SCHOOL BOARD COULD BE APPOINTED OR EVEN
GOVERNANCE WHERE A NEW SCHOOL BOARD COULD BE APPOINTED OR EVEN A NEW ADMINISTRATOR WHO ANSWERS
BOARD COULD BE APPOINTED OR EVEN A NEW ADMINISTRATOR WHO ANSWERS TO THE STATE EDUCATION
A NEW ADMINISTRATOR WHO ANSWERS TO THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER.
TO THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER. THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T
COMMISSIONER. THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T IMPROVE QUICKLY WILL BE
THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T IMPROVE QUICKLY WILL BE DESIGNATED AS LAPSED.
IMPROVE QUICKLY WILL BE DESIGNATED AS LAPSED. SCHOOLS COULD BE TURNED OVER TO
DESIGNATED AS LAPSED. SCHOOLS COULD BE TURNED OVER TO NEW OPERATORS, BECOME PART OF A
SCHOOLS COULD BE TURNED OVER TO NEW OPERATORS, BECOME PART OF A NEWLY CONSTITUTED DISTRICT OR BE
NEW OPERATORS, BECOME PART OF A NEWLY CONSTITUTED DISTRICT OR BE PARCELED OUT TO NEIGHBORING
NEWLY CONSTITUTED DISTRICT OR BE PARCELED OUT TO NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.
PARCELED OUT TO NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. SO WHY, THOUGH, WAS THE
DISTRICTS. SO WHY, THOUGH, WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ALL
SO WHY, THOUGH, WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ALL SMILES FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ALL SMILES FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE PLAN, GARRETT?
SMILES FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE PLAN, GARRETT? THIS BUYS HIM TIME.
THE PLAN, GARRETT? THIS BUYS HIM TIME. I THINK THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED
THIS BUYS HIM TIME. I THINK THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS PLAN IS MAKING A BET
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS PLAN IS MAKING A BET THAT KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN THIS PLAN IS MAKING A BET THAT KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THE RESULTS THAT
THAT KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THE RESULTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, THAT
WILL HAVE THE RESULTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, THAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THEY'LL GET
THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, THAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THEY'LL GET BY THE TIME THE NEXT MAP SCORES
THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THEY'LL GET BY THE TIME THE NEXT MAP SCORES COME OUT IN AUGUST TO MAYBE
BY THE TIME THE NEXT MAP SCORES COME OUT IN AUGUST TO MAYBE REGAIN PROVISIONAL
COME OUT IN AUGUST TO MAYBE REGAIN PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION.
REGAIN PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION. THIS PLAN DOESN'T SPECIFY WHAT
ACCREDITATION. THIS PLAN DOESN'T SPECIFY WHAT THAT SHORT TIMELINE IS, AND FOR
THIS PLAN DOESN'T SPECIFY WHAT THAT SHORT TIMELINE IS, AND FOR DR. GREEN AND EVERYONE ELSE, IT
THAT SHORT TIMELINE IS, AND FOR DR. GREEN AND EVERYONE ELSE, IT GIVES THEM REALLY UNTIL AUGUST
DR. GREEN AND EVERYONE ELSE, IT GIVES THEM REALLY UNTIL AUGUST TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND
GIVES THEM REALLY UNTIL AUGUST TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND PROVE THEY DESERVE TO BE LEFT
TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND PROVE THEY DESERVE TO BE LEFT ALONE TO DO WHAT THEY SAY HAS
PROVE THEY DESERVE TO BE LEFT ALONE TO DO WHAT THEY SAY HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE LAST FEW
ALONE TO DO WHAT THEY SAY HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
BEEN WORKING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO THIS WAS A HUGE SIGH OF
YEARS. SO THIS WAS A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF, ERIC?
SO THIS WAS A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF, ERIC? YES.
RELIEF, ERIC? YES. BASICALLY THE PLAN THAT HE PUT
YES. BASICALLY THE PLAN THAT HE PUT INTO PLACE TO DEAL WITH SCHOOLS
BASICALLY THE PLAN THAT HE PUT INTO PLACE TO DEAL WITH SCHOOLS INDIVIDUALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT
INTO PLACE TO DEAL WITH SCHOOLS INDIVIDUALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED.
INDIVIDUALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED. THEY THREW THE CEE-TRUST PLAN
THEY IMPLEMENTED. THEY THREW THE CEE-TRUST PLAN OUT THE WINDOW BASICALLY.
THEY THREW THE CEE-TRUST PLAN OUT THE WINDOW BASICALLY. AND IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY
OUT THE WINDOW BASICALLY. AND IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE AND GET THE COMMUNITY
AND IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE AND GET THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
TO PROVE AND GET THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY
SUPPORT. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT. HE HAD A LOT OF FORUMS.
INPUT. HE HAD A LOT OF FORUMS. PEOPLE GAVE INPUT.
HE HAD A LOT OF FORUMS. PEOPLE GAVE INPUT. HE GOT EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED
PEOPLE GAVE INPUT. HE GOT EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED OUT OF THE DEAL.
HE GOT EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED OUT OF THE DEAL. LOOK WHAT WAS ON THE LINE
OUT OF THE DEAL. LOOK WHAT WAS ON THE LINE HERE.
LOOK WHAT WAS ON THE LINE HERE. THERE WAS A CHANCE STEVEN GREEN
HERE. THERE WAS A CHANCE STEVEN GREEN WAS GOING TO BE BOOTED OUT OF
THERE WAS A CHANCE STEVEN GREEN WAS GOING TO BE BOOTED OUT OF HIS JOB.
WAS GOING TO BE BOOTED OUT OF HIS JOB. THE COMPLETE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY,
HIS JOB. THE COMPLETE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL BOARD WAS GOING
THE COMPLETE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL BOARD WAS GOING TO BE KICKED OUT OF ITS
MISSOURI SCHOOL BOARD WAS GOING TO BE KICKED OUT OF ITS COLLECTIVE OFFICES.
TO BE KICKED OUT OF ITS COLLECTIVE OFFICES. NONE OF THAT HAPPENED HERE.
COLLECTIVE OFFICES. NONE OF THAT HAPPENED HERE. INSTEAD YOU HAVE A PLAN NOW
NONE OF THAT HAPPENED HERE. INSTEAD YOU HAVE A PLAN NOW WHERE THE STATE BOARD OF
INSTEAD YOU HAVE A PLAN NOW WHERE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS TAKING THIS SORT OF
WHERE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS TAKING THIS SORT OF FLEXIBLE APPROACH, DISTRICT BY
EDUCATION IS TAKING THIS SORT OF FLEXIBLE APPROACH, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, THOSE DISTRICTS THAT
FLEXIBLE APPROACH, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, A VERY
DISTRICT, THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, A VERY INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO THE
ARE STRUGGLING, A VERY INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS THESE DISTRICTS ARE
INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS THESE DISTRICTS ARE FACING.
PROBLEMS THESE DISTRICTS ARE FACING. NO WONDER THAT STEVEN GREEN WAS
FACING. NO WONDER THAT STEVEN GREEN WAS SMILING AFTER THIS THING WAS
NO WONDER THAT STEVEN GREEN WAS SMILING AFTER THIS THING WAS OVER.
SMILING AFTER THIS THING WAS OVER. THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCERN
OVER. THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCERN THAT THE CEE-TRUST PLAN WAS
THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCERN THAT THE CEE-TRUST PLAN WAS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT AND THIS
THAT THE CEE-TRUST PLAN WAS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CATASTROPHE
GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CATASTROPHE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WAS GOING TO BE A CATASTROPHE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN FACT, GARRETT, YOU WENT DOWN
FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN FACT, GARRETT, YOU WENT DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, IN FACT, AND
IN FACT, GARRETT, YOU WENT DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, IN FACT, AND WERE REPORTING THIS WEEK ON A
TO NEW ORLEANS, IN FACT, AND WERE REPORTING THIS WEEK ON A MODEL THERE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT
WERE REPORTING THIS WEEK ON A MODEL THERE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT IS REALLY THE BASIS OF WHAT THE
MODEL THERE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT IS REALLY THE BASIS OF WHAT THE CEE-TRUST PLAN IS GOING TO BE
IS REALLY THE BASIS OF WHAT THE CEE-TRUST PLAN IS GOING TO BE AND PUT IN PLACE TO TRY AND
CEE-TRUST PLAN IS GOING TO BE AND PUT IN PLACE TO TRY AND RESCUE THE DISTRICT.
AND PUT IN PLACE TO TRY AND RESCUE THE DISTRICT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT AN EXCERPT
RESCUE THE DISTRICT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT AN EXCERPT FROM THAT REPORT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT AN EXCERPT FROM THAT REPORT. THE SO-CALLED CEE-TRUST PLAN
FROM THAT REPORT. THE SO-CALLED CEE-TRUST PLAN TO REMAKE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC
THE SO-CALLED CEE-TRUST PLAN TO REMAKE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BORROWS HEAVILY FROM THE
TO REMAKE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BORROWS HEAVILY FROM THE BIG EASY'S BIG TURNAROUND OF
SCHOOLS BORROWS HEAVILY FROM THE BIG EASY'S BIG TURNAROUND OF WHAT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE WORST
BIG EASY'S BIG TURNAROUND OF WHAT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE WORST PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
WHAT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE WORST PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NATION.
PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NATION. RIGHT BEFORE THE STORM, IT
THE NATION. RIGHT BEFORE THE STORM, IT WAS JUST A HORRIFIC EDUCATION
RIGHT BEFORE THE STORM, IT WAS JUST A HORRIFIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN NEW ORLEANS.
WAS JUST A HORRIFIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN NEW ORLEANS. THE DAMAGE HERE ALONG THE
EXPERIENCE IN NEW ORLEANS. THE DAMAGE HERE ALONG THE GULF COAST IS CATASTROPHIC.
THE DAMAGE HERE ALONG THE GULF COAST IS CATASTROPHIC. HURRICANE KATRINA FORCED
GULF COAST IS CATASTROPHIC. HURRICANE KATRINA FORCED REFORM ON NEW ORLEANS,
HURRICANE KATRINA FORCED REFORM ON NEW ORLEANS, SHUTTERING SCHOOLS AND
REFORM ON NEW ORLEANS, SHUTTERING SCHOOLS AND SCATTERING STUDENTS.
SHUTTERING SCHOOLS AND SCATTERING STUDENTS. THE STORM WAS SEEN BY EVEN
SCATTERING STUDENTS. THE STORM WAS SEEN BY EVEN PRACTICALLY AS A WAY TO KIND OF
THE STORM WAS SEEN BY EVEN PRACTICALLY AS A WAY TO KIND OF RETHINK WHAT WE DO.
PRACTICALLY AS A WAY TO KIND OF RETHINK WHAT WE DO. SO THERE IS EXPLANATION HERE.
RETHINK WHAT WE DO. SO THERE IS EXPLANATION HERE. IT'S NOT JUST ONE SENTENCE.
SO THERE IS EXPLANATION HERE. IT'S NOT JUST ONE SENTENCE. A STATE RUN RECOVERY SCHOOL
IT'S NOT JUST ONE SENTENCE. A STATE RUN RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT TOOK OVER MOST OF NEW
A STATE RUN RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT TOOK OVER MOST OF NEW ORLEANS' SCHOOLS AND GAVE
DISTRICT TOOK OVER MOST OF NEW ORLEANS' SCHOOLS AND GAVE EDUCATORS AND CHARTER OPERATORS
ORLEANS' SCHOOLS AND GAVE EDUCATORS AND CHARTER OPERATORS CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY,
EDUCATORS AND CHARTER OPERATORS CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SERVE SIDS BETTER -- SERVE KIDS
CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY, SERVE SIDS BETTER -- SERVE KIDS BETTER AND GROW.
SERVE SIDS BETTER -- SERVE KIDS BETTER AND GROW. FAIL AND GET SHUT DOWN.
BETTER AND GROW. FAIL AND GET SHUT DOWN. EVERYTHING FROM THE TEACHER,
FAIL AND GET SHUT DOWN. EVERYTHING FROM THE TEACHER, CURRICULUM AND MONEY-MAKING IT A
EVERYTHING FROM THE TEACHER, CURRICULUM AND MONEY-MAKING IT A REALITY GOES TO THE SCHOOL.
