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IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE STILL HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND, AND THEN LAST
WEEKEND A SPLASH OF SUN IN THE SKY AND HIGHER TEMPERATURES BROUGHT WITH IT A NEW WAVE OF
TEEN TROUBLE ON THE PLAZA AS HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ONCE BEGIN -- AGAIN BEGAN
CONGREGATING AT THE OUTDOOR RETAIL DISTRICT. THE DOZEN JUVENILES ACCORDING TO
THE KANSAS CITY STAR WERE TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY AFTER A SERIES OF FIGHTS AND
DISTURBANCES AROUND THE PLAZA. SOME OF KIDS APPARENTLY WERE AS YOUNG AS 7 YEARS OLD.
POLICE SAY SOME OF THE KIDS WERE DROPPED OFF AT THE PLAZA AND LEFT THERE UNTIL 2 IN THE
MORNING. THE CITY HAS ENACTED A CURFEW LAW AND LAST MONTH DOUBLED THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY IT SPENDS ON YOUTH PROGRAMS. WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO?
THEY CAN GO TO ZONA ROSA AND OTHER PROJECTS AND ASK THEM TO ANT -- ANTE UP AND HELP FUND THE
PROGRAMS. THE POLICE OFFICERS THERE, SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR IT, AND
WHEN YOU TAKE MONEY OUT OF A BUDGET, YOU'RE CUTTING MONEY IN OTHER AREAS, SO I THINK IF THE
PLAZA AND PEOPLE AT ZONA ROSA AND THE POWER AND LIGHT ARE REALLY CONCERNED, THEY SHOULD
WRITE SOME CHECKS AND HELP FUND PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PROGRAMS THAT START EARLIER IN
THE YEAR. SOME PEOPLE WERE SUGGESTING IN SOME NEWS ACCOUNTS THAT THERE
NEEDS TO BE MORE POLICE PRESENCE ON THE PLAZA AS A DETERRENT. I HAPPENED TO BE THERE MYSELF
FRIDAY NIGHT. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY POLICE WERE ON THE PLAZA.
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE. SO THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION. NO.
AND THERE IS A POINT WHERE WHEN YOU PUT SO MUCH POLICE PRESENCEE THERE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT EVEN
SENDS THE RIGHT MESSAGE. IT WILL TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT
THEY'VE DONE AND YOU NEED TO KIND OF SQUASH IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT IF YOU PUT TOO MUCH OF A
POLICE PRESENCE IN THERE, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MILITARIZATION, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP.
BOTTOM LINE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO, THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, HANDS
DOWN. I DON'T CARE WHAT AGE YOU ARE, MUCH LESS IF YOU'RE A CHILD.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT AND GET HURT BADLY. WE ALMOST SAW THAT A COUPLE
SUMMERS AGO. THAT SHOULD BE A REAL CONCERN. THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS, NO ONE
DOES, FIGHTING LIKE THAT IN HOARDS OF PEOPLE. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ON THE
PLAIDS -- PLAZA, IF IT'S UP AT ZONA ROSA, DOWN IN SWOPE PARK, THAT'S JUST BAD BEHAVIOR, AND
SOMEONE NEEDS TO CONTINUOUSLY KEEP CALLING THAT OUT. AND IF PARENTS ARE DROPPING
THEIR KIDS OFF AND YOU'VE GOT 7-YEAR-OLDS OUT THERE UNSUPERVISED, THOSE PARENTS NEED
TO BE ARRESTED. WHEN THEY COME AND GET THE KIDS, THEY NEED TO SEND A STRONG
MESSAGE THAT THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WON'T BE ALLOWED, NOT ONLY FROM THE KIDS BUT FROM THE
PARENTS, AS WELL. BUT THE CITY HAS ALREADY GOT A CURFEW LAW, AND THEY'VE
DOUBLED HE -- THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS. WHAT ELSE CAN THE CITY ACTUALLY
DO? I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE THE CITY CAN DO, NICK, OTHER THAN
GOING BA TO DEEPER SOCIAL -- BACK TO DEEPER SOCIAL ROOT CAUSES AS TO WHY WE HAVE THIS
TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE HAS EVER STOPPED AND REALLY ASKED A
COURT QUESTION, WHY IS AT THE PLAZA THE KIDS HAVE STARTED TO CONGREGATE ON.
WHAT IS IT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO DOWN THERE? BE SEEN, KNOW OTHERS CONGREGATE
TION. IF THESE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS OPEN LATER IN
GYMS, IT'S NOT ATTRACTING ENOUGH KIDS. SO I THINK UNTIL WE GET TO THE
CORE PROBLEM OF WHY ARE KIDS GOING DOWN TO THE PLAZA, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP IT.
