LABOR DAY MAY BE THE UNOFFICIAL END OF SUMMER BUT IT'S THE OFFICIAL START OF THE HOT AND HEAVY CAMPAIGN SEASON WITH JUST WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE MIDTERMS WE HAVE A STATUS REPORT ON ALL OF OUR TOP LOCAL POLITICAL RACES PLUS WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE ARRIVAL OF SPORTS BETTING IN KANSAS THIS WEEK AND IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR POT TO BE LEGALIZED HOLD YOUR HORSES WE TRACK THE NEW EFFORT TO BLOCK MARIJUANA FROM APPEARING ON THE MISSOURI BALLOT THOSE STORIES AND THE REST OF THE WEEK'S NEWS STRAIGHT AHEAD WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HELLO AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS WE PICK APART THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL LOCAL NEWS STORIES ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES THIS HALF HOUR TO DISSECT THE HEADLINES FROM THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON FROM KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING AND KMBC 9 CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST MICHAEL MAHONEY NOW LEGALIZED SPORTS BETTING OFFICIALLY BEGAN IN KANSAS THIS WEEK MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS TOOK TO TWITTER TO CONGRATULATE KANSANS AND TO TELL THEM TO ENJOY ALL THAT EXTRA CASH MONEY HE SAYS THEIR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST WON'T GET TO SEE KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY ALSO IN TOWN AS THE FIRST BETS WERE PLACED AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME SO I'M GLAD THAT NOT ONLY DO WE FINALLY GET IT LEGALIZED HERE IN THE STATE OF KANSAS UH BUT THAT AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OF PEOPLE HAS MADE THIS TURNAROUND FROM BILL SIGNING TO AN ACTION FASTER THAN ANY STATE HAS EVER DONE BY THE WAY KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY PLACED THE FIRST LEGAL SPORTS BET A 15 WAGER ON THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL NOW WAS THE OPENING OF SPORTS BETTING IN KANSAS THE EQUIVALENT OF LIKE A NEW WHATABURGER STORE OPENING PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE WILL CAMPED OUT THERE YOU KNOW DAYS IN ADVANCE LINES MILES LONG TO GET IN ORDER TO SORT OF LAND WITH A THUD WELL IT LOOKED UH PRETTY EMPTY AS OF THURSDAY MORNING WHEN ALL THE TV STATIONS WERE OUT THERE BUT I'M MOST DISAPPOINTED IN GOVERNOR KELLY'S BET CAN WE GET A FIVE-TEAM PARLAY TO START THIS THING OFF I MEAN THAT IS SO GENERIC A BET ON THE CHIEFS TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL IT'S NICE IT'S GREAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED A LITTLE MORE UH YOU KNOW CREATIVITY ON THE FIRST BET EVER IN KANSAS WELL SHE WAS UPSET SHE COULDN'T ACTUALLY VOTE ON HERSELF TO WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AGAINST ERIC SMITH I BET WASN'T GOING TO BE PLACED THERE MICHAEL I BET SHE SHOULD HAVE MADE WOULD HAVE BEEN A POLITICAL BET AND THAT POLITICAL BET SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PLAYED THEIR FIRST FOOTBALL GAME LAST NIGHT LAST THURSDAY NIGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE BET AGAINST MIZZOU AND AND TAKEN THE POINT AND SHE WOULD HAVE PLEASED EVERY KANSAS UH SPORTS FAN IN HER ENTIRE STATE THAT WOULD HAVE GAINED HER VOTE YOU KNOW UH THERE WERE CERTAIN ISSUES AND WE'VE HAD VIEWERS WHO FOR YEARS HAVE ALWAYS ASKED ME ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH SPORTS BETTING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SPORTS BETTING ON BOTH STATES BUT IN THE ENTHUSIASM AREA UH ERIC YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN YOUR WORLD TO SAY I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO KANSAS TO START SPORTS BETTING THIS WEEK UH NOT VERY MANY UH MUST BE BASICALLY THERE'S NO GAMES THIS WEEKEND SO MAYBE IF THE CHIEFS WERE PLAYING OR MAYBE IF THE ROYALS WERE ABOVE 500 MAYBE THAT WOULD KIND OF SPARK SOME INTEREST IN IT BUT FOR RIGHT NOW PEOPLE AREN'T EXCITED ABOUT IT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THOUGH IS I WAS WATCHING SOME OF THE NEWS STORIES AND PEOPLE WERE AGAINST IT