CURRICULUM AND MONEY-MAKING IT A REALITY GOES TO THE SCHOOL. BEFORE THE STORM, MORE THAN
REALITY GOES TO THE SCHOOL. BEFORE THE STORM, MORE THAN 75% OF STUDENTS WERE IN FAILING
BEFORE THE STORM, MORE THAN 75% OF STUDENTS WERE IN FAILING SCHOOLS.
75% OF STUDENTS WERE IN FAILING SCHOOLS. NOW IT'S JUST 17%.
SCHOOLS. NOW IT'S JUST 17%. SOME FRUIT WAS HARMED DURING
NOW IT'S JUST 17%. SOME FRUIT WAS HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THAT REPORT.
SOME FRUIT WAS HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THAT REPORT. GARRETT, THIS WAS THE
THE MAKING OF THAT REPORT. GARRETT, THIS WAS THE REVOLUTIONARY PLAN THAT WE WERE
GARRETT, THIS WAS THE REVOLUTIONARY PLAN THAT WE WERE EXPECTING REALLY FOR KANSAS
REVOLUTIONARY PLAN THAT WE WERE EXPECTING REALLY FOR KANSAS CITY.
EXPECTING REALLY FOR KANSAS CITY. WHY WAS THERE A PASS ON ALL OF
CITY. WHY WAS THERE A PASS ON ALL OF THIS?
WHY WAS THERE A PASS ON ALL OF THIS? WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS IN KANSAS
THIS? WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS IN KANSAS CITY?
WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS IN KANSAS CITY? IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
CITY? IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF POLITICAL COURAGE TO PUT A
IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF POLITICAL COURAGE TO PUT A PLAN LIKE THIS IN PLACE N NEW
OF POLITICAL COURAGE TO PUT A PLAN LIKE THIS IN PLACE N NEW ORLEANS, IT TOOK A HURRICANE.
PLAN LIKE THIS IN PLACE N NEW ORLEANS, IT TOOK A HURRICANE. THEY HAD A FAILING SCHOOL
ORLEANS, IT TOOK A HURRICANE. THEY HAD A FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR DECADES.
THEY HAD A FAILING SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR DECADES. THE F.B.I. HAD A DESK IN THE NEW
DISTRICT FOR DECADES. THE F.B.I. HAD A DESK IN THE NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES
THE F.B.I. HAD A DESK IN THE NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINA.
ORLEANS SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINA. YOU HAD THAT CITY EMPTY OUT.
BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINA. YOU HAD THAT CITY EMPTY OUT. YOU HAD BUILDINGS THAT WERE
YOU HAD THAT CITY EMPTY OUT. YOU HAD BUILDINGS THAT WERE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN.
YOU HAD BUILDINGS THAT WERE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THEY HAD A BLANK SLATE TO BUILD
COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THEY HAD A BLANK SLATE TO BUILD FROM.
THEY HAD A BLANK SLATE TO BUILD FROM. AND WHAT DUST DUST LIKED ABOUT
FROM. AND WHAT DUST DUST LIKED ABOUT ABOUT -- WHAT CEE-TRUST LIKED
AND WHAT DUST DUST LIKED ABOUT ABOUT -- WHAT CEE-TRUST LIKED ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW IN NEW
ABOUT -- WHAT CEE-TRUST LIKED ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW IN NEW ORLEANS WAS YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT
ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW IN NEW ORLEANS WAS YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL IN A FAILING DISTRICT, SO
ORLEANS WAS YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL IN A FAILING DISTRICT, SO WHY NOT SET THE TABLE TO BUILD
SCHOOL IN A FAILING DISTRICT, SO WHY NOT SET THE TABLE TO BUILD GREAT SCHOOLS AND FORGET THE
WHY NOT SET THE TABLE TO BUILD GREAT SCHOOLS AND FORGET THE IDEA OF A DISTRICT.
GREAT SCHOOLS AND FORGET THE IDEA OF A DISTRICT. START WITH GREAT SCHOOLS.
IDEA OF A DISTRICT. START WITH GREAT SCHOOLS. SO THEY GAVE THE OPTION IN NEW
START WITH GREAT SCHOOLS. SO THEY GAVE THE OPTION IN NEW ORLEANS, THE RECOVERY SCHOOL
SO THEY GAVE THE OPTION IN NEW ORLEANS, THE RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH TOOK OVER ALL
ORLEANS, THE RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH TOOK OVER ALL THESE SCHOOLS, GAVE THE OPTION
DISTRICT, WHICH TOOK OVER ALL THESE SCHOOLS, GAVE THE OPTION FOR ANYBODY WHO HAD A GOOD IDEA,
THESE SCHOOLS, GAVE THE OPTION FOR ANYBODY WHO HAD A GOOD IDEA, WAS GOING TO COME IN AND GET
FOR ANYBODY WHO HAD A GOOD IDEA, WAS GOING TO COME IN AND GET MONEY TO TRY TO BUILD A GREAT
WAS GOING TO COME IN AND GET MONEY TO TRY TO BUILD A GREAT SCHOOL, AND THE GREAT SCHOOLS
MONEY TO TRY TO BUILD A GREAT SCHOOL, AND THE GREAT SCHOOLS KEPT GOING.
SCHOOL, AND THE GREAT SCHOOLS KEPT GOING. BAD SCHOOLS GOT SHUT DOWN.
KEPT GOING. BAD SCHOOLS GOT SHUT DOWN. WITHOUT A HURRICANE, AND I ASKED
BAD SCHOOLS GOT SHUT DOWN. WITHOUT A HURRICANE, AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION TO EVERYONE I
WITHOUT A HURRICANE, AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION TO EVERYONE I TALKED TO IN NEW ORLEANS.
THIS QUESTION TO EVERYONE I TALKED TO IN NEW ORLEANS. WITHOUT A BIG EVENT TO CLEAR THE
TALKED TO IN NEW ORLEANS. WITHOUT A BIG EVENT TO CLEAR THE TABLE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
WITHOUT A BIG EVENT TO CLEAR THE TABLE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
TABLE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MODEL, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S
SAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MODEL, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S WORKING, AND COMPLETELY SCRAP IT
MODEL, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S WORKING, AND COMPLETELY SCRAP IT FOR SOMETHING NEW.
WORKING, AND COMPLETELY SCRAP IT FOR SOMETHING NEW. WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT HERE
FOR SOMETHING NEW. WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT HERE THEN?
WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT HERE THEN? WHY DID THEY END UP DOING
THEN? WHY DID THEY END UP DOING SOMETHING FAR MORE CONSERVATIVE,
WHY DID THEY END UP DOING SOMETHING FAR MORE CONSERVATIVE, STEVE?
SOMETHING FAR MORE CONSERVATIVE, STEVE? YOU GET A VERY CLEAR SENSE,
STEVE? YOU GET A VERY CLEAR SENSE, NICK, THAT THIS WAS TOO BIG OF A
YOU GET A VERY CLEAR SENSE, NICK, THAT THIS WAS TOO BIG OF A CHANGE AS GARRETT IS POINTING
NICK, THAT THIS WAS TOO BIG OF A CHANGE AS GARRETT IS POINTING OUT HERE, TOO BIG OF A CHANGE
CHANGE AS GARRETT IS POINTING OUT HERE, TOO BIG OF A CHANGE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
OUT HERE, TOO BIG OF A CHANGE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HANDLE, MUCH LESS THE KANSAS
FOR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HANDLE, MUCH LESS THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT,
HANDLE, MUCH LESS THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOO MUCH CHANGE AT A TIME WHEN,
CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOO MUCH CHANGE AT A TIME WHEN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT HERE ON THE
TOO MUCH CHANGE AT A TIME WHEN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT HERE ON THE SHOW IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW,
AS WE TALKED ABOUT HERE ON THE SHOW IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, STABILITY HAS SORT OF BEGUN TO
SHOW IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, STABILITY HAS SORT OF BEGUN TO CREEP INTO THE KANSAS CITY,
STABILITY HAS SORT OF BEGUN TO CREEP INTO THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE
CREEP INTO THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, TOO MUCH
MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, TOO MUCH CHANGE TOO QUICKLY.
FIRST TIME IN YEARS, TOO MUCH CHANGE TOO QUICKLY. ERIC.
CHANGE TOO QUICKLY. ERIC. I THINK THOSE E-MAILS DAMAGED
ERIC. I THINK THOSE E-MAILS DAMAGED DUST DUST'S -- DAMAGED
I THINK THOSE E-MAILS DAMAGED DUST DUST'S -- DAMAGED CEE-TRUST'S CREDIBILITY.
DUST DUST'S -- DAMAGED CEE-TRUST'S CREDIBILITY. IT LOOKED SINISTER, LIKE THEY
CEE-TRUST'S CREDIBILITY. IT LOOKED SINISTER, LIKE THEY WERE UP TO SOMETHING.
IT LOOKED SINISTER, LIKE THEY WERE UP TO SOMETHING. I THINK ONCE THOSE E-MAILS
WERE UP TO SOMETHING. I THINK ONCE THOSE E-MAILS BECAME PUBLIC AND PEOPLE STARTED
I THINK ONCE THOSE E-MAILS BECAME PUBLIC AND PEOPLE STARTED DISSECTING, LOOKING DEEPER, THEY
BECAME PUBLIC AND PEOPLE STARTED DISSECTING, LOOKING DEEPER, THEY FOUND OUT THE MONEY WAS BEING
DISSECTING, LOOKING DEEPER, THEY FOUND OUT THE MONEY WAS BEING EXCHANGED WITH PEOPLE.
FOUND OUT THE MONEY WAS BEING EXCHANGED WITH PEOPLE. I THINK THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH
EXCHANGED WITH PEOPLE. I THINK THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH KILLED IT, BECAUSE IT JUST
I THINK THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH KILLED IT, BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST.
KILLED IT, BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST. WE MOVE ON IN OUR WEEK IN
DIDN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST. WE MOVE ON IN OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.
WE MOVE ON IN OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. DO BUSINESSES HAVE A FIRST
REVIEW. DO BUSINESSES HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO RUN THEIR
DO BUSINESSES HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO RUN THEIR COMPANIES ACCORDING TO THEIR
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO RUN THEIR COMPANIES ACCORDING TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?
COMPANIES ACCORDING TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS? HOBBY LOBBY HAS BEEN FIGHTING
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS? HOBBY LOBBY HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER
HOBBY LOBBY HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER REQUIREMENTS IN THE AFFORDABLE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER REQUIREMENTS IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT THEY PROVIDE BIRTH
REQUIREMENTS IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT THEY PROVIDE BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES,
CARE ACT THAT THEY PROVIDE BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES, PARTICULARLY BIRTH CONTROL
CONTROL COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES, PARTICULARLY BIRTH CONTROL METHODS THAT INDUCE AN ABORTION.
PARTICULARLY BIRTH CONTROL METHODS THAT INDUCE AN ABORTION. THE ISSUE IS EXPECTED TO HIT
METHODS THAT INDUCE AN ABORTION. THE ISSUE IS EXPECTED TO HIT CENTER STAGE NEXT MONTH WHEN THE
THE ISSUE IS EXPECTED TO HIT CENTER STAGE NEXT MONTH WHEN THE SUPREME COURT BEGINS HEARING
CENTER STAGE NEXT MONTH WHEN THE SUPREME COURT BEGINS HEARING ARGUMENTS IN THE HOBBY LOBBY
SUPREME COURT BEGINS HEARING ARGUMENTS IN THE HOBBY LOBBY CASE, BUT THIS WEEK, THE OWNERS
ARGUMENTS IN THE HOBBY LOBBY CASE, BUT THIS WEEK, THE OWNERS OF KANSAS CITY'S J.E. DUNN
CASE, BUT THIS WEEK, THE OWNERS OF KANSAS CITY'S J.E. DUNN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY JOINED THE
OF KANSAS CITY'S J.E. DUNN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY JOINED THE CULTURE WAR.
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY JOINED THE CULTURE WAR. THEY HAVE FILED A LEGAL BRIEF
CULTURE WAR. THEY HAVE FILED A LEGAL BRIEF SUPPORTING HOBBY LOBBY.
THEY HAVE FILED A LEGAL BRIEF SUPPORTING HOBBY LOBBY. THEY SAY TO BE FORCED TO PROVIDE
SUPPORTING HOBBY LOBBY. THEY SAY TO BE FORCED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY BIRTH CONTROL,
THEY SAY TO BE FORCED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY BIRTH CONTROL, INCLUDING THE MORNING-AFTER PILL
EMERGENCY BIRTH CONTROL, INCLUDING THE MORNING-AFTER PILL VIOLATES THEIR ROMAN CATHOLIC
INCLUDING THE MORNING-AFTER PILL VIOLATES THEIR ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH.