YOU CAN'T ARREST YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. YOU CAN'T FINE YOUR WAY OUT OF
THIS PROBLEM. HOW MANY FINES FOR THESE CURFEW ORDINANCES IS THE CITY ACTUALLY
COLLECTING. I DON'T KNOW, NICK. I REALLY DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T
THINK THE CITY HAS A CLUE HOW YOU DO THIS. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, YEAH,
IT HAS TO BE THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ARREST YOUR WAY OUT OF THAT PROBLEM.
I'VE COVERED SIMILAR STORIES LIKE THIS FOR 30 YEARS IN KANSAS CITY, AND I THINK THE END IS
ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. THE KIDS GO TO THESE PLACES BECAUSE IT'S FUN, AND THEY STOP
GOING WHEN IT'S LESS FUN. THAT MAY MEAN A POLICE PRESENCE, NO MUSIC, PARKING ENFORCEMENT OR
LOITERING, BUT THERE ARE SOME STEPS TAKEN TO DISRUPT THE ENJOYMENT OF GATHERING AND IT
ENDS. BUT HERE IS THE REALITY. IT ALWAYS GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT ISN'T AS IF YOU CAN PUT AN END TO IT COMPLETELY. WHETHER IT'S STARZ ON BROADWAY
OR SWOPE PARK OR THE PLAZA OR WESTPORT. IT WAS A BIG ISSUE IN WESTPORT
FOR A TIME, NORTH OF THE RIVER, POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT. KIDS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO GATHER,
AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK STACEY IS SAYING, AND IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU CAN TEMPORARILY FIX THESE PROBLEMS THROUGH A VARIETY OF ENFORCEMENT MEASURES AND OTHER
STEPS, BUT A PERMANENT END FOR IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ERIC? YES. ACCESSIBILITY, IT'S FUN.
KIDS CAN TWEET AND TWITTER AND FACEBOOK, AND THEY SHOW THEIR LOCATIONS.
I'M AT THE PLAZA. I'M AT SUCH AND SUCH PLACE, AND OTHER KIDS WILL COME THERE, BOTH
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, BECAUSE IF KIDS ARE WHAT THEY CALL FACEBOOK FUNKING OR FIGHTING OR
FEUDING WITH OTHER KIDS, THEY CAN LOOK AT THEIR FACEBOOK POST AND SEE, SUCH AND SUCH IS ON THE
PLAZA, GET THEIR CREW AND GO OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE THE FIGHT AND DISTURBANCES.
WE ALSO HAD A DISTURBANCE AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO THIS WEEKEND.
THEY HAD A FREE DAY AT THE SHOULD AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT ELECTION THAT ALLOWED MONEY
SPENT AT THE ZOO, SO JACKSON COUNTY AND CLAY COUNTY VOTERS, ANYBODY THAT THOSE COUNTIES GOT
TO GO IN FOR FREE. THERE WERE DISTURBANCES AT THE ZOO, AND NOW THEY HAVE TO
REEVALUATE WHETHER THEY CAN HAVE A FREE DAY AT THE ZOO AS WELL. STACEY BRINGS UP A VERY GOOD
POINT. THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT'S A BLACK THING, SOME A WHITE THING. BUT WE HAVE PARENTING PROBLEM.
PARENTS ARE LEAVING LOADED GUNS AROUND IN THEIR HOUSES. KIDS ARE GETTING KILLED.
PARENTS ARE DROPPING OFF KIDS AT THE PLAZA AND PLACES LIKE THAT. WE HAVE SOME SOCIAL ISSUES THAT
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. WELL, MAYBE I'LL SOUND A LITTLE CONFLICTING MYSELF HERE,
BUT IF IT IS PARENTS EARLY IN THE EVENING DROPPING KIDS OFF, WHO AS THE REPORT SAYS, SOME AS
YOUNG AS 7 TO 14, THEN MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BIGGER POLICE PRESENCE EARLY IN THE
EVENING IN STOPPING THE PARENTS FROM DROPPING THOSE CHILDREN OFF, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HIT
AND FINE THE PARENTS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, FINE THEM THEN FOR DROPPING OFF THE KIDS.