BECAUSE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WITH GAMBLING ADDICTIONS AND THE FUNNY THING WAS THEY REPORTED THE STORY IN FRONT OF THE CASINO OVER IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS SO I JUST LIKE WELL WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BETTING IN THE CASINO AND BETTING ONLINE LET'S REMEMBER THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE HEAVILY TAXED IN THE STATE OF KANSAS AND MOST OF THE MONEY BY THE WAY IS GOING TO GO TO THIS NEW SPORTS FUND TO TRY AND ATTRACT A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM TO KANSAS DAVE SO CAN WE ANNOUNCE ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM THAT THE MBA IS NOW COMING TO JOHNSON COUNTY AND THAT THE CHIEFS OF THE ROYALS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING TO THE LEGENDS AND BY THE WAY KANSAS IS NOT HEAVILY TAXING GAMING OTHER STATES TAX IT AT 30 40 PERCENT KANSAS AT A 10 PERCENT RATE SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED HERE NICK AND THE FIVE OR SIX MILLION DOLLARS PROJECTED THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LURE A TEAM TO KANSAS ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY YOU'RE NOT YOU CAN'T BUILD A NEW STADIUM WITH FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ONE OTHER NOTE I THINK ON GAMBLING THOUGH ONE OF THE REASONS THERE WASN'T QUITE THE EXCITEMENT THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT AT THE CASINOS IS THE THE GAME IS ONLINE IT'S NOT REALLY THERE'LL BE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GO TO PLACE BETS KIOSKS MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE AVAILABLE IN PLACES WHERE YOU COULD JUST GO UP AND PLACE A SPORTS BET BUT I THINK THE PHONE IS WHERE THEY EXPECT THE ACTION TO BE THE OTHER THING IS THIS PAST LAST WEEK HAS BEEN A SOFT OPENING THE THE REAL HARD OPENING AND ERIC MENTIONED THIS WILL BE NEXT WEEK WHEN THE NFL SEASON OPENS AND OPENS IN FULL BLOOM AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS UH UH THAT SPORTS BETTING IS NOT A BIG ELEMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL GAMING WORLD I MEAN IT'S THERE BUT I MEAN IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE A BREAK AND YOU HAVE TO BE IN KANSAS TO PLACE YOUR BETS SO IT ISN'T LIKE THE PEOPLE IN OHIO ARE GOING TO BE BETTING THROUGH KANSAS HOW MUCH DEMAND THERE IS FOR WAGERING IN KANSAS WILL BE INTERESTING BUT ALL THAT SAID HOW MUCH OF A FEATHER IN THE CAP IS THIS FOR LAURA KELLY PETE MENDO I MEAN SHE RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION WHICH IS REALLY ONLY ABOUT 10 WEEKS AWAY NOW IT'S NICE I THINK THAT THIS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAJORITY OF KANSANS AGREE WITH ACROSS THE AISLE BUT THIS DOES NOT GET ANYBODY OFF THE COUCH TO THE POLLS IT DOES NOT SWAY SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN UPSET WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER POLICIES TO VOTE FOR HER I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DO IT BUT IT THERE'S NO BASE OF OF SPORTS GAMBLERS THAT REV UP TO GO VOTE SO IT'S NICE PEOPLE AGREE WITH IT BUT IT'S NOT CHANGING THE EQUATION COME NOVEMBER AH THOUGH TO THAT YOU HAVE THE PANASONIC PLANT FOUR BILLION DOLLAR PLANT COMING TO KANSAS BEATING OUT OKLAHOMA TO DO THAT THAT'S ANOTHER FEATHER IN HER CAP THE ABORTION ISSUE IS GIVEN A NEW MOMENTUM IS THAT ENOUGH TO PROPEL HER TO ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN TOPEKA WELL I BET THAT IN IN THE END THAT SHE SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT IT HELPS THE ECONOMY AND EVERY LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT YOU GET REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE TAXATION IS ON IT EVERY LITTLE BIT OF MONEY HELPS SO I BET SHE COMES UP WITH SOME COMMERCIALS BRAGGING ABOUT THEM HAVING SPORTS BETTING THERE IN KANSAS AND DRAWING PEOPLE FROM MISSOURI OVER THERE TO LOSE MONEY OR WIN MONEY NOW OVER THE WEEKEND WE LEARNED THAT ACTUALLY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DENNIS PIE WILL ALSO BE ON THE BALLOT IN KANSAS HE'S RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE HOW DOES PYLE'S CANDIDACY ALTER THE DYNAMICS OF THIS RACE IF AT ALL MICHAEL IT TAKES VOTES AWAY POTENTIALLY FROM DEREK SCHMIDT IT PROBABLY HAS NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER ON THE LAURA KELLY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE SENATOR PYLE IS GOING TO BE RUNNING AS A CONSERVATIVE INDEPENDENT WE JUST SAW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE CONSERVATIVE INDEPENDENT IN THE MISSOURI SENATE RACE DROPOUT BECAUSE HIS CAMPAIGN COLLAPSED WHEN ERIC GREITENS COLLAPSED IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE UH THAT AGREED TO WHAT IF ANY UH THE PILE CAMPAIGN AFFECTS THE DEREK SMITH CAMPAIGN LOOK FOR THE SCHMIDT CAMPAIGN TO REALLY POUND ON A COUPLE ISSUES EDUCATION BEING ONE OF THEM THE ECONOMY BEING IN ANOTHER ONE AND JUST THIS PAST WEEK HE BROUGHT OUT A TRANSGENDER SPORTS BAND AND PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AS WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GOVERNOR GOVERNOR KELLY VETO TWICE ONCE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT DRAWS SOME INTERESTING OPINIONS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AND HE'S GOING TO BRING THAT OUT AS WELL PETE WELL I THINK THAT CENTER OF PYLE IS IS I DON'T GET HIS PLAY HERE HE SAID ON MY SHOW THAT HE DOESN'T THINK SOMEONE AS CONSERVATIVE AS HIM COULD WIN A GENERAL AS A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE OF KRIS KOBACH IN 2018 WHICH REALLY DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS PETTY INSIDE TOPEKA POLITICS AND THE BEST PERSON THE PERSON WHO CAN BE HIS BEST FRIEND HERE IS ACTUALLY LAURA KELLY DEMOCRATIC PAX WILL THEY DUMP MONEY IN A DENTIST PILE TO CONSERVATIVE THINGS LIKE THAT TO BRING HIM NAME ID THAT THAT COULD BE DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRAT PACTS COULD BE HIS BEST FRIEND HERE AND IF IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF POINTS BETWEEN THEM THAT COULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS RACE AS OPPOSED TO SAY THE JOHN WOOD CANDIDACY OR EVEN GREG ORMAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS DENNIS PYLE IS WAY ON THE RIGHT IT'S HARD TO SEE ANY VOTERS THAT WOULD GO TO HIM THAT WOULD GO TO LAURA KELLY WERE HE NOT ON THE BALLOT SO IT MIKE'S RIGHT IT HURTS UH DEREK SCHMIDT MORE LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR ALL THE DISCUSSION AROUND HERE I THINK LAURA KELLY'S BIGGEST ARGUMENT IS THE CHAOS IS OVER AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN HER ADVERTISING MENTIONING BROWNBACK AND ALL THE THINGS THAT REMAIN IN SOME VOTERS MEMORIES AND I THINK SHE'S GOING TO SAY LOOK THE BUDGET IS AS HEALTHY AS IT'S EVER BEEN THE SCHOOLS ARE FULLY FINANCED WE'RE NOT IN COURT EVERY WEEK WE DO HAVE GAMING WE DO HAVE THIS NEW PLANT I THINK THAT SHE'S GOT AN ARGUMENT FOR REELECTION AND DON'T FORGET THE UH TAX ON FOOD SHE CAN PROMOTE THAT RIGHT ON THAT BUT THAT HASN'T INSULTED YET THAT DOESN'T START UNTIL THE NEXT 2023.

UH IF YOU THOUGHT WE'D HEARD THE LAST ABOUT ABORTION THINK AGAIN IT'S BACK IN THE HEADLINES THIS TIME ON THE MISSOURI SIDE OF OUR STATE LINE IT MAY HAVE BEEN JUST A SYMBOLIC MOVE BUT WHAT A MEASURE BY THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE TO EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM MISSOURI'S NEW ABORTION LAW WENT DOWN IN FLAMES AFTER SEVERAL LEGISLATORS ABSTAIN FROM VOTING THIS WEEK INCLUDING TERESA GALVIN WHO'S RUNNING AGAINST FRANK WHITE IN THIS NOVEMBER'S COUNTY LEADERSHIP CONTEST WITH ABORTION DIVIDING THE ELECTORATE WAS THAT THE SAFEST CHOICE FOR HER OR IS THERE THAT DECISION GOING TO SINK GALVIN'S CAMPAIGN ERIC I THINK IT WAS A SAFE DECISION FOR HER BECAUSE JACKSON COUNTY AND PEOPLE ARE SO DIVIDED OVER THE ISSUE SO STAY ON THE FENCE WOULD PROBABLY HELP HER I DON'T THINK THAT SHE OVERCOME SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ISSUES THAT SHE WOULD HAVE AND MAINLY FRANK WHITE'S NAME RECOGNITION EVEN IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES AND THOSE THINGS THAT NAME RECOGNITION IS GOES A LONG WAY IN HIS STATEMENT WHEN HE CAME OUT SAYING THAT