VIOLATES THEIR ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH. THIS IS A PRETTY PUBLIC STAND
FAITH. THIS IS A PRETTY PUBLIC STAND HERE, KEVIN.
THIS IS A PRETTY PUBLIC STAND HERE, KEVIN. VERY PUBLIC.
HERE, KEVIN. VERY PUBLIC. FOR A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T
VERY PUBLIC. FOR A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE BIG
FOR A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE BIG PUBLIC STANDS.
NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE BIG PUBLIC STANDS. AND A COMPANY THAT DOES A LOT
PUBLIC STANDS. AND A COMPANY THAT DOES A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUILDING HOSPITALS,
AND A COMPANY THAT DOES A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUILDING HOSPITALS, OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES.
OF BUSINESS, BUILDING HOSPITALS, OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES. THIS COULD ACTUALLY COME BACK TO
OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES. THIS COULD ACTUALLY COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM IN THE WAY CONTRACTS
THIS COULD ACTUALLY COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM IN THE WAY CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED.
HAUNT THEM IN THE WAY CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED. WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
ARE AWARDED. WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS? THE DUNNS DO HAVE A VERY
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS? THE DUNNS DO HAVE A VERY STRONG TRADITION, MORAL
THE DUNNS DO HAVE A VERY STRONG TRADITION, MORAL TRADITION.
STRONG TRADITION, MORAL TRADITION. IN THEIR BRIEFS, THEY ARGUE THEY
TRADITION. IN THEIR BRIEFS, THEY ARGUE THEY GIVE 10% PRETAX EARNINGS TO
IN THEIR BRIEFS, THEY ARGUE THEY GIVE 10% PRETAX EARNINGS TO CHARITIES, CATHOLIC CHURCH
GIVE 10% PRETAX EARNINGS TO CHARITIES, CATHOLIC CHURCH MOSTLY, I BELIEVE.
CHARITIES, CATHOLIC CHURCH MOSTLY, I BELIEVE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY WAS
MOSTLY, I BELIEVE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY WAS QUITE OUTSPOKEN A COUPLE OF
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY WAS QUITE OUTSPOKEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THE MAYOR'S PRAYER
QUITE OUTSPOKEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST TALKING ABOUT HIS
YEARS AGO AT THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST TALKING ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON WHAT IS HARMING OUR
BREAKFAST TALKING ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON WHAT IS HARMING OUR CULTURE AND VERY MUCH A VERY
VIEWS ON WHAT IS HARMING OUR CULTURE AND VERY MUCH A VERY STRONG, HIGHLY MORAL POINT OF
CULTURE AND VERY MUCH A VERY STRONG, HIGHLY MORAL POINT OF VIEW ON THAT WHOLE FRONT.
STRONG, HIGHLY MORAL POINT OF VIEW ON THAT WHOLE FRONT. YOU KNOW, IT ENDED UP MAYOR KAY
VIEW ON THAT WHOLE FRONT. YOU KNOW, IT ENDED UP MAYOR KAY BARNES NEXT YEAR BOYCOTTED IT,
YOU KNOW, IT ENDED UP MAYOR KAY BARNES NEXT YEAR BOYCOTTED IT, BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO
BARNES NEXT YEAR BOYCOTTED IT, BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO HARSH.
BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO HARSH. SO THEY DEFINITE HAVE THEIR BONA
HARSH. SO THEY DEFINITE HAVE THEIR BONA FIDES ON THIS WHOLE THING.
SO THEY DEFINITE HAVE THEIR BONA FIDES ON THIS WHOLE THING. IT IS A FAMILY-OWNED COMPANY.
FIDES ON THIS WHOLE THING. IT IS A FAMILY-OWNED COMPANY. ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE
IT IS A FAMILY-OWNED COMPANY. ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT IS, ARE ALL THE PEOPLE
ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT IS, ARE ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING AT THIS FIRM ADHERING TO
ARGUMENT IS, ARE ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING AT THIS FIRM ADHERING TO THOSE SAME RELIGIOUS VALUES?
WORKING AT THIS FIRM ADHERING TO THOSE SAME RELIGIOUS VALUES? WHAT ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM TO
THOSE SAME RELIGIOUS VALUES? WHAT ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN MORAL COMPASS?
WHAT ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN MORAL COMPASS? IT'S A BIG CROSS-FIRE ISSUE, AND
FOLLOW THEIR OWN MORAL COMPASS? IT'S A BIG CROSS-FIRE ISSUE, AND THE IRONY OF ALL OF THIS, I GET
IT'S A BIG CROSS-FIRE ISSUE, AND THE IRONY OF ALL OF THIS, I GET A BIG KICK OUT OF IT, ONE OF THE
THE IRONY OF ALL OF THIS, I GET A BIG KICK OUT OF IT, ONE OF THE ONLY REASONS WE'RE HEARING THIS
A BIG KICK OUT OF IT, ONE OF THE ONLY REASONS WE'RE HEARING THIS IS CONGRESS BACK IN '93 APPROVED
ONLY REASONS WE'RE HEARING THIS IS CONGRESS BACK IN '93 APPROVED THE RELIGION FREEDOM ACT.
IS CONGRESS BACK IN '93 APPROVED THE RELIGION FREEDOM ACT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE
THE RELIGION FREEDOM ACT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE EXACT TITLE IS.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE EXACT TITLE IS. THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLE
EXACT TITLE IS. THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO HAD BEEN FIRED FROM
THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO HAD BEEN FIRED FROM THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY WERE
OF GUYS WHO HAD BEEN FIRED FROM THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING PAOTE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF
THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING PAOTE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH.
DOING PAOTE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH. THE SUPREME COURT SAID, NO, THIS
THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH. THE SUPREME COURT SAID, NO, THIS WAS OKAY FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN
THE SUPREME COURT SAID, NO, THIS WAS OKAY FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN FIRED.
WAS OKAY FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN FIRED. YOU WERE CORRECT IN NOT GETTING
FIRED. YOU WERE CORRECT IN NOT GETTING YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS,
YOU WERE CORRECT IN NOT GETTING YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, BECAUSE IT LAW BANNED IT IN
YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, BECAUSE IT LAW BANNED IT IN GENERAL, DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY
BECAUSE IT LAW BANNED IT IN GENERAL, DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON YOUR CHURCH AND
GENERAL, DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON YOUR CHURCH AND BELIEFS.
FOCUS ON YOUR CHURCH AND BELIEFS. CONGRESS SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING
BELIEFS. CONGRESS SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PASS LAWS THAT ARE GOING TO
CONGRESS SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PASS LAWS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS
TO PASS LAWS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, THEY'VE GOT TO BE
AFFECT PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, THEY'VE GOT TO BE NARROWLY FOCUSED.
PRACTICE, THEY'VE GOT TO BE NARROWLY FOCUSED. REMEMBER, IN AUGUST 2011,
NARROWLY FOCUSED. REMEMBER, IN AUGUST 2011, GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY FAMOUSLY
REMEMBER, IN AUGUST 2011, GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY FAMOUSLY CAME OUT AND HAD HIS ARGUMENT
GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY FAMOUSLY CAME OUT AND HAD HIS ARGUMENT THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE,
CAME OUT AND HAD HIS ARGUMENT THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO.
THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO. HE SAID IT AT THE IOWA STATE
TOO. HE SAID IT AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR AND WAS -- IT WILL GET AN
HE SAID IT AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR AND WAS -- IT WILL GET AN AIRING PROBABLY AT THE SUPREME
FAIR AND WAS -- IT WILL GET AN AIRING PROBABLY AT THE SUPREME COURT LEVEL.
AIRING PROBABLY AT THE SUPREME COURT LEVEL. TRADITIONALLY, IT HAS BEEN
COURT LEVEL. TRADITIONALLY, IT HAS BEEN CORPORATIONS DON'T HAVE THE SAME
TRADITIONALLY, IT HAS BEEN CORPORATIONS DON'T HAVE THE SAME RIGHT AS A HUMAN BEING DOES.
CORPORATIONS DON'T HAVE THE SAME RIGHT AS A HUMAN BEING DOES. THIS COFERTION HAS BEEN GOING ON
RIGHT AS A HUMAN BEING DOES. THIS COFERTION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A -- CONVERSATION HAS BEEN
THIS COFERTION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A -- CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
FOR A -- CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. IT'S SUCH A GREAT ISSUE.
GOING ON FOR A WHILE. IT'S SUCH A GREAT ISSUE. THAT'S WHY THE BIG BOYS AND
IT'S SUCH A GREAT ISSUE. THAT'S WHY THE BIG BOYS AND WOMEN OF THE SUPREME COURT ARE
THAT'S WHY THE BIG BOYS AND WOMEN OF THE SUPREME COURT ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.
WOMEN OF THE SUPREME COURT ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. WHOSE RIGHTS CARRY THE MOST
DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. WHOSE RIGHTS CARRY THE MOST WEIGHT HERE?
WHOSE RIGHTS CARRY THE MOST WEIGHT HERE? IS IT THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY
WEIGHT HERE? IS IT THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY OR THE EMPLOYEES IN THAT COMPANY
IS IT THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY OR THE EMPLOYEES IN THAT COMPANY WHO WANT THE SAME ACCESS TO
OR THE EMPLOYEES IN THAT COMPANY WHO WANT THE SAME ACCESS TO MEDICAL COVERAGE AS EVERYBODY
WHO WANT THE SAME ACCESS TO MEDICAL COVERAGE AS EVERYBODY ELSE?
MEDICAL COVERAGE AS EVERYBODY ELSE? WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT
ELSE? WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT KEVIN'S STORY IS HE CONCLUDED BY
WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT KEVIN'S STORY IS HE CONCLUDED BY TALKING TO A COUPLE OF
KEVIN'S STORY IS HE CONCLUDED BY TALKING TO A COUPLE OF CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS WHO BOTH
TALKING TO A COUPLE OF CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS WHO BOTH SAID THAT THEY THINK THE DUNNS
CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS WHO BOTH SAID THAT THEY THINK THE DUNNS AND THAT HOBBY LOBBY, WHO IS
SAID THAT THEY THINK THE DUNNS AND THAT HOBBY LOBBY, WHO IS FILING THE SUIT, ARE ULTIMATELY
AND THAT HOBBY LOBBY, WHO IS FILING THE SUIT, ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO PREVAIL THEY'RE.
FILING THE SUIT, ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO PREVAIL THEY'RE. THAT WAS THEIR PREDICTION, WHICH
GOING TO PREVAIL THEY'RE. THAT WAS THEIR PREDICTION, WHICH SORT OF GOES CONTRACT TO WHAT HE
THAT WAS THEIR PREDICTION, WHICH SORT OF GOES CONTRACT TO WHAT HE SAID.
SORT OF GOES CONTRACT TO WHAT HE SAID. DOES THAT ALLOW THEN OTHER
SAID. DOES THAT ALLOW THEN OTHER BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT OTHER
DOES THAT ALLOW THEN OTHER BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF LAWS THAT THEY CAN THEN
BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF LAWS THAT THEY CAN THEN SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO NOT ABIDE
TYPES OF LAWS THAT THEY CAN THEN SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO NOT ABIDE THOSE LAWS?
SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO NOT ABIDE THOSE LAWS? AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE
THOSE LAWS? AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE THE STATE OF KANSAS LOOKING AT
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE THE STATE OF KANSAS LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF SERVICE TO GAY
THE STATE OF KANSAS LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF SERVICE TO GAY COUPLES, FOR INSTANCE, AND THE
THE ISSUE OF SERVICE TO GAY COUPLES, FOR INSTANCE, AND THE WEDDING ISSUE?
COUPLES, FOR INSTANCE, AND THE WEDDING ISSUE? AS WIN -- AS ONE MINISTER I
WEDDING ISSUE? AS WIN -- AS ONE MINISTER I TALKED TO POINTED OUT, IT IS A
AS WIN -- AS ONE MINISTER I TALKED TO POINTED OUT, IT IS A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE.