IT'S LOITERING, AND THERE ISN'T ANY REASON FOR A 14 OR 7-YEAR-OLD KID TO BE DOWN ON THE
PLAZA OTHER THAN A MOVIE THEATER. I WOULD ARGUE, I WAS THERE AT
5:30, AND THE POLICE PRESENT WAS QUITE LONG. THREE AND A HALF YEARS OUT,
THE RACE FOR MISSOURI GOVERNOR HAS BEGUN. DEMOCRATIC STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL CHRIS KOSTER CONFIRMED TUESDAY THAT HE IS PLANNING TO SEEK THE STATE'S TOP OFFICE IN
2016 WHEN FELLOW DEMOCRAT JAY NIXON, WHO WON HIS SECOND TERM JUST SIX MONTHS AGO, WILL BE
FORCED OUT BY TERM LIMITS. ARE YOU SERIOUS? DIDN'T WE JUST RE-ELECT JAY
NIXON? IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY TO DO THIS NOW, DAVE HELLING?
NOT REALLY. SO WHY ARE WE DOING IT? FIRST OF ALL, NO ONE DOUBTED
THAT CHRIS KOSTER WAS GOING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR. THIS WAS NOT EXACTLY HEADLINE
NEWS. I DO THINK HE'S DOING A EARLY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
FIRST, YOU CAN SORT OF CLEAR THE FIELD. CHASE OTHER POTENTIAL DEMOCRATS
OUT AWAY FROM THIS CAMPAIGN AND RAISE SOME MONEY, WHICH I ALWAYS THINK OF, NICK, AS QUITE
PROBLEMATIC IN MY VIE FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. OF ALL ACTORS IN OUR POLITICAL
SYSTEM FOR IN ESSENCE CHRIS KOSTER TO BE RACING MONEY FOR A GOVERNOR'S RACE WHILE HE IS THE
TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI IS JUST UNSEAMLY.
TO GET READY FOR THE 2016 RACE, THAT ISN'T UNUSUAL. ERIC.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR FOR 10 YEARS. RIGHT.
AS A REPUBLICAN. AND THE LINE WAS TOO LONG AS A REPUBLICAN, SO SHE'S CHANGED
PARTIES, BECAME A DEMOCRAT, WENT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ROUTE. THE NEXT STEP IS THE GOVERNOR.
SO HE DIDN'T JUST WAKE UP AND SAY, I THINK I WANT TO BE GOVERNOR.
HE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR THIS FOR, LIKE, TEN YEARS. THE MORE INTERESTING
DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD IS WHO THE REPUBLICANS WILL PUT UP, BECAUSE IT ISN'T CLEAR EXACTLY.
WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN? JONES, WHO IS THE SPEAKER YOU HEAR, BLAINE LUKE MEYER WHO IS
CONGRESSMAN FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI. HE MIGHT MAKE THE RACE.
I THINK PETER KINDER HAS GIVEN UP ANY HOPE OF BECOMING GOVERNOR.
I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME PUSHING AND SHOVING ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO AVOID THAT. JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE MIKE
SANDERS NOW GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR THE VACANT ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITION NOW IN THE STATE OF
MISSOURI? I DON'T KNOW. MARY.
SOME PEOPLE SAY. WE'LL AGAIN WAIT AND SEE. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM TRY THAT. IT'S KIND OF SAD, THOUGH,
THAT THIS HAS CREATED, IF WE DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW IT, THIS PERENNIAL CONSTANT ELECTION
CYCLE WHERE THERE IS NEVER ONE BREATH THAT WE ARE NOT IN AN ELECTION CYCLE.
WELL, IN MISSOURI, IT'S LARGELY PART OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTION LAWS, WHERE
THERE ARE REALLY NO CONTRIBUTION LIMITS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. TODAY.
TODAY. SO GET YOUR MONEY WHILE YOU CAN, BECAUSE IF IT'S CAPPED AT
SOME POINT IN TIME OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE 8 BALL.
IF HE'S GOT THE FIELD CLEARED, HE'S THE ONLY ONE GARNERING THAT MONEY, AND SO HE HAS A HEAD
START. AS LONG AS THOSE CAMPAIGN LAWS ARE WRITTEN THE WAY THEY ARE IN
MISSOURI, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ENDLESS CAMPAIGN CYCLE, PERIOD. THE QUESTION IS, DOES HE GET
ALONG WITH OTHER DEMOCRATS. SOME STILL VIEW HIM AS A TRANSFORMER COMING OVER INTO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY INTO THE -- FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY INTO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
HE PRETTY MUCH FLIES UNDER THE RADAR, SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
AND THAT'S, OF COURSE, WHY CLEARING THE FIELD IS SO IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE WITHOUT A MAJOR CHALLENGER, THE DEMOCRATS REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE.
THEY MAY NOT LIKE CHRIS KOSTER, BUT THEY CERTAINLY LIKE HAVING THE GOVERNORSHIP.