HE YOU KNOW WAS SURPRISED THAT NOBODY VOTED TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THAT SITUATION I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING NOW THAT WE'VE HAD TIME TO BETTER ABSORB HOW THEM SUPREME COURT ABORTION DECISION IS PLAYING OUT POLITICALLY WHO IS THE CANDIDATE IN OUR AREA MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM THAT RULING IS IT KANSAS CONGRESSWOMAN CHERISE DAVIDS WHO SOME SAY HAS NOW BEEN THROWN A LIFELINE PETE YEAH SHE ABSOLUTELY IS A BIG BENEFACTOR FROM ALL THIS YOU LOOK AT HOW VALUE THEM BOTH WENT DOWN IN FLAMES IN KANSAS AND A LOT OF THAT WAS DRIVEN BY JOHNSON COUNTY THE WHOLE COUNTY IS STILL IN THAT THIRD DISTRICT SO SHE'S ALREADY YOU'VE SEEN THIS A LITTLE BIT WHERE SHE'S ROLLING OUT SOME STUFF TYING HIM INTO ATKINS TO BEING UH ON THE VALUE THAN BOTH SIDES THE YES SIDE OF VALUE THAN BOTH SO YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU GOT TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE AGAINST SOMETHING NOT NECESSARILY VOTE FOR YOU AND BASED ON HOW THAT VOTE WENT DOWN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A NO-BRAINER PLAY FOR HER STILL A BIT OF AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH THE NATIONAL UH TRENDS AND HEADWINDS SHE'S FACING BUT IT'S ONE OF HER BEST CARDS THAT SHE CAN PLAY TODAY BUT WILL ISSUES LIKE THE ECONOMY THOUGH TRUMP ABORTION IN THAT DISTRICT WELL I THINK THE CONSENSUS WISDOM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WAS YES THAT THE ECONOMY REMAINS AN IMPORTANT THING INFLATION GAS PRICES BUT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER ELECTIONS IN OTHER STATES WHERE DEMOCRATS OR BUMP TWO OR THREE POINTS THE ENTHUSIASM SEEMS TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF ABORTION THAT WILL HELP CHERISE DAVIDS AMANDA ADKINS IS DOING HER BEST TO STRIDE OF YOU KNOW STAND A STRIDE OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE SHE WAS A YES ON VALUE THEM BOTH BUT SHE DID AN OP-ED IN OUR NEWSPAPER SORT OF SAYING LOOK I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF A FEDERAL BAN ON ABORTION IT SHOULD BE A STATE LEVEL ISSUE WHETHER THAT WILL CHANGE MANY VOTES ISN'T CLEAR I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THAT YOU KNOW WHETHER THE STATE DOES IT OR WASHINGTON DOES IT THE ISSUE REMAINS UH IMPORTANT IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND IN THE THIRD DISTRICT WE JUST SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIP OF IT UH IN THAT LITTLE SEGMENT THERE BUT WE ALSO SAW SHARI'S DAVID'S HOME MSNBC TALKING NATIONALLY ABOUT HOW SHE WAS DISTANCING HERSELF FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER HIS DECISION TO GET RID OF ALL OF THE LOAN DEBT OR AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IT FOR STUDENTS UM WHY IS SHE WHICH MAY NOT BE A A A A BAD PLAY AT ALL A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING I THINK TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW BUT UH THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE BIDEN LOAN OF FORGIVENESS PROGRAM IS CHECKERED UH TO BE TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT I MEAN YOU CAN MAKE A CASE FOR IT IS IT A MAJOR PART OF A FAMILY'S DEBT MOST AMERICANS IT IS NOT UM WE WILL SEE UH CERTAINLY THE THE ABORTION QUESTION IS HELPING CHARISSE DAVID IN WHAT IS NOW A TOSS-UP RACE INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THIS LAST PAST THIS PAST WEEK AMANDA ATKINSON SOME OTHER REPUBLICAN WOMEN CANDIDATE WENT DOWN TO THE MEXICAN BORDER TO SEE THE UH SITUATION DOWN THERE THE BORDER AND IMMIGRATION ISSUES AND THE ECONOMY ARE TWO OF THE ISSUES THAT ATKINS AND MOST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING ON THIS PHONE YEAH SHE SHE INTERESTINGLY AMANDA WAS ON MY SHOW AND SHE SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S RUNNING MORE AGAINST JOE BIDEN AT TIMES THAN CHARISSE DAVIS WHICH IS SMART BECAUSE JOE BIDEN IS FAR LESS POPULAR IN THE DISTRICT THAN CHARISSE DAVIDS IS I THINK EVEN PEOPLE THAT PROPERLY DISAGREE WITH SHARICE DAVIDS DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION UP AGAINST