TALKED TO POINTED OUT, IT IS A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE. WE'VE GOT A SITUATION, TOO,
VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE. WE'VE GOT A SITUATION, TOO, WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER COMPANY
WE'VE GOT A SITUATION, TOO, WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER COMPANY IN PECULIAR CALLED SIOUX
WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER COMPANY IN PECULIAR CALLED SIOUX MANUFACTURING THAT ACTUALLY HAS
IN PECULIAR CALLED SIOUX MANUFACTURING THAT ACTUALLY HAS AN INJUNCTION.
MANUFACTURING THAT ACTUALLY HAS AN INJUNCTION. THEY DENIED ALL CONTRACEPTIVES
AN INJUNCTION. THEY DENIED ALL CONTRACEPTIVES TO EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THEIR
THEY DENIED ALL CONTRACEPTIVES TO EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THEIR INSURANCE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS THE
TO EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THEIR INSURANCE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS THE REAL CATHOLIC DOCTRINE ON THIS.
INSURANCE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS THE REAL CATHOLIC DOCTRINE ON THIS. THE DUNNS ARE JUST PICKING OUT
REAL CATHOLIC DOCTRINE ON THIS. THE DUNNS ARE JUST PICKING OUT PART OF IT.
THE DUNNS ARE JUST PICKING OUT PART OF IT. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ADHERE TO
PART OF IT. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ADHERE TO THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, IT'S ALL
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ADHERE TO THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, IT'S ALL CONTRACEPTIVES OFF THE TABLE.
THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, IT'S ALL CONTRACEPTIVES OFF THE TABLE. PEOPLE LOVE TO USE THE PHRASE
CONTRACEPTIVES OFF THE TABLE. PEOPLE LOVE TO USE THE PHRASE CAFETERIA CATHOLIC.
PEOPLE LOVE TO USE THE PHRASE CAFETERIA CATHOLIC. THE DUNNS ARE SAYING WE DISAGREE
CAFETERIA CATHOLIC. THE DUNNS ARE SAYING WE DISAGREE ON THE ABORTION FRONT, HOWEVER
THE DUNNS ARE SAYING WE DISAGREE ON THE ABORTION FRONT, HOWEVER WE DO SEE OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES,
ON THE ABORTION FRONT, HOWEVER WE DO SEE OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES, AND ALSO THERE WAS ANOTHER
WE DO SEE OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES, AND ALSO THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE, NOT AS STRONG AS THE
AND ALSO THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE, NOT AS STRONG AS THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, BUT THE
ISSUE, NOT AS STRONG AS THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, BUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALSO TEACHES
CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, BUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALSO TEACHES THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE WRONG
CATHOLIC CHURCH ALSO TEACHES THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE WRONG AND ENCOURAGES DISARMAMENT AND
THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE WRONG AND ENCOURAGES DISARMAMENT AND THE DUNNS GOT A
AND ENCOURAGES DISARMAMENT AND THE DUNNS GOT A 400 MILLION-DOLLAR PLUS
THE DUNNS GOT A 400 MILLION-DOLLAR PLUS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO BUILD A
400 MILLION-DOLLAR PLUS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO BUILD A HONEYWELL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANT
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO BUILD A HONEYWELL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANT IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY.
HONEYWELL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANT IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. IT'S LIKE, THIS IS YOUR MORAL
IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. IT'S LIKE, THIS IS YOUR MORAL POINT OF VIEW?
IT'S LIKE, THIS IS YOUR MORAL POINT OF VIEW? YOU'RE NOT REALLY CONSISTENT
POINT OF VIEW? YOU'RE NOT REALLY CONSISTENT HERE.
YOU'RE NOT REALLY CONSISTENT HERE. ALREADY A LOT OF CONCERNS
HERE. ALREADY A LOT OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY SCHOLARS THAT THE
ALREADY A LOT OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY SCHOLARS THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
EXPRESSED BY SCHOLARS THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS UNDERMINED ITS OWN POSITION HERE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS UNDERMINED ITS OWN POSITION HERE BY ALREADY OFFERING EXEMPTIONS
UNDERMINED ITS OWN POSITION HERE BY ALREADY OFFERING EXEMPTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS TO CHARITABLE
BY ALREADY OFFERING EXEMPTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS TO CHARITABLE GROUPS AND NONPROFITS WHO OBJECT
AND EXCEPTIONS TO CHARITABLE GROUPS AND NONPROFITS WHO OBJECT TO SOME OF THE ABORTION-RELATED
GROUPS AND NONPROFITS WHO OBJECT TO SOME OF THE ABORTION-RELATED PROVISION IN'S THIS ACT, SO THE
TO SOME OF THE ABORTION-RELATED PROVISION IN'S THIS ACT, SO THE THINKING IS THAT IF ACCEPTANCE
PROVISION IN'S THIS ACT, SO THE THINKING IS THAT IF ACCEPTANCE CAN BE MADE IN SOME AREAS, WHY
THINKING IS THAT IF ACCEPTANCE CAN BE MADE IN SOME AREAS, WHY CAN'T THE DUNNS HAVE THEIR
CAN BE MADE IN SOME AREAS, WHY CAN'T THE DUNNS HAVE THEIR EXCEPTIONS AS WELL?
CAN'T THE DUNNS HAVE THEIR EXCEPTIONS AS WELL? THE ARGUMENT HERE, THE OBAMA
EXCEPTIONS AS WELL? THE ARGUMENT HERE, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HASN'T DONE
THE ARGUMENT HERE, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HASN'T DONE ITSELF ANY FAVORS.
ADMINISTRATION HASN'T DONE ITSELF ANY FAVORS. JAY NIXON STILL HAS MORE THAN
ITSELF ANY FAVORS. JAY NIXON STILL HAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS LEFT IN HIS TERM AS
JAY NIXON STILL HAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS LEFT IN HIS TERM AS MISSOURI GOVERNOR, SO WHY IS THE
TWO YEARS LEFT IN HIS TERM AS MISSOURI GOVERNOR, SO WHY IS THE RACE TO REPLACE HIM ALREADY
MISSOURI GOVERNOR, SO WHY IS THE RACE TO REPLACE HIM ALREADY GETTING SO CROWDED?
RACE TO REPLACE HIM ALREADY GETTING SO CROWDED? THIS WEEK FORMER CANDIDATE JOHN
GETTING SO CROWDED? THIS WEEK FORMER CANDIDATE JOHN BRUNER SAYS HE'S INTERESTED IN
THIS WEEK FORMER CANDIDATE JOHN BRUNER SAYS HE'S INTERESTED IN THE RACE JUST DAYS AFTER FORMER
BRUNER SAYS HE'S INTERESTED IN THE RACE JUST DAYS AFTER FORMER MISSOURI HOUSE SPEAKER CATHARINE
THE RACE JUST DAYS AFTER FORMER MISSOURI HOUSE SPEAKER CATHARINE HANAWAY ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY
MISSOURI HOUSE SPEAKER CATHARINE HANAWAY ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY FOR THE G.O.P. NOMINATION.
HANAWAY ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY FOR THE G.O.P. NOMINATION. REPUBLICAN MISSOURI AUDITOR SAYS
FOR THE G.O.P. NOMINATION. REPUBLICAN MISSOURI AUDITOR SAYS HE'S INTERESTED IN RUNNING.
REPUBLICAN MISSOURI AUDITOR SAYS HE'S INTERESTED IN RUNNING. PRESUMED OPPONENTS WOULD BE
HE'S INTERESTED IN RUNNING. PRESUMED OPPONENTS WOULD BE DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL
PRESUMED OPPONENTS WOULD BE DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS KOSTER.
DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS KOSTER. WHY THIS RUSH SO EARLY, ERIC?
CHRIS KOSTER. WHY THIS RUSH SO EARLY, ERIC? MONEY.
WHY THIS RUSH SO EARLY, ERIC? MONEY. YOU GET OUT.
MONEY. YOU GET OUT. YOU INTIMIDATE PEOPLE.
YOU GET OUT. YOU INTIMIDATE PEOPLE. YOU GET YOUR FUNDRAISING MONEY
YOU INTIMIDATE PEOPLE. YOU GET YOUR FUNDRAISING MONEY EARLY, AND YOU GET INTO THE FLOW
YOU GET YOUR FUNDRAISING MONEY EARLY, AND YOU GET INTO THE FLOW OF THE RACE EARLIER.
EARLY, AND YOU GET INTO THE FLOW OF THE RACE EARLIER. I THINK KOSTER IS THE ONLY
OF THE RACE EARLIER. I THINK KOSTER IS THE ONLY DEMOCRAT, AND HE JURPD OUT
I THINK KOSTER IS THE ONLY DEMOCRAT, AND HE JURPD OUT ALMOST THE DAY OF THE
DEMOCRAT, AND HE JURPD OUT ALMOST THE DAY OF THE COLLECTION -- JUMPED OUT ALMOST
ALMOST THE DAY OF THE COLLECTION -- JUMPED OUT ALMOST THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION.
COLLECTION -- JUMPED OUT ALMOST THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. IS IT ALL ABOUT MONEY?
THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. IS IT ALL ABOUT MONEY? A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON
IS IT ALL ABOUT MONEY? A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON HERE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON HERE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE
HERE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE REPUBLICANS WHERE THERE IS NOT
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE REPUBLICANS WHERE THERE IS NOT RUN STRONG CHALLENGER WHO CAN
REPUBLICANS WHERE THERE IS NOT RUN STRONG CHALLENGER WHO CAN CLEAR THE TABLE MEANS ANYBODY
RUN STRONG CHALLENGER WHO CAN CLEAR THE TABLE MEANS ANYBODY WHO THINKS THEY CAN RAISE TWO
CLEAR THE TABLE MEANS ANYBODY WHO THINKS THEY CAN RAISE TWO NICKELS TOGETHER AND RAISE MONEY
WHO THINKS THEY CAN RAISE TWO NICKELS TOGETHER AND RAISE MONEY AND JUMP IN.
NICKELS TOGETHER AND RAISE MONEY AND JUMP IN. IT ALSO SAYS NONE OF THESE GUYS
AND JUMP IN. IT ALSO SAYS NONE OF THESE GUYS ARE SCARED OF CHRIS KOSTER.
IT ALSO SAYS NONE OF THESE GUYS ARE SCARED OF CHRIS KOSTER. IT SAYS THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF
ARE SCARED OF CHRIS KOSTER. IT SAYS THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF THEM.
IT SAYS THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF THEM. THIRDLY, IT ALSO SHOWS HOW
THEM. THIRDLY, IT ALSO SHOWS HOW FRACTURED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
THIRDLY, IT ALSO SHOWS HOW FRACTURED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS.
FRACTURED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS. YOU'VE GOT FOLKS FROM EVERY
IS. YOU'VE GOT FOLKS FROM EVERY DIFFERENT WING VYING FOR WHAT
YOU'VE GOT FOLKS FROM EVERY DIFFERENT WING VYING FOR WHAT THE FUTURE OF REPUBLICAN
DIFFERENT WING VYING FOR WHAT THE FUTURE OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS MIGHT BE IN THE STATE.
THE FUTURE OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS MIGHT BE IN THE STATE. YOU WROTE A COLUMN SAYING IT
POLITICS MIGHT BE IN THE STATE. YOU WROTE A COLUMN SAYING IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP THE REPUBLICAN
YOU WROTE A COLUMN SAYING IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HAVE SUCH A CROWDED
ALSO DOESN'T HELP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HAVE SUCH A CROWDED PRIMARY.
PARTY TO HAVE SUCH A CROWDED PRIMARY. WHAT A TRAIN WRECK FOR
PRIMARY. WHAT A TRAIN WRECK FOR REPUBLICANS.
WHAT A TRAIN WRECK FOR REPUBLICANS. LET'S GO BACK TO 2012.
REPUBLICANS. LET'S GO BACK TO 2012. YOU HAD THESE THREE REPUBLICANS,
LET'S GO BACK TO 2012. YOU HAD THESE THREE REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING JOHN BRUNER, RUNNING
YOU HAD THESE THREE REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING JOHN BRUNER, RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE.
INCLUDING JOHN BRUNER, RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE. TODD AKIN EVENTUALLY WON THAT
FOR THE U.S. SENATE. TODD AKIN EVENTUALLY WON THAT PRIMARY.
TODD AKIN EVENTUALLY WON THAT PRIMARY. CLAIRE MCCASKEL WOUND UP WINNING
PRIMARY. CLAIRE MCCASKEL WOUND UP WINNING THAT RACE BECAUSE REPUBLICANS
CLAIRE MCCASKEL WOUND UP WINNING THAT RACE BECAUSE REPUBLICANS TORE EACH OTHER APART.