IF YOU UNDERTAKE THIS EARLY ENOUGH, GET EVERYONE ELSE OUT OF THE RACE, RACE LOTS OF MONEY,
YOU PREEMPT OPPOSITION IN YOUR PARTY. THAT'S KOSTER'S CALCULATION.
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT HIS EX-WIFE IS GOING TO DO. NEXT UP, HOLLYWOOD COMES TO
KANSAS CITY, BUT WHY? WELL, ACCORDING TO POSTERS, BECAUSE BEFORE HE WAS A LEGEND,
HE WAS A MONARCH. I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS. OR WHERE HE IS.
BUT HE'S COMING. THE WORLD IS NOT SO SIMPLE ANYMORE.
I GUESS IT NEVER WAS. WE IGNORED IT. NOW WE CAN'T.
ś. OFFICIALS WITH THE *** LEAGUE'S BASEBALL MUSEUM HERE IN
KANSAS CITY SAY THEY CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THEY EVER HAD TO TURN AWAY MONEY, BUT THIS
WEEK THEY HAVE. FROM CORPORATE SPONSORS AND PATRONS WANTING IN ON THE
TOTALLY SOLD-OUT PREMIER OF 42, THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE ABOUT THE LIFE OF BASEBALL LEGEND
JACKIE ROBINSON WHO BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PLAYER WITH THE KANSAS CITY MONARCHS.
THE PREMIER WAS LAST NIGHT AND SAW THE STARS OF THE MOVIE COME TO TOWN, INCLUDING HARRISON
FORD, TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH LOCAL BASEBALL GRATES. ERIC WESSON, FOR ALL THE HOOPLA,
HOW MUCH OF KANSAS CITY WILL THE REST OF THE NATION SEE IN THIS MOVIE?
THEY'LL SEE KANSAS CITY AT THE BEGINNING. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING LEAD-IN.
IT'S A GREAT MOVIE. IT REALLY IS. I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GO
SEE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO SEE KANSAS CITY AND THE CONNECTION FROM ***
LEAGUE'S BASEBALL IN FROM KANSAS CITY TO THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
THE MUSEUM SAID THEY MADE $200,000 ON THIS PARTICULAR PREMIER LAST NIGHT.
THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND ACCORDING TO SAM MILLINGER AND THE STAR, MARY SANCHEZ, THAT
WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL WEEKS FOR THEM AS A MUSEUM IN THEIR HISTORY.
ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAVE STRUGD -- STRUGGLED, , AND THEY MAY CONTINUE TO
STRUGGLE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A TURNING POINT.
ULTIMATELY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE DOWN THERE NEEDS A HUGE SUSTAINABILITY AND ONE GOOD
FUNDRAISER, ONE BIG NIGHT WITH A MOVIE STAR DOESN'T CUT IT. IT'S A GREAT WEEK FOR THEM.
IT'S WONDERFUL. I ABSOLUTELY APPLAUD EVERYTHING THEY DO DOWN THERE.
BUT FOR THEM TO REALLY CONTINUE TO ALWAYS BEE HERE LONG-TERM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN
JUST A GREAT MOVIE. STILL QUITE A COUP TO BRING HARRISON FORD AND ALL OF THE
GRATES COMING INTO KANSAS CITY THIS WEEKEND, STACEY? I'M A HUGE BASEBALL FAN AND
WORKED IN BASEBALL FOR A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME IN 1997 WHEN THEY RETIRED JACKIE'S NUMBER.
I WAS THERE ATTACHE STAYED -- AT SHEA STADIUM. JACKIE'S REAL CONNECTION IS BACK
TO KANSAS CITY. WE GET TO SEE THAT WITH BRINGING 42 AND THE WORLD PREMIER HERE.
IT'S A HUGE FEATHER IN OUR CAP. IT'S A HUGE FEATHER IN OUR SPORT CAP IN KANSAS CITY, AND I'M GRAD
TO SEE IT HAPPENED HERE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT RUN OF 8 MONTHS FOR THE *** LEAGUE'S
MUSEUM, AND I HOPE AND THINK BOB KENDRICK CAN USE THAT AS A PLATFORM.
THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN RAISED, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY, AND HOPEFULLY
THEY USE THIS TO PLATFORM THE *** LEAGUE'S MUSEUM AND 18th AND VINE DISTRICT.
SUSTAINABILITY IS AN ISSUE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS EVENT ILLUSTRATES,
NICK IS SORT OF THE ORIGINAL SIN, IF -- ORIGINAL INTENT. THERE WAS PLENTY OF MONEY TO
BUILD THEM, BUT TO KEEP THEM OPERATING WASN'T BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND WE LEARNED IN THIS EVENT THAT THE ONLY WAY MUSEUMS CAN CONTINUE TO BE VIABLE IS TO
ROTATE OR OFFER SPECIAL EVENTS OR ROTATE EXHIBITS OR GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO COME BACK.