HER EITHER WAY SO IT MAKES SENSE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE SHE IS SMART TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM THE STUDENT BAILOUT PLAN BECAUSE THAT WAS IN MANY WAYS A LIFELINE TO REPUBLICANS RUNNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY JUST JUST BRIEFLY NICK THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU YOU CAN TALK TO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE VERY UPSET THAT DONALD TRUMP REMAINS IN THE NEWS BECAUSE TO THE EXTENT THAT HE REMAINS ABOVE THE FOLD OR ON PETE SHOW OR ON TELEVISION OR IN ERIC'S PAPER THAT DISTRACTS AWAY FROM JOE BIDEN AND PEOPLE REMEMBER WHY THEY WERE SO FRUSTRATED WITH THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY IN PLACES LIKE JOHNSON COUNTY WHERE CHAOS WAS UH ROUTINE AND I THINK THAT IF YOU ASK AMANDA ATKINS OR THE PEOPLE WITH HER I THINK SHE WOULD PREFER THAT DONALD TRUMP RECEDE A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE FOCUS COULD RETURN TO JOE BIDEN BUT WITH THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT REDUCTION THAT APPEALS TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD DRIVE YOUNG VOTERS OUT IN A LOT OF CASES YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEBT NOT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEBT AND YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD THAT KNOW OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE COLLEGE THERE TOO YOU CAN TAP INTO THAT GROUP AS WELL AND AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY GAS PRICES ARE DOWN NOW IF THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE GAS PRICES WERE SIX DOLLARS A GALLON I THINK CHARISSE DAVIS WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE PROBLEMS BUT THEY ARE GOING UP AGAIN AND VERY QUICKLY 10 WEEKS IS AN ETERNITY IN POLITICS WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BUT IT'S ALSO GO FASTER BUT A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN I WANT TO PAUSE FROM OUR AGENDA FOR A MOMENT SO I CAN RESPOND TO AN UNHAPPY VIEWER LAST WEEK I HEARD FROM ESLIN WHO COULDN'T BELIEVE WE DIDN'T MENTION LAST WEEK THAT THE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL HAD PASSED WHAT SHE CALLED AN HISTORIC CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN ESLIN I AM SORRY DAVE HALLEY WHAT DOES THIS CLIMATE PLAN ACTUALLY MEAN AND IS IT AS HISTORIC AND SIGNIFICANT AS ITS BACK IS CLEAR WELL IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL HAS TRIED TO WEIGH IN ON THIS INTERNATIONAL ISSUE AND THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES THAT THE MARGINS GOING FORWARD AND PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO IT NICK BUT THE ACTION OF ANY INDIVIDUAL CITY TO DEAL WITH THE REAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE PROBABLY A DROP IN A VERY BIG BUCKET AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE WASN'T QUITE AS MUCH ATTENTION PAID TO IT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN AT CITY HALL THAT IT WOULD ALSO LET OFF YOU KNOW IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE PEOPLE AT LEAST ABLE TO AFFORD IT WHO MIGHT BE UM PAYING THE MOST AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI PERHAPS HAVING TO PAY MORE IN UTILITY BILLS YEAH AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO PUSH THE IDEA OF SOLAR UH UTILITIES SO THAT'LL HELP SOME PEOPLE AND COME UP WITH SOME PLANS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS AND THEIR GAS BILLS BUT THE WATER BILLS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AND THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS YOU KNOW IF CLIMATE THOUGH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE HOW COME I DON'T SEE ANY CAMPAIGN MAILERS COMING FROM MY DOOR FROM CANDIDATES WHO ACTUALLY EVEN MENTION IT IT'S ALL ABORTION GAS PRICES PELOSI TRUMP OTHER THAN MIKE KELLY WHO'S RUNNING FOR JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR WHY IS THIS BARELY MENTIONED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR INSTANCE HOW MANY VOTERS WILL DECIDE THE U.S SENATE RACE MICHAEL