THAT RACE BECAUSE REPUBLICANS TORE EACH OTHER APART. YOU DON'T HAVE TIME IN JUST TWO
TORE EACH OTHER APART. YOU DON'T HAVE TIME IN JUST TWO OR THREE MONTHS AFTER A PRIMARY
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME IN JUST TWO OR THREE MONTHS AFTER A PRIMARY TO RERAISE ALL OF THAT MONEY AND
OR THREE MONTHS AFTER A PRIMARY TO RERAISE ALL OF THAT MONEY AND CHALLENGE A DEMOCRAT.
TO RERAISE ALL OF THAT MONEY AND CHALLENGE A DEMOCRAT. MEANWHILE IN KANSAS, THE
CHALLENGE A DEMOCRAT. MEANWHILE IN KANSAS, THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS HAPPENING
MEANWHILE IN KANSAS, THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
GOVERNOR'S RACE IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR. SAM BROWNBACK IS UP FOR
THIS YEAR. SAM BROWNBACK IS UP FOR REELECTION JUST PROFILED BY THE
SAM BROWNBACK IS UP FOR REELECTION JUST PROFILED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES.
REELECTION JUST PROFILED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES. THIS WEEK WICHITA REPUBLICAN
NEW YORK TIMES. THIS WEEK WICHITA REPUBLICAN BUSINESSWOMAN ANNOUNCES SHE'S
THIS WEEK WICHITA REPUBLICAN BUSINESSWOMAN ANNOUNCES SHE'S RUNNING AGAINST BROWNBACK IN THE
BUSINESSWOMAN ANNOUNCES SHE'S RUNNING AGAINST BROWNBACK IN THE AUGUST PRIMARY.
RUNNING AGAINST BROWNBACK IN THE AUGUST PRIMARY. PART OF HER IS TO REFORM THE
AUGUST PRIMARY. PART OF HER IS TO REFORM THE STATE'S MARIJUANA LAWS.
PART OF HER IS TO REFORM THE STATE'S MARIJUANA LAWS. DOES SHE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN,
STATE'S MARIJUANA LAWS. DOES SHE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN, STEVE?
DOES SHE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN, STEVE? NO.
STEVE? NO. THAT WAS VERY QUICK.
NO. THAT WAS VERY QUICK. NOT ON THAT PLATFORM, EITHER.
THAT WAS VERY QUICK. NOT ON THAT PLATFORM, EITHER. ALTHOUGH, MAYBE WHEN SHE
NOT ON THAT PLATFORM, EITHER. ALTHOUGH, MAYBE WHEN SHE FINDS OUT HOW MUCH COLORADO HAS
ALTHOUGH, MAYBE WHEN SHE FINDS OUT HOW MUCH COLORADO HAS BEEN MAKING.
FINDS OUT HOW MUCH COLORADO HAS BEEN MAKING. GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BEEN MAKING. GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'M ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC
GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'M ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'M ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT OBVIOUSLY SAM BROWNBACK
DEVELOPMENT. BUT OBVIOUSLY SAM BROWNBACK IS RUNNING AGAINST A DEMOCRAT,
BUT OBVIOUSLY SAM BROWNBACK IS RUNNING AGAINST A DEMOCRAT, PAUL DAVIS.
IS RUNNING AGAINST A DEMOCRAT, PAUL DAVIS. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VIEWED AS SORT
PAUL DAVIS. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VIEWED AS SORT OF A LONG SHOT FOR THIS.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VIEWED AS SORT OF A LONG SHOT FOR THIS. HAVE HIS FORTUNES CHANGED ANY?
OF A LONG SHOT FOR THIS. HAVE HIS FORTUNES CHANGED ANY? I DON'T THINK SO YET.
HAVE HIS FORTUNES CHANGED ANY? I DON'T THINK SO YET. BROWNBACK'S WEAKNESS IS THAT
I DON'T THINK SO YET. BROWNBACK'S WEAKNESS IS THAT HE'S GOING TO OVERREACH.
BROWNBACK'S WEAKNESS IS THAT HE'S GOING TO OVERREACH. HE CAN KIND OF DO WHATEVER HE
HE'S GOING TO OVERREACH. HE CAN KIND OF DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO.
HE CAN KIND OF DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO. WHAT PAUL DAVIS NEEDS IS FOR SAM
WANTS TO. WHAT PAUL DAVIS NEEDS IS FOR SAM BROWNBACK TO REACH A LITTLE BIT
WHAT PAUL DAVIS NEEDS IS FOR SAM BROWNBACK TO REACH A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR AND GET A LITTLE BIT
BROWNBACK TO REACH A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN A VERY
TOO FAR AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN A VERY CONSERVATIVE STATE IS
MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN A VERY CONSERVATIVE STATE IS COMFORTABLE WITH, AND THAT WILL
CONSERVATIVE STATE IS COMFORTABLE WITH, AND THAT WILL BE HIS WINDOW, BUT IT HASN'T
COMFORTABLE WITH, AND THAT WILL BE HIS WINDOW, BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
BE HIS WINDOW, BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. I THINK PAUL DAVIS HAS A 2
HAPPENED YET. I THINK PAUL DAVIS HAS A 2 AND 5 CHANCE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK PAUL DAVIS HAS A 2 AND 5 CHANCE RIGHT NOW. SAM BROWNBACK IS STILL THE
AND 5 CHANCE RIGHT NOW. SAM BROWNBACK IS STILL THE DECIDED FAVORITE.
SAM BROWNBACK IS STILL THE DECIDED FAVORITE. BUT THIS STATE HAS MADE A BIG
DECIDED FAVORITE. BUT THIS STATE HAS MADE A BIG TURN TO THE RIGHT.
BUT THIS STATE HAS MADE A BIG TURN TO THE RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO
TURN TO THE RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO WRESTLE WITH THAT IDEA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO WRESTLE WITH THAT IDEA. CONTROVERSY DOESN'T DO
WRESTLE WITH THAT IDEA. CONTROVERSY DOESN'T DO INCUMBENTS ANY FAVORS.
CONTROVERSY DOESN'T DO INCUMBENTS ANY FAVORS. THE ABDUCTION AND *** OF
INCUMBENTS ANY FAVORS. THE ABDUCTION AND *** OF A 10-YEAR-OLD MISSOURI SCHOOL
THE ABDUCTION AND *** OF A 10-YEAR-OLD MISSOURI SCHOOL GIRL SHAKES UP KANSAS CITY.
A 10-YEAR-OLD MISSOURI SCHOOL GIRL SHAKES UP KANSAS CITY. HE GRABBED HER, THREW HER
GIRL SHAKES UP KANSAS CITY. HE GRABBED HER, THREW HER OVER HIM INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT
HE GRABBED HER, THREW HER OVER HIM INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT AND TOOK OFF.
OVER HIM INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT AND TOOK OFF. AMBER ALERTS WOULD NOT STOP
AND TOOK OFF. AMBER ALERTS WOULD NOT STOP TUESDAY NIGHT.
AMBER ALERTS WOULD NOT STOP TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY LIT UP PHONES, ELECTRONIC
TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY LIT UP PHONES, ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS, SOCIAL MEDIA,
THEY LIT UP PHONES, ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS, SOCIAL MEDIA, INTERRUPTED RADIO AND TV
BILLBOARDS, SOCIAL MEDIA, INTERRUPTED RADIO AND TV BROADCASTS THROUGHOUT THE METRO,
INTERRUPTED RADIO AND TV BROADCASTS THROUGHOUT THE METRO, BUT THEY WEREN'T ENOUGH TO SAVE
BROADCASTS THROUGHOUT THE METRO, BUT THEY WEREN'T ENOUGH TO SAVE THE LIFE OF HAILEY OWENS,
BUT THEY WEREN'T ENOUGH TO SAVE THE LIFE OF HAILEY OWENS, ABDUCTED JUST BLOCKS FROM HER
THE LIFE OF HAILEY OWENS, ABDUCTED JUST BLOCKS FROM HER HOME IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI IN
ABDUCTED JUST BLOCKS FROM HER HOME IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI IN A CRIME DRAMA THAT PLAYED OUT
HOME IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI IN A CRIME DRAMA THAT PLAYED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF JUST A FEW
A CRIME DRAMA THAT PLAYED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF JUST A FEW HOURS.
OVER THE COURSE OF JUST A FEW HOURS. WHY DID A NEWS EVENT THAT
HOURS. WHY DID A NEWS EVENT THAT OCCURRED MONTH ARE THAN 2 HOURS
WHY DID A NEWS EVENT THAT OCCURRED MONTH ARE THAN 2 HOURS FROM KANSAS CITY SO
OCCURRED MONTH ARE THAN 2 HOURS FROM KANSAS CITY SO OVERWHELMINGLY IMPACT THE METRO
FROM KANSAS CITY SO OVERWHELMINGLY IMPACT THE METRO THIS WEEK, GARRETT?
OVERWHELMINGLY IMPACT THE METRO THIS WEEK, GARRETT? I THINK BECAUSE IT'S EVERY
THIS WEEK, GARRETT? I THINK BECAUSE IT'S EVERY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE.
I THINK BECAUSE IT'S EVERY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE. NOBODY WANTS TO THINK WE LIVE IN
PARENT'S NIGHTMARE. NOBODY WANTS TO THINK WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
NOBODY WANTS TO THINK WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAN'T WALK A FEW BLOCKS HOME
A PLACE WHERE A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAN'T WALK A FEW BLOCKS HOME FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN BROAD
CAN'T WALK A FEW BLOCKS HOME FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND NOT BE SAFE.
FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND NOT BE SAFE. THIS WAS APPARENTLY A RANDOM
DAYLIGHT AND NOT BE SAFE. THIS WAS APPARENTLY A RANDOM ABDUCTION.
THIS WAS APPARENTLY A RANDOM ABDUCTION. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF
ABDUCTION. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE FEW HOURS.
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE FEW HOURS. BUT RELATIVELY SPEAK, POLICE
THESE FEW HOURS. BUT RELATIVELY SPEAK, POLICE ACTED FAIRLY QUICKLY.
BUT RELATIVELY SPEAK, POLICE ACTED FAIRLY QUICKLY. THEY NEW A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER,
ACTED FAIRLY QUICKLY. THEY NEW A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, NEW A HOUSE.
THEY NEW A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, NEW A HOUSE. THE GIRL DID WHAT SHE WAS
NEW A HOUSE. THE GIRL DID WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AND TRIED TO GET
THE GIRL DID WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AND TRIED TO GET AWAY, ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES
SUPPOSED TO DO AND TRIED TO GET AWAY, ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES WHO WERE THERE.
AWAY, ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES WHO WERE THERE. I THINK IT JUST SHAKES PARENTS
WHO WERE THERE. I THINK IT JUST SHAKES PARENTS TO THEIR CORE THAT THIS KIND OF
I THINK IT JUST SHAKES PARENTS TO THEIR CORE THAT THIS KIND OF THING CAN STILL HAPPEN.
TO THEIR CORE THAT THIS KIND OF THING CAN STILL HAPPEN. BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME
THING CAN STILL HAPPEN. BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS.
BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS. THE POLICE HAD THAT LICENSE
QUESTIONS. THE POLICE HAD THAT LICENSE PLATE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND IT
THE POLICE HAD THAT LICENSE PLATE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND IT TOOK, WHAT, THREE HOURS FOR THEM
PLATE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND IT TOOK, WHAT, THREE HOURS FOR THEM TO GET TO THE HOUSE?
TOOK, WHAT, THREE HOURS FOR THEM TO GET TO THE HOUSE? BELIEVE ME, IF I GOT PULLED OVER
TO GET TO THE HOUSE? BELIEVE ME, IF I GOT PULLED OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP ON SHAWNEE
BELIEVE ME, IF I GOT PULLED OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP ON SHAWNEE MISSION PARKWAY, THEY WOULD KNOW
FOR A TRAFFIC STOP ON SHAWNEE MISSION PARKWAY, THEY WOULD KNOW WHERE I LIVED IMMEDIATELY AND BE
MISSION PARKWAY, THEY WOULD KNOW WHERE I LIVED IMMEDIATELY AND BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
WHERE I LIVED IMMEDIATELY AND BE ABLE TO FIND IT. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET
ABLE TO FIND IT. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET TO THE SITE.
IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THEM TO GET TO THE SITE. THE POLICE TIMELINE ON THIS,
TO THE SITE. THE POLICE TIMELINE ON THIS, WHICH THEY RELEASED IMMEDIATELY,
THE POLICE TIMELINE ON THIS, WHICH THEY RELEASED IMMEDIATELY, WAS THAT THEY HAD THE LICENSE
WHICH THEY RELEASED IMMEDIATELY, WAS THAT THEY HAD THE LICENSE PLATE.
WAS THAT THEY HAD THE LICENSE PLATE. THEY TRACED IT TO THE FATHER'S
PLATE. THEY TRACED IT TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE.
THEY TRACED IT TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE. APPARENTLY THE CAR WAS
HOUSE. APPARENTLY THE CAR WAS REGISTERED TO THE FATHER.
APPARENTLY THE CAR WAS REGISTERED TO THE FATHER. THEN THEY WERE SENT BACK TO THE
REGISTERED TO THE FATHER. THEN THEY WERE SENT BACK TO THE HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE THE
THEN THEY WERE SENT BACK TO THE HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE THE MAN WHO HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED
HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE THE MAN WHO HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS CRIME LIVED, AND THE
MAN WHO HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS CRIME LIVED, AND THE CAR WASN'T THERE.
WITH THIS CRIME LIVED, AND THE CAR WASN'T THERE. SO THEY WERE TRACKING IT DOWN,
CAR WASN'T THERE. SO THEY WERE TRACKING IT DOWN, BUT THERE IS THAT QUESTION OF
SO THEY WERE TRACKING IT DOWN, BUT THERE IS THAT QUESTION OF BETWEEN 4 O'CLOCK WHEN THEY HAD
BUT THERE IS THAT QUESTION OF BETWEEN 4 O'CLOCK WHEN THEY HAD THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND I
BETWEEN 4 O'CLOCK WHEN THEY HAD THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND I THINK IT WAS 7 P.M. WHEN POLICE
THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND I THINK IT WAS 7 P.M. WHEN POLICE ULTIMATELY ENTERED THAT HOUSE,
THINK IT WAS 7 P.M. WHEN POLICE ULTIMATELY ENTERED THAT HOUSE, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY HAVE ACTED
ULTIMATELY ENTERED THAT HOUSE, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY HAVE ACTED FASTER.
YOU KNOW, COULD THEY HAVE ACTED FASTER. THE AMBER ALERTS, IT TOOK TWO
FASTER. THE AMBER ALERTS, IT TOOK TWO HOURS FOR THAT TO BE RELEASED IN
THE AMBER ALERTS, IT TOOK TWO HOURS FOR THAT TO BE RELEASED IN THE MULTI-STATE AREA.
HOURS FOR THAT TO BE RELEASED IN THE MULTI-STATE AREA. THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS
THE MULTI-STATE AREA. THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG WHEN
THE BIG QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG WHEN THEY DID KNOW THE MODEL, MAKE
WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG WHEN THEY DID KNOW THE MODEL, MAKE AND LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
THEY DID KNOW THE MODEL, MAKE AND LICENSE PLATE NUMBER. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THAT
AND LICENSE PLATE NUMBER. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THAT TO HAPPEN?
WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? AND DO THERE NEED TO BE CHANGES
TO HAPPEN? AND DO THERE NEED TO BE CHANGES MADE?
AND DO THERE NEED TO BE CHANGES MADE? I THINK IT MIGHT BE TOO EARLY
MADE? I THINK IT MIGHT BE TOO EARLY TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE TOO EARLY TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION. THE PROSECUTOR HAS ALREADY SAID
TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION. THE PROSECUTOR HAS ALREADY SAID THE POLICE HE THOUGHT MOVED AS
THE PROSECUTOR HAS ALREADY SAID THE POLICE HE THOUGHT MOVED AS FAST AS THEY COULD.
THE POLICE HE THOUGHT MOVED AS FAST AS THEY COULD. I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS
FAST AS THEY COULD. I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAKE IT GO TOO QUICKLY THAT
I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAKE IT GO TOO QUICKLY THAT YOU HAVE A CRY WOLF SITUATION
THAT MAKE IT GO TOO QUICKLY THAT YOU HAVE A CRY WOLF SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE INSTANTLY ISSUING
YOU HAVE A CRY WOLF SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE INSTANTLY ISSUING AMBER ALERTS AND PEOPLE AREN'T
WHERE YOU ARE INSTANTLY ISSUING AMBER ALERTS AND PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION.
AMBER ALERTS AND PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION. ERIC.
PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION. ERIC. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT,
ERIC. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REHASH SOME THINGS,
IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REHASH SOME THINGS, THE ANN HARRISON AND WITH
PEOPLE TO REHASH SOME THINGS, THE ANN HARRISON AND WITH MICHAEL TAYLOR TRYING TO BEAT
THE ANN HARRISON AND WITH MICHAEL TAYLOR TRYING TO BEAT ANOTHER EXECUTION SAYING IT'S
MICHAEL TAYLOR TRYING TO BEAT ANOTHER EXECUTION SAYING IT'S CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT THE
ANOTHER EXECUTION SAYING IT'S CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, I
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY
WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY OVERSENSITIVE, BUT I THINK
THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY OVERSENSITIVE, BUT I THINK PEOPLE REACT EXTREMELY WELL TO
OVERSENSITIVE, BUT I THINK PEOPLE REACT EXTREMELY WELL TO SITUATIONS INVOLVING KIDS BEING
PEOPLE REACT EXTREMELY WELL TO SITUATIONS INVOLVING KIDS BEING MISSING LIKE THAT.
SITUATIONS INVOLVING KIDS BEING MISSING LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THE POLICE
MISSING LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ANYTHING
I DON'T THINK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
DEPARTMENT DID ANYTHING DIFFERENT. IT MIGHT NOT HAVE SAVED HER.
DIFFERENT. IT MIGHT NOT HAVE SAVED HER. IT MIGHT HAVE.
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE SAVED HER. IT MIGHT HAVE. WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
IT MIGHT HAVE. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. BUT I THINK PEOPLE'S REACTION TO
WE DON'T KNOW THAT. BUT I THINK PEOPLE'S REACTION TO LITTLE GIRLS OR LITTLE KIDS,
BUT I THINK PEOPLE'S REACTION TO LITTLE GIRLS OR LITTLE KIDS, PERIOD, BEING KIDNAPPED LIKE
LITTLE GIRLS OR LITTLE KIDS, PERIOD, BEING KIDNAPPED LIKE THAT, IT MEANS A LOT.
PERIOD, BEING KIDNAPPED LIKE THAT, IT MEANS A LOT. AND WHEN YOU HEAR WRAPPED
THAT, IT MEANS A LOT. AND WHEN YOU HEAR WRAPPED IMMEDIATELY AT THE SCENE, THIS
AND WHEN YOU HEAR WRAPPED IMMEDIATELY AT THE SCENE, THIS WAS NOT A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE
IMMEDIATELY AT THE SCENE, THIS WAS NOT A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE WERE PARALYZED NOT TO TRY TO
WAS NOT A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE WERE PARALYZED NOT TO TRY TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL.
WERE PARALYZED NOT TO TRY TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. I GUESS THEY TRIED TO CHASE DOWN
HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. I GUESS THEY TRIED TO CHASE DOWN THE TRUCK.
I GUESS THEY TRIED TO CHASE DOWN THE TRUCK. IT CERTAINLY SHOWS THAT THE
THE TRUCK. IT CERTAINLY SHOWS THAT THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE DID THE
IT CERTAINLY SHOWS THAT THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE DID THE BEST THEY COULD, AND IT'S A
FOLKS THAT WERE THERE DID THE BEST THEY COULD, AND IT'S A TRAGEDY.
BEST THEY COULD, AND IT'S A TRAGEDY. THAT'S WHY WE CARE ABOUT IT SO
TRAGEDY. THAT'S WHY WE CARE ABOUT IT SO MUCH.
THAT'S WHY WE CARE ABOUT IT SO MUCH. A DEVELOPER HAS STEPPED
MUCH. A DEVELOPER HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO TRY AND PRESERVE
A DEVELOPER HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO TRY AND PRESERVE KEMPER ARENA AND TURN IT INTO A
FORWARD TO TRY AND PRESERVE KEMPER ARENA AND TURN IT INTO A MECCA FOR YOUTH SPORTS.
KEMPER ARENA AND TURN IT INTO A MECCA FOR YOUTH SPORTS. FOUTCH BROTHERS HAS ANNOUNCED A
MECCA FOR YOUTH SPORTS. FOUTCH BROTHERS HAS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO BUY THE ARENA FROM THE
FOUTCH BROTHERS HAS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO BUY THE ARENA FROM THE CITY AND INVEST $21 MILLION TO
PLAN TO BUY THE ARENA FROM THE CITY AND INVEST $21 MILLION TO TRANSFORM KEMPER INTO A YOUTH
CITY AND INVEST $21 MILLION TO TRANSFORM KEMPER INTO A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX, AND THEYEN
TRANSFORM KEMPER INTO A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX, AND THEYEN VOITION 1,000 KIDS A DAY GOING
SPORTS COMPLEX, AND THEYEN VOITION 1,000 KIDS A DAY GOING TO THE WEST BOTTOMS FACILITY,
VOITION 1,000 KIDS A DAY GOING TO THE WEST BOTTOMS FACILITY, BUT HOW DOES THIS GEL WITH WHAT
TO THE WEST BOTTOMS FACILITY, BUT HOW DOES THIS GEL WITH WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS ANOTHER IDEA
BUT HOW DOES THIS GEL WITH WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS ANOTHER IDEA BY THE AMERICAN ROYAL TO TEAR
WE ALREADY KNOW IS ANOTHER IDEA BY THE AMERICAN ROYAL TO TEAR DOWN THE FACILITY AND REPLACE IT
BY THE AMERICAN ROYAL TO TEAR DOWN THE FACILITY AND REPLACE IT WITH A SMALLER ONE BETTER SUITED
DOWN THE FACILITY AND REPLACE IT WITH A SMALLER ONE BETTER SUITED FORING A AGRICULTURAL EVENTS, K?
WITH A SMALLER ONE BETTER SUITED FORING A AGRICULTURAL EVENTS, K? IT'S A NONSTARTER WITH THE
FORING A AGRICULTURAL EVENTS, K? IT'S A NONSTARTER WITH THE AMERICAN ROYAL, THAT'S FOR SURE.
IT'S A NONSTARTER WITH THE AMERICAN ROYAL, THAT'S FOR SURE. THEY'VE GOT AN AMAZING LEASE
AMERICAN ROYAL, THAT'S FOR SURE. THEY'VE GOT AN AMAZING LEASE THAT GIVES THEM CONTROL OF THAT
THEY'VE GOT AN AMAZING LEASE THAT GIVES THEM CONTROL OF THAT BUILDING THROUGH 2045.
THAT GIVES THEM CONTROL OF THAT BUILDING THROUGH 2045. SO RIGHT NOW, THE FOUTCHS ARE
BUILDING THROUGH 2045. SO RIGHT NOW, THE FOUTCHS ARE BASICALLY PITCHING A PROJECT FOR
SO RIGHT NOW, THE FOUTCHS ARE BASICALLY PITCHING A PROJECT FOR PROPERTY THEY DON'T OWN.
BASICALLY PITCHING A PROJECT FOR PROPERTY THEY DON'T OWN. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTROL OVER
PROPERTY THEY DON'T OWN. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTROL OVER ITS FATE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTROL OVER ITS FATE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT INTERESTED, AND FROM WHAT I'M
ITS FATE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT INTERESTED, AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THE CITY IS NOT ALL
INTERESTED, AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THE CITY IS NOT ALL THAT ENGAGED IN THIS EFFORT.
HEARING, THE CITY IS NOT ALL THAT ENGAGED IN THIS EFFORT. IT'S A TOUGH SALE.
THAT ENGAGED IN THIS EFFORT. IT'S A TOUGH SALE. BUT IT'S APPARENTLY AN
IT'S A TOUGH SALE. BUT IT'S APPARENTLY AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER, THOUGH, 21
BUT IT'S APPARENTLY AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER, THOUGH, 21 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE.
ATTRACTIVE OFFER, THOUGH, 21 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. COULD YOU ENVISION IT,
MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE. COULD YOU ENVISION IT, THOUGH, AS A YOUTH SPORTS
COULD YOU ENVISION IT, THOUGH, AS A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX, STEVE?
THOUGH, AS A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX, STEVE? I GUESS I SORT OF COULD, AND
COMPLEX, STEVE? I GUESS I SORT OF COULD, AND THE TRAFFIC IT MIGHT BRING TO
I GUESS I SORT OF COULD, AND THE TRAFFIC IT MIGHT BRING TO THE WEST BOTTOMS IS KIND OF AN
THE TRAFFIC IT MIGHT BRING TO THE WEST BOTTOMS IS KIND OF AN APPEALING IDEA.
THE WEST BOTTOMS IS KIND OF AN APPEALING IDEA. THAT AREA NEEDS A LOT OF
APPEALING IDEA. THAT AREA NEEDS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AND PEOPLE GO NUTS OVER
THAT AREA NEEDS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AND PEOPLE GO NUTS OVER YOUTH SPORTS, SO SURE.
TRAFFIC, AND PEOPLE GO NUTS OVER YOUTH SPORTS, SO SURE. I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE
YOUTH SPORTS, SO SURE. I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE HERE.
I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE HERE. I DO THINK THE BUILDING DESERVES
HERE. I DO THINK THE BUILDING DESERVES THE HISTORIC -- THE NATIONAL
I DO THINK THE BUILDING DESERVES THE HISTORIC -- THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS IT GOT.
THE HISTORIC -- THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATUS IT GOT. IT IS A UNIQUE PIECE OF
REGISTER STATUS IT GOT. IT IS A UNIQUE PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE.
IT IS A UNIQUE PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY IDEAS HOW
ARCHITECTURE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY IDEAS HOW TO SAVE KEMPER AND REPURPOSE IT.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY IDEAS HOW TO SAVE KEMPER AND REPURPOSE IT. THE AMERICAN ROYAL IS INSISTING
TO SAVE KEMPER AND REPURPOSE IT. THE AMERICAN ROYAL IS INSISTING ON A PROJECT THAT RIGHT NOW THE
THE AMERICAN ROYAL IS INSISTING ON A PROJECT THAT RIGHT NOW THE CITY HAS NO APPETITE FOR.
ON A PROJECT THAT RIGHT NOW THE CITY HAS NO APPETITE FOR. AND IF IT DOES GET HISTORIC
CITY HAS NO APPETITE FOR. AND IF IT DOES GET HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THEN IT CANNOT BE
AND IF IT DOES GET HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THEN IT CANNOT BE TORN DOWN.
PRESERVATION, THEN IT CANNOT BE TORN DOWN. NO, IT CAN BE TORN DOWN
TORN DOWN. NO, IT CAN BE TORN DOWN UNLESS IT GETS LOCAL LANDMARK
NO, IT CAN BE TORN DOWN UNLESS IT GETS LOCAL LANDMARK STATUS.
UNLESS IT GETS LOCAL LANDMARK STATUS. NATIONAL STATUS ONLY ALLOWS IT
STATUS. NATIONAL STATUS ONLY ALLOWS IT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC TAX
NATIONAL STATUS ONLY ALLOWS IT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC TAX CREDITS.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC TAX CREDITS. THE MAYOR ALSO COMES OUT THIS
CREDITS. THE MAYOR ALSO COMES OUT THIS WEEK AND SAYS HE'S NOT IN FAVOR
THE MAYOR ALSO COMES OUT THIS WEEK AND SAYS HE'S NOT IN FAVOR OF THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX
WEEK AND SAYS HE'S NOT IN FAVOR OF THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX IDEA.
OF THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX IDEA. HE IS IN FAVOR WITH WHAT THE
IDEA. HE IS IN FAVOR WITH WHAT THE AMERICAN ROYAL IS TRYING TO DO.
HE IS IN FAVOR WITH WHAT THE AMERICAN ROYAL IS TRYING TO DO. I THOUGHT THE MAYOR SAID IT
AMERICAN ROYAL IS TRYING TO DO. I THOUGHT THE MAYOR SAID IT WOULD COST SO MUCH OF THE CITY'S
I THOUGHT THE MAYOR SAID IT WOULD COST SO MUCH OF THE CITY'S MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT
WOULD COST SO MUCH OF THE CITY'S MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT CONCEPT, AND THE CITY DIDN'T
MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT CONCEPT, AND THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.
CONCEPT, AND THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT. I DON'T KNOW, NICK.
HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT. I DON'T KNOW, NICK. THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO THE
I DON'T KNOW, NICK. THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS, IT WAS VERY
THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS, IT WAS VERY MUCH ON THEIR BACK BURNER, THE
MAYOR ABOUT THIS, IT WAS VERY MUCH ON THEIR BACK BURNER, THE IDEA OF A NEW OO EQUESTRIAN
MUCH ON THEIR BACK BURNER, THE IDEA OF A NEW OO EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
IDEA OF A NEW OO EQUESTRIAN CENTER. HOW MANY EVENTS ARE THERE
CENTER. HOW MANY EVENTS ARE THERE CURRENTLY AT KEMPER ON ANY GIVEN
HOW MANY EVENTS ARE THERE CURRENTLY AT KEMPER ON ANY GIVEN WEEK, ANY GIVEN MONTH?
CURRENTLY AT KEMPER ON ANY GIVEN WEEK, ANY GIVEN MONTH? EVEN AS A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX,
WEEK, ANY GIVEN MONTH? EVEN AS A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX, WE HAVE THEM IN OVERLAND PARK.
EVEN AS A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX, WE HAVE THEM IN OVERLAND PARK. WE HAVE SOCCER IN SWOPE PARK.
WE HAVE THEM IN OVERLAND PARK. WE HAVE SOCCER IN SWOPE PARK. LE SUMMIT -- LEASE -- LEE'S
WE HAVE SOCCER IN SWOPE PARK. LE SUMMIT -- LEASE -- LEE'S SUMMIT IS LOOKING TO BUILD A
LE SUMMIT -- LEASE -- LEE'S SUMMIT IS LOOKING TO BUILD A MASSIVE SPORTS COMPLEX.
SUMMIT IS LOOKING TO BUILD A MASSIVE SPORTS COMPLEX. AND THE FOUTCH BROTHERS, GOD
MASSIVE SPORTS COMPLEX. AND THE FOUTCH BROTHERS, GOD BLESS THEM, THEY'VE DONE SOME
AND THE FOUTCH BROTHERS, GOD BLESS THEM, THEY'VE DONE SOME GOOD WORK.
BLESS THEM, THEY'VE DONE SOME GOOD WORK. ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD WORK. ABSOLUTELY. BUT THIS IS A COMPLETELY
ABSOLUTELY. BUT THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF THING.
BUT THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF THING. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT KIND OF THING. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE 21 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE 21 MILLION. WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
21 MILLION. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY EVIDENCE TO
WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THEY'VE GOT THAT
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THEY'VE GOT THAT FUNDING.
BACK UP THEY'VE GOT THAT FUNDING. IT'S JUST BASICALLY, HEY, WE
FUNDING. IT'S JUST BASICALLY, HEY, WE THINK WE'VE GOT AN IDEA.
IT'S JUST BASICALLY, HEY, WE THINK WE'VE GOT AN IDEA. WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THERE'S NOT
THINK WE'VE GOT AN IDEA. WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN MUCH VETTING OF THIS
WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN MUCH VETTING OF THIS PROPOSAL AT ALL, AND YOU'VE GOT
BEEN MUCH VETTING OF THIS PROPOSAL AT ALL, AND YOU'VE GOT A LANDLORD AND TENANT NOT
PROPOSAL AT ALL, AND YOU'VE GOT A LANDLORD AND TENANT NOT INTERESTED IN THE DEAL EITHER.
A LANDLORD AND TENANT NOT INTERESTED IN THE DEAL EITHER. BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
INTERESTED IN THE DEAL EITHER. BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? NO ONE WANTS TO PUSH AHEAD WITH
BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? NO ONE WANTS TO PUSH AHEAD WITH THE AMERICAN ROYAL TO REDO THE
NO ONE WANTS TO PUSH AHEAD WITH THE AMERICAN ROYAL TO REDO THE TEARING DOWN OF KEMPER AND
THE AMERICAN ROYAL TO REDO THE TEARING DOWN OF KEMPER AND REDOING THAT BUILDING THERE.
TEARING DOWN OF KEMPER AND REDOING THAT BUILDING THERE. THE KEMPERS WANT TO PITCH IN
REDOING THAT BUILDING THERE. THE KEMPERS WANT TO PITCH IN SOME OF THEIR OWN MONEY.
THE KEMPERS WANT TO PITCH IN SOME OF THEIR OWN MONEY. THE CITY IS SAYING WE DON'T HAVE
SOME OF THEIR OWN MONEY. THE CITY IS SAYING WE DON'T HAVE $30 MILLION FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
THE CITY IS SAYING WE DON'T HAVE $30 MILLION FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. SO YOU HAVE A BIRD IN HAND WITH
$30 MILLION FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. SO YOU HAVE A BIRD IN HAND WITH THE FOUTCH BROTHERS.
SO YOU HAVE A BIRD IN HAND WITH THE FOUTCH BROTHERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO.
THE FOUTCH BROTHERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO. THEY SAY THEY DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO. THEY SAY THEY DO. WE'RE MOVING ON HERE.
THEY SAY THEY DO. WE'RE MOVING ON HERE. MORE DISTURBANCES, TALKING
WE'RE MOVING ON HERE. MORE DISTURBANCES, TALKING ABOUT CLICHES, INVOLVING TEENS
MORE DISTURBANCES, TALKING ABOUT CLICHES, INVOLVING TEENS ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA THIS
ABOUT CLICHES, INVOLVING TEENS ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA THIS WEEK.
ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA THIS WEEK. THIS TIME THE POLICE CHIEF
WEEK. THIS TIME THE POLICE CHIEF SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
THIS TIME THE POLICE CHIEF SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE'RE TOUGHENING THE
SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE'RE TOUGHENING THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH.
WE'RE TOUGHENING THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH. HE SAYS THIS, AND WE'VE HEARD IT
DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH. HE SAYS THIS, AND WE'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE.
HE SAYS THIS, AND WE'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE. I THOUGHT WE'VE SAID ALL OF THIS
ALL BEFORE. I THOUGHT WE'VE SAID ALL OF THIS BEFORE, ERIC, THAT WE'RE GOING
I THOUGHT WE'VE SAID ALL OF THIS BEFORE, ERIC, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TOUGH ON THIS.
BEFORE, ERIC, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TOUGH ON THIS. WHAT'S DIFFERENT?
TO BE TOUGH ON THIS. WHAT'S DIFFERENT? I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL DID.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT? I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL DID. I THINK THE CHIEF'S APPROACH,
I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL DID. I THINK THE CHIEF'S APPROACH, AND I TALKED TO HIM SEVERAL
I THINK THE CHIEF'S APPROACH, AND I TALKED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK, IS THE POLICE
AND I TALKED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK, IS THE POLICE WERE RIDING AROUND WITH KIDS IN
TIMES THIS WEEK, IS THE POLICE WERE RIDING AROUND WITH KIDS IN THEIR CAR WAITING FOR THE
WERE RIDING AROUND WITH KIDS IN THEIR CAR WAITING FOR THE PARENTS TO COME HOME.
THEIR CAR WAITING FOR THE PARENTS TO COME HOME. NOW IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE GOING TO
PARENTS TO COME HOME. NOW IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE KIDS TO A DESIGNATED
NOW IT'S LIKE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE KIDS TO A DESIGNATED AREA, CALL THE PARENTS, SAY COME
TAKE THE KIDS TO A DESIGNATED AREA, CALL THE PARENTS, SAY COME AND GET YOUR KID, COME AND GET
AREA, CALL THE PARENTS, SAY COME AND GET YOUR KID, COME AND GET YOUR KID, AND THEN AFTER THAT,
AND GET YOUR KID, COME AND GET YOUR KID, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY WOULD STOP TELLING KIDS SO
YOUR KID, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY WOULD STOP TELLING KIDS SO MANY TIMES TO STOP DOING THIS,
THEY WOULD STOP TELLING KIDS SO MANY TIMES TO STOP DOING THIS, QUIT GATHERING, QUIT RUNNING
MANY TIMES TO STOP DOING THIS, QUIT GATHERING, QUIT RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET LIKE THIS AND
QUIT GATHERING, QUIT RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET LIKE THIS AND JUST IMMEDIATELY CRACK DOWN.