THE *** LEAGUE'S MUSEUM IS GREAT, BUT ONCE YOU'VE VISITED IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE.
IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED SINCE THE DAY IT OPENED. JAZZ MUSEUM, THE SAME WAY.
KANSAS CITY MUSEUM, UNION STATION HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. KANSAS CITY NEEDS TO FIND TO
GENERATE UNIQUE EVENTS, CURRENT EVENTS. UNION STATION HAS RETURNED TO A
SOUND FOOTING BECAUSE OF THINGS IT HAS OFFERED. DEAD SEA SCROLLS, TITANIC
EXHIBIT. THAT'S THE CENTRAL CHALLENGE FOR THAT MUSEUM COMPLEX AND ONE THEY
HAVEN'T COMPLETELY ANSWERED YET. BUT THEY HAVE BUCK O'NEIL. SO IT WAS EASIER THERE, AND THEN
WE WENT THROUGH A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION, AND NOW BOB HAS EVERYTHING BACK ON TRACK AGAIN.
THE ALL-STAR GAME HELPED THEM A LOT FINANCIALLY. RIGHT, SPECIAL EVENT.
BUT THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE IN THERE ARE MUCH NEEDED.
IS THE CITY STILL SUB SUBSIDG THE *** LEAGUE MUSEUM? YES.
PAYS UTILITIES, CLEANING COSTS, IT HAS TO. THEY DON'T GENERATE ENOUGH
REVENUE. THE JAZZ MUSEUM AS WELL. BUT I MEAN, WE SUBSIDIZE A LOT
OF THINGS IN KANSAS CITY. POWER AND LIGHT. POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT.
SO IT ISN'T UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. I THINK THE CENTRAL CHALLENGE I SUGGEST IS FINDING WAYS TO BRING
UNIQUE EVENTS TO THOSE VENUES TO KEEP PEOPLE GOING BACK. IT'S ONE WORD FOR THAT WHOLE
ENTIRE AREA, MARKETING, AND IT'S BEEN POOR MARKETING. THERE'S BEEN NO DIRECTION, NO
PLAN. AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PLAN, FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE PULLING
IN FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. NO COHESIVE VOICE, NO COHESIVE
MARKETING PLAN, PERIOD. AND FOR TOO LONG, I THINK THEY DID JUST RELY ON BUCK
O'NEIL. I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS 20 YEARS AGO THAT HE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH OF JUST HIM AND BEING THE ICON.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A HUGE ISSUE. THE GREAT PROMISE OF THE JAZZ DISTRICT, THE HALL OF FAME OR
THE JAZZ MUSEUM AND THE *** LEAGUE MUSEUM WAS IT WOULD REKINDLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
WHOLE 18th AND VINE AREA. THAT WAS 20, 25 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS MAYOR CLEAVER'S AND
COUNCILMAN CLEAVER'S IDEA. IT HAS HAPPENED TO SOME DEGREE, BUT CERTAINLY NOT TO A DEGREE
THAT I THINK OTHERS WOULD HAVE HOPED OR EXPECTED BY NOW. SO YOU DON'T HAVE A NATURAL
CONSTITUENCY TO VISIT THOSE MUSEUMS. IF YOU DON'T GIVE PEOPLE A
REASON TO GO BACK, NICK, IT'S TOUGH TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO CONTINUE TO BE VIABLE, AND
THAT'S THE CENTRAL CHALLENGE. EVENTS LIKE THAT SORT OF SHOW, LIKE LAST NIGHT'S, SHOW SORT OF
THE PATH FORWARD FOR THOSE. THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME RENOVATION OF THE HOUSES AND
SOME OF THE APARTMENTS DOWN THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A RIBBON
CUTTING. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME BACK INTO THAT
AREA. AND EVEN THOUGH HARRISON FORD WILL BE AT THE *** LEAGUE
BASEBALL MUSEUM THIS FRIDAY DOING INTERVIEWS, THAT'S STILL NOT GOING TO BRING A LOT OF
PEOPLE. IT'S THE LOCALS THAT DON'T GO BACK.
THE IRONY, THOUGH, IS THAT RACE IS INVOLVED, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT THE WHOLE FILM IS
ABOUT, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THE MOVIE OPENS TODAY TO
GENERAL AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW.
OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS, FROM THE CALL ERIC WESSON, DAVE HELLING, MARY
SANCHEZ, AND KCTV 5 CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER STACEY CAMERON.
I'M NICK HAINES. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT, THANKS FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND
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