MAHONEY IN MISSOURI BASED ON TRUDY BUSH VALENTINE'S VIEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT VERSUS ERIC SCHMIDT NO NO ON EITHER ONE AND IT'S NOT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IT IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE POLITICALLY IN MISSOURI OR KANSAS RIGHT NOW WHILE THERE ARE WATER ISSUES CERTAINLY IN CENTRAL AND WEST KANSAS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE DISASTER THAT'S GOING ON IN JACKSON MISSISSIPPI RIGHT NOW AND THE THE RACE UP IN ALASKA WHERE THE DEMOCRAT UH DEFEATED UH SARAH PALIN PALOTA I BELIEVE IS THERE IS HER NAME CLIMATE CHANGE WAS WAS AN ISSUE IN THAT RACE WHERE ALASKANS SEE THE IMPACTS OF THIS RAPID RAPIDLY UH GROWING SITUATION WITH CLIENT CLIMATE CHANGE ON A DAILY BASIS IN IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS MISSOURIANS AND KANSANS IN THIS REGION THIS REGION HAVEN'T SEEN IT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO A LOT OF THEM THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BUT THEY DON'T SEE IT IT'S NOT IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS IN A DIRECT WAY NOW WITH LAWSUITS CONTINUING OVER THE KANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT CAN WE NOW EXPECT A SIMILAR LEGAL TANGLE OVER MISSOURI'S NEW MARIJUANA MEASURE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LEGALIZING POT IS ON THE STATEWIDE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER BUT A NEW LAWSUIT HAS JUST BEEN FILED CLAIMING IT VIOLATES THE STATE'S SINGLE SUBJECT RULE FOR BALLOT AMENDMENTS THE SUIT ARGUES IN ADDITION TO LEGALIZING POT IT CHANGES THE STATE'S CRIMINAL CODE BY EXPUNGING THE CONVICTIONS OF MARIJUANA OFFENDERS IS THE SINGLE SUBJECT RULE DAVE HELLING REALLY A THING AND IS THIS BALLOT AMENDMENT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN VOTED ON OVER THE YEARS IT CAN BE A THING ABOUT MISSOURIANS CAN REMEMBER FOR EXAMPLE THE CLEAN MISSOURI CHANGES WHICH HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT TO MOVING PARTS AND YET THE COURT SAID NO THEY'RE ALL SORT OF AROUND THIS IDEA OF REFORMING GOVERNMENT SO THEY MAY MAKE A SIMILAR DECISION IN THE MARIJUANA AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE BALLOT THERE IS HOWEVER MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION TO THIS THAN I THINK EVEN SUPPORTERS EXPECTED TO SEE AND THAT'S COMING NOT JUST FROM THE RIGHT BUT FROM THE LEFT WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF HOW MARIJUANA WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR RECREATION USE WELL I EVEN SAW MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS SAID HE WAS UNDECIDED ON THIS QUESTION I FOUND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE RIGHT BECAUSE ON THE SURFACE IT SOUNDS GOOD BUT WHEN YOU READ THE FINE PRINT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY LIKE PEOPLE THOUGHT AT FIRST I THINK UH STATE REPRESENTATIVE ASHLEY MANLER BLAND BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING POINT ABOUT EQUITY WHEN YOU COME INTO RECREATIONAL PLACES WHERE YOU CAN BUY WEED AT OR MARIJUANA LET'S JUST SAY UH YOU'RE NOT HAVING YOU'RE NOT HAVING BLACK BUSINESSES IN THAT IT'S JUST LIKE THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA YOU GOT ONE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATE AND THAT'S THE ONE IN ST LOUIS SO SHE WAS PUSHING BACK AGAINST IT FOR THAT REASON AND HOW SOME OF THE LANGUAGES ON HOW THOSE CONVICTIONS WILL GO SO COULD MY ROMANO STILL BE HALTED AT THE BALLOT BOX IN NOVEMBER YEAH IT COULD BE HALTED AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE LAST THURSDAY THERE WAS A HEARING IN THE COAL COUNTY COURT A ROOM ON THIS VERY LAWSUIT AND THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE HAS TO BE MAKING A DECISION HERE BEFORE I BELIEVE SEPTEMBER 13TH IT'S GOING TO BE A WEEK FROM MONDAY RIGHT UM SO WE'RE GOING TO KNOW ON THIS UM PRETTY QUICKLY WHETHER OR NOT IT GOES FORWARD THE FOLKS I'M TALKING TO BELIEVE THAT THE THAT WILL STAND IT WILL REMAIN ON THE BALLOT IF IT REMAINS ON THE BALLOT CAN YOU CONCEIVE OF ANY WAY THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO PASS OVERWHELMINGLY ON ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER YES IS IS STILL GOING TO BE THE OVERWHELMING FAVORITE YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICANS IT WILL CERTAINLY UH VOTE YES ON THIS I STILL THINK YES IT'S A HEAVY FAVORITE I DO FIND IT INTERESTING THE GROUP THAT ERIC MENTIONED COMING OUT AGAINST IT IS REALLY A PROGRESSIVE GROUP THEY KIND OF WENT AGAINST THE IDEA OF CAPITALISM IN THEIR ARGUMENT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED ON THIS THEY ALL HAVE SHALL WE SAY STAKE IN THE CURRENT GAME IT APPEARS TO BE SO I JUST FIND THAT INTERESTING THAT YOU COME OUT ANTI-CAPITALISM IN YOUR ARGUMENT BUT YOU MAY HAVE SOME CAPITALISTIC GAIN FOR THE NO SIDE WINNING HERE AND WHAT HAPPENS ON THE KANSAS SIDE IF THIS REALLY DOES HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER IS NOT GOING TO PUT THE SQUEEZE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND WYANDOTTE COUNTY TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO PROSECUTE EVEN THOSE FOLKS FROM KANSAS COMING OVER AND TAKING ADVANTAGE THAT THERE IS SOME IRONY IN THE FACT THAT WHAT WOULD BE LEGAL IN JACKSON COUNTY WOULD GET YOU THROWN IN JAIL IN JOHNSON COUNTY BUT THAT'S TYPICAL NICK I DON'T THINK KANSAS REALLY HAS A TASTE FOR EVEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLORADO PAST IT YOU DON'T SEE ANY ENTHUSIASM REALLY IN TOPEKA FORD EVEN IF MISSOURI PROCEEDS OF COURSE IT HAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA YOU DON'T SEE AND OF COURSE KANSAS REMAINS A STATE THAT IS NOT EXPANDED MEDICAID AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO VIEW THE POLITICS OF THE TWO STATES IN OUR REGION AND SEE WHY WHY KANSAS FOR EXAMPLE WOULD APPROVE GAMBLING MISSOURI WON'T BUT MISSOURI DOES MARIJUANA KANSAS WON'T I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT DYNAMICS IN THE TWO STATES CAPITALS I DON'T THINK MARIJUANA RISES TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA IN KANSAS IF MISSOURI VOTES YES ALL RIGHT SO NOW WE GOT IT ALL LINED UP PLACE YOUR SPORTS BET GO TO THE BACK OF THE MISSOURI SIDE AND YOU KNOW SMOKE SOME WEED AS ERIC SAID ALL RIGHTY WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY STORY GRABBING THE HEADLINES WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED THE BOOSTER FOR YOUR BOOSTER FINALLY ARRIVES IN KANSAS CITY ON TUESDAY WILL YOU TAKE IT A MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKING NATIONAL NEWS AS IT BRINGS BACK SPANKING THE CHIEFS ANNOUNCED A SEASON-LONG TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LEN DAWSON HIS NUMBER 16 WILL APPEAR ON PLAYERS HELMETS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR FIVE MONTHS AFTER NORDSTROM DROPPED ITS PLANS TO MOVE TO THE PLAZA STILL NO WORD ON WHAT WILL NOW FILL THAT BIG HOLE SOME BIG ANNIVERSARIES TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEKEND HOW ABOUT 20 YEARS OF IRISH FEST WE'RE MARKING 25 YEARS SINCE THE OPENING OF THE JAZZ MUSEUM AND THIS WEEKEND THE SANTA CALIGON DAYS FESTIVAL MARKS ITS 50TH BIRTHDAY IN INDEPENDENCE AND NEW LIFE FOR SOMETHING EVEN OLDER THE ICONIC CATS DRUGSTORE SIGN MAKING ITS RETURN IT'LL ANCHOR A NEW NEON SIGN MUSEUM PREPARING TO OPEN DOWNTOWN ALREADY MICHAEL MAHONEY DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YEAH SURPRISE SURPRISE THE LAST BIG SUMMER UH WEEKEND THERE ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT KANSAS CITY ARE THOSE FESTIVALS YES INCLUDING THE IRISH FESTIVAL ONE DISCLOSURE I'M ON THE BOARD FOR THE IRISH SETTER HERE COME SEE US HEAD DOWN THERE SANTA CALIGON AND THE JAZZ MUSEUM A LOT OF THINGS TO DO AND IT'S A GOOD WEEKEND TO GET OUT AND IT'S THE RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL PEOPLE PUT ON BRITISH ACCENTS THERE IT'S KIND OF A FUN THING ERIC WHAT DID YOU DO ABSOLUTELY I CHOSE NONE OF THE ABOVE LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER IN WHICH I HIGHLIGHTED HOMELESSNESS AND I SHOWED A BRIDGE ON 27TH AND WOODLAND UH WAS A TOTAL MESS AND ON MONDAY THE CITY CAME OUT AND TOOK THE ALL THE TRASH OUT LIKE THEY PROBABLY HAD LIKE 