ACROSS THE STREET LIKE THIS AND JUST IMMEDIATELY CRACK DOWN. IT GETS BACK TO THE POINT THAT
JUST IMMEDIATELY CRACK DOWN. IT GETS BACK TO THE POINT THAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID, PARENTS NEED
IT GETS BACK TO THE POINT THAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID, PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP AND START BEING
I'VE ALWAYS SAID, PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP AND START BEING PARENTS AND THAT MOVIE THEATER
TO STEP UP AND START BEING PARENTS AND THAT MOVIE THEATER OUT THERE, THEY NEED TO START
PARENTS AND THAT MOVIE THEATER OUT THERE, THEY NEED TO START DOING SOME THINGS, TOO.
OUT THERE, THEY NEED TO START DOING SOME THINGS, TOO. IT'S INTERESTING.
DOING SOME THINGS, TOO. IT'S INTERESTING. I DID A -- TEN YEARS AGO
IT'S INTERESTING. I DID A -- TEN YEARS AGO CINEMARK IMPLEMENT ADD POLICY IN
I DID A -- TEN YEARS AGO CINEMARK IMPLEMENT ADD POLICY IN WHICH KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6
CINEMARK IMPLEMENT ADD POLICY IN WHICH KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 16 HAD TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY
WHICH KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 16 HAD TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT.
AND 16 HAD TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT. THAT POLICY LASTED ALL OF A
A PARENT. THAT POLICY LASTED ALL OF A YEAR, I THINK, BEFORE THEY
THAT POLICY LASTED ALL OF A YEAR, I THINK, BEFORE THEY SCRAPPED IT.
YEAR, I THINK, BEFORE THEY SCRAPPED IT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF
SCRAPPED IT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF THESE STORIES ABOUT THE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF THESE STORIES ABOUT THE DISTURBANCES, THERE'S A LINK
THESE STORIES ABOUT THE DISTURBANCES, THERE'S A LINK THERE WITH CINEMARK.
DISTURBANCES, THERE'S A LINK THERE WITH CINEMARK. THE RANK IN FILE POLICE
THERE WITH CINEMARK. THE RANK IN FILE POLICE OFFICERS WHO YOU SEE DOWN THERE
THE RANK IN FILE POLICE OFFICERS WHO YOU SEE DOWN THERE ALSO HATE THIS ASSIGNMENT.
OFFICERS WHO YOU SEE DOWN THERE ALSO HATE THIS ASSIGNMENT. YOU DON'T GO TO THE POLICE
ALSO HATE THIS ASSIGNMENT. YOU DON'T GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY TO COME OUT HERE AND
YOU DON'T GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY TO COME OUT HERE AND BABY-SIT KIDS, AND IT BECOMES
ACADEMY TO COME OUT HERE AND BABY-SIT KIDS, AND IT BECOMES THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE
BABY-SIT KIDS, AND IT BECOMES THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE WRITING A CURFEW TICKET.
THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE WRITING A CURFEW TICKET. IT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE WRITING A CURFEW TICKET. IT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE NIGHT FOR A WHILE.
IT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE NIGHT FOR A WHILE. YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY BABY-SITTERS.
FOR A WHILE. YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY BABY-SITTERS. SO I THINK CHIEF FORTE WANTS TO
YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY BABY-SITTERS. SO I THINK CHIEF FORTE WANTS TO TOUGHEN THIS UP.
SO I THINK CHIEF FORTE WANTS TO TOUGHEN THIS UP. THIS HAS BECOME A DISTRACTION.
TOUGHEN THIS UP. THIS HAS BECOME A DISTRACTION. IT'S BECOME SOMETHING WHERE HIS
THIS HAS BECOME A DISTRACTION. IT'S BECOME SOMETHING WHERE HIS MEN AND WOMEN CAN'T DO THEIR
IT'S BECOME SOMETHING WHERE HIS MEN AND WOMEN CAN'T DO THEIR JOBS, AND IF THEY CAN TOUGHEN
MEN AND WOMEN CAN'T DO THEIR JOBS, AND IF THEY CAN TOUGHEN THIS UP AND REMOVE IT AS A
JOBS, AND IF THEY CAN TOUGHEN THIS UP AND REMOVE IT AS A POLITICAL ISSUE AT LEAST BUT AS
THIS UP AND REMOVE IT AS A POLITICAL ISSUE AT LEAST BUT AS AN ISSUE THAT TAKES UP THE TIME
POLITICAL ISSUE AT LEAST BUT AS AN ISSUE THAT TAKES UP THE TIME OF THESE OFFICERS ON A GIVEN
AN ISSUE THAT TAKES UP THE TIME OF THESE OFFICERS ON A GIVEN SATURDAY NIGHT, THAT'S A WIN FOR
OF THESE OFFICERS ON A GIVEN SATURDAY NIGHT, THAT'S A WIN FOR THEM.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THAT'S A WIN FOR THEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THIS
THEM. I GET THE IMPRESSION THIS THING IS GOING TO STOP.
I GET THE IMPRESSION THIS THING IS GOING TO STOP. I THINK A LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED
THING IS GOING TO STOP. I THINK A LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED HERE.
I THINK A LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED HERE. I KNOW WE CROSSED IT IN THE
HERE. I KNOW WE CROSSED IT IN THE PAST.
I KNOW WE CROSSED IT IN THE PAST. I THINK A LOT OF CITY OFFICIALS
PAST. I THINK A LOT OF CITY OFFICIALS ARE NOW SAYING, NO MORE.
I THINK A LOT OF CITY OFFICIALS ARE NOW SAYING, NO MORE. IT'S GOING TO END.
ARE NOW SAYING, NO MORE. IT'S GOING TO END. BUT THIS GETS BACK INTO OUR
IT'S GOING TO END. BUT THIS GETS BACK INTO OUR PROBLEM HERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE
BUT THIS GETS BACK INTO OUR PROBLEM HERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS
PROBLEM HERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY
A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY COUNCILMEN AND DIRECTLY TO THE
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY COUNCILMEN AND DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR.
COUNCILMEN AND DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR. AGAIN, IF THIS WAS ANOTHER CITY,
MAYOR. AGAIN, IF THIS WAS ANOTHER CITY, A COUNCILMAN WOULD HAVE RAISED
AGAIN, IF THIS WAS ANOTHER CITY, A COUNCILMAN WOULD HAVE RAISED HOLY HELL AND THERE WOULD HAVE
A COUNCILMAN WOULD HAVE RAISED HOLY HELL AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN STEADY PROACTIVE POLICE
HOLY HELL AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN STEADY PROACTIVE POLICE PATROLS.
BEEN STEADY PROACTIVE POLICE PATROLS. COULD A KANSAS LAWMAKER COME
PATROLS. COULD A KANSAS LAWMAKER COME UP WITH THE PLAN?
COULD A KANSAS LAWMAKER COME UP WITH THE PLAN? A DEBATE OVER KANSAS RUNTING
UP WITH THE PLAN? A DEBATE OVER KANSAS RUNTING IN KANSAS.
A DEBATE OVER KANSAS RUNTING IN KANSAS. THE STATE IS LOOKING INTO A NEW
IN KANSAS. THE STATE IS LOOKING INTO A NEW SPANKING LAW, NO THE TO GET RID
THE STATE IS LOOKING INTO A NEW SPANKING LAW, NO THE TO GET RID OF SPANKING, BECAUSE IT'S
SPANKING LAW, NO THE TO GET RID OF SPANKING, BECAUSE IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL THERE, BUT TO
OF SPANKING, BECAUSE IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL THERE, BUT TO LET THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE
PERFECTLY LEGAL THERE, BUT TO LET THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE SPANKING SPANK HARDER.
LET THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE SPANKING SPANK HARDER. THIS WEEK IN KANSAS A
SPANKING SPANK HARDER. THIS WEEK IN KANSAS A DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER, NOT A
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS A DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER, NOT A REPUBLICAN, INTRODUCES A BILL
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER, NOT A REPUBLICAN, INTRODUCES A BILL THAT ALLOWS TEACHER, CAREGIVERS
REPUBLICAN, INTRODUCES A BILL THAT ALLOWS TEACHER, CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS TO SPANK CHILDREN
THAT ALLOWS TEACHER, CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS TO SPANK CHILDREN HARD ENOUGH TO LEAVE MARKS,
AND PARENTS TO SPANK CHILDREN HARD ENOUGH TO LEAVE MARKS, REPRESENTATIVE GAIL FINNEY FROM
HARD ENOUGH TO LEAVE MARKS, REPRESENTATIVE GAIL FINNEY FROM WICHITA SAYS SHE WANTS TO ALLOW
REPRESENTATIVE GAIL FINNEY FROM WICHITA SAYS SHE WANTS TO ALLOW UP TO 10 STRIKES OF THE HAND AND
WICHITA SAYS SHE WANTS TO ALLOW UP TO 10 STRIKES OF THE HAND AND THAT COULD LEAVE REDNESS AND
UP TO 10 STRIKES OF THE HAND AND THAT COULD LEAVE REDNESS AND BRUISING.
THAT COULD LEAVE REDNESS AND BRUISING. HAVE CONSTITUENTS IN KANSAS BEEN
BRUISING. HAVE CONSTITUENTS IN KANSAS BEEN DEMANDING THAT?
HAVE CONSTITUENTS IN KANSAS BEEN DEMANDING THAT? I'M NOT HEARING MUCH OF A
DEMANDING THAT? I'M NOT HEARING MUCH OF A BATTLE CRY ACROSS THE STATE OF
I'M NOT HEARING MUCH OF A BATTLE CRY ACROSS THE STATE OF KANSAS FOR IT.
BATTLE CRY ACROSS THE STATE OF KANSAS FOR IT. ANYBODY, THOUGH, CAN
KANSAS FOR IT. ANYBODY, THOUGH, CAN INTRODUCE A BILL IN THE STATE OF
ANYBODY, THOUGH, CAN INTRODUCE A BILL IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, CAN'T THEY?
INTRODUCE A BILL IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, CAN'T THEY? YEAH, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DO
KANSAS, CAN'T THEY? YEAH, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DO SO JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT, TO
YEAH, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DO SO JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT, TO APIECE A SPECIAL INTEREST,
SO JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT, TO APIECE A SPECIAL INTEREST, APIECE A CONSTITUENT WHO HAS
APIECE A SPECIAL INTEREST, APIECE A CONSTITUENT WHO HAS BEEN BUGGING THEM FOR A WHILE.
APIECE A CONSTITUENT WHO HAS BEEN BUGGING THEM FOR A WHILE. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, NICK.
BEEN BUGGING THEM FOR A WHILE. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, NICK. THIS FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY,
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, NICK. THIS FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY, AND AGAIN, I COVER ECONOMIC
THIS FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY, AND AGAIN, I COVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND AGAIN, I COVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS AREA SPENDS MILLIONS OF
DEVELOPMENT. THIS AREA SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO PROMOTE
THIS AREA SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO PROMOTE ITSELF.
DOLLARS TRYING TO PROMOTE ITSELF. IT JUST TAKES A HANDFUL OF THESE
ITSELF. IT JUST TAKES A HANDFUL OF THESE GOOFY PIECES OF BILLS THAT ARE
IT JUST TAKES A HANDFUL OF THESE GOOFY PIECES OF BILLS THAT ARE BROADCAST ALL OVER THE UNITED
GOOFY PIECES OF BILLS THAT ARE BROADCAST ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD THAT
BROADCAST ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD THAT UNDERMINES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE
STATES AND THE WORLD THAT UNDERMINES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE IT
UNDERMINES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE IT AREA --.
EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE IT AREA --. THIS ATTRACTED NATIONAL NEWS,
AREA --. THIS ATTRACTED NATIONAL NEWS, PLENTY OF ATTENTION ON CNN AND
THIS ATTRACTED NATIONAL NEWS, PLENTY OF ATTENTION ON CNN AND FOX NEWS THIS WEEK, BUT DON'T
PLENTY OF ATTENTION ON CNN AND FOX NEWS THIS WEEK, BUT DON'T START FASHIONING YOUR PADDLES
FOX NEWS THIS WEEK, BUT DON'T START FASHIONING YOUR PADDLES JUST YET.
START FASHIONING YOUR PADDLES JUST YET. THIS BILL DIED THIS WEEK IN THE
JUST YET. THIS BILL DIED THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE.
THIS BILL DIED THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE. THAT'S OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.
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