40 BAGS OF TRASH OUT AND THEY MOVED THE HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET OVER TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET BUT HAVE YET TO ADDRESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH HOMELESS THIS IN KANSAS CITY AND IT'S JUST WIDESPREAD MY BET WAS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO CHOOSE 25 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM OPENING ON LABOR DAY RIGHT AND I WAS GOING TO CHOOSE THAT BUT UH MAHONEY HAD ALREADY SAID IT AND I NEEDED TO GET THIS I KNOW THAT BUT SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT THE AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM AT THE AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM IS IN A GOOD SPACE RIGHT NOW OKAY THIS WILL BRING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL COME DOWN I THINK PAT JORDAN'S GOT SOME EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE DOWN THERE IT'S JUST NOT GETTING AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL MUSEUM NOTHING IN KANSAS CITY GETS A LOT MORE ATTENTION THAN THEM EXCEPT FOR THE KANSAS CITY MUSEUM WE'LL TIE IT BACK TO SPORTS BETTING I KNOW THESE GUYS ARE WORRIED AS AM I ABOUT THE CHIEFS BUT WE GOT COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTING THIS WEEKEND MIZZOU KU K-STATE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NIGHTS ALL TEAMS TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I'LL GIVE YOU TWO LOCKS KU OVER TWO AND A HALF WINS K-STATE OVER SIX AND A HALF WINS THOSE ARE FREE ALL RIGHT FREE BETSY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE ON THOSE AND IF WE HAVE VIEWERS END UP LOSING A LOT OF MONEY WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND WE'LL BE GIVING YOU THEIR CELL PHONE NUMBER ALRIGHTY DAVE HELLING ON WEDNESDAY KANSAS CITY CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT UH SENT A MEMO TO THE CITY COUNCIL SAYING HE IS GOING TO HIRE A OWNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER DOWNTOWN BASEBALL THE WORLD CUP OF RENOVATIONS AT ARROWHEAD AND WHATEVER THE CHIEFS WANT TO DO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT BECAUSE IT ESCALATES THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ALL OF OUR FRANCHISES THE CITY IS INSERTING ITSELF INTO A PROCESS THAT'S TYPICALLY RUN BY JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN FOR HALF A CENTURY AND IT'S ANGERED THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISION THAT PLATT HAS MADE IT'S INTERESTING BYPASSING THE COUNCIL ON THAT THAT HAS BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A TREND WITH QUINTON LUCAS RIGHT NOW THAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE HOUSING ISSUE TOO YEAH LATE BREAKING NEWS WE'RE TOLD THAT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE OBJECTED TO THE PLATT CONTRACT AND IF ENOUGH DO SO FOUR OR MORE THEN THE CONTRACT IS HELD UP AND THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF IT AND THAT MAKES SOME SENSE BUT I GUESS THE POINT FOR OUR VIEWERS NICK IS THE DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX THE WORLD CUP THE ROYALS AND THE CHIEFS ARE REALLY GOING TO ACCELERATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS LOOK FOR SOMETHING EARLY NEXT YEAR THAT MAY END UP ON YOUR BALLOT I KNOW YES AND HE DID IT HE SENT THE MEMO WHILE THE COUNCIL WAS OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME BACK AT 9 30 AT NIGHT AT 9 30 AT NIGHT AND TOLD THEM THEY HAVE FIVE DAYS TO RESPOND TO IT ALRIGHTY WE WILL CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION ON THIS PROGRAM NEXT WEEK ON THAT WE WILL SEE OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO ERIC WESSON OF THE COLD DAVE HELLING OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR SIX TO TEN WEEKDAYS ON KC MOTALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND CHANNEL 9'S MICHAEL MAHONEY AND I'M NICK HAYNES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS HAVE A SAFE AND LABOR-LESS HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND DON'T FORGET BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON