FROM TOPEKA WHEN HUMANS DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING OUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING MAY EASILY MOVE INTO FEAR TO JEFFERSON CITY WE CERTAINLY HAVE A STALEMATE THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET PAST AND BACK HOME AGAIN ALL OF YOU YEAH FAILED ME AS A VETERAN WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT CAPPING 670 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE WILL HAVE A LID THAT'S BEING BUILT THAT'S BEEN FINANCED AND MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT WILL BE A GREAT GATHERING SPACE FOR KANSAS CITIES TONIGHT WE'RE GOING OUT WITH THE KCPD DOING A RIDE ALONG IT'S YOUR LOCAL WEEK DISSECTED NEXT 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 WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES I'VE GOT SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK FOR THE ANSWERS WE TURN TO MR UP TO DATE ON KCUR FM STEVE KRASKE THE NEWS DIRECTOR OF OUR NPR AFFILIATE LISA RODRIGUEZ FROM THE CALL NEWSPAPER REPORTER AND MANAGING EDITOR ERIC WESSON AND FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING LET'S START WHERE WE LEFT OFF LAST WEEK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE KCPD NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT THIS IS THE FIRST FULL WEEK ON THE JOB FOR NEW INTERIM POLICE CHIEF JOE MABIN FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF RICK SMITH AND WITHIN HOURS OF TAKING OVER HE HAS A CONTROVERSY ON HIS HANDS WHO IN THE DEPARTMENT ALLOWED MISSOURI SENATE CANDIDATE ERIC GREITENS TO CUT A CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL FEATURING A RIDE ALONG IN A KANSAS CITY POLICE CAR FAR TOO LONG NOW LEFTISTS AND RHINOS HAVE ABANDONED OUR POLICE OFFICERS UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SO MANY COWARDS LEFTISTS AND RHINOS WHO WON'T HAVE THEIR BACK AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M GOING ON A RIDE-ALONG IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR ALL OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN ON THEIR FRONT LINE EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT THE KCPD HAS NOW LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE GREITENS RIDE-ALONG VIDEO IS THAT AN OVERREACTION ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC CAN REQUEST TO GO ON A RIDE-ALONG ISN'T THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE ERIC WESSON THAT GREITENS DECIDED TO TAKE A CAMERA ALONG WITH HIM HE DID ATTEMPT TO USE IT FOR A CAMPAIGN AD THE POLICE OFFICER ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED HIS NAME SOURCES SAY IT WAS CAPTAIN UH DAVID LORE WHO JUST GOT PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN UH PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO MAYBE IS THAT LORE AS IN L-O-A-R AS IN TERESA LAW COUNCILWOMAN SON ONE IN THE SAME YES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION THOUGH THAT SEEMS KIND OF SEVERE STEVE I WOULD BET MONEY THAT THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD NO IDEA HE WAS GOING TO START TWEETING AND FILMING HIMSELF AND PROCLAIMING TO THE WORLD THAT HE WAS DOING A RIDE ALONG WITH THE KCPD THAT'S ON ERIC GREITENS AND YOU'RE RIGHT NICK THESE RIDE-ALONGS I'VE HAD STUDENTS OF MINE DO RIDE ALONGS WITH THE KCPD BUT I'M SURE THE KCPD DIDN'T EXPECT GREITENS TO TURN THIS INTO A CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL AND I THINK ERIC GREITENS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THIS CAN'T BE A GREAT THIS CAN'T BE A GREAT LOOK THOUGH FOR JOE MAYBE HE JUST STARTS HIS JOB AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF UH LISA AND HE'S GOT THIS UH BIG CONTROVERSY TO DEAL WITH I MEAN CERTAINLY THIS IS NOT HOW HE WANTED TO START HIS HIS TENURE AS INTERIM CHIEF BUT THERE IS YOU KNOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM THAT YOU KNOW HE INHERITED A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE CRITICIZING FOR FOR CORRUPTION FOR RACISM AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HEY THERE ARE RULES HERE DOES HE WANT TO BE THE PERMANENT CHIEF LISA HE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HE HAS NO INTENTIONS OF APPLYING FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE JOB NOW HUMANS ARE HUMANS THAT THAT MAY CHANGE BUT I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT COURSE TO GO THAT ANYTIME AN INTERIM IS IN THE POOL THEY THEY WILL NATURALLY GET ADDITIONAL FAVOR AND IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE A COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND FAIR PROCESS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT HE HE CONTINUES WITH THAT VOW NOT TO ENTER THE POOL HE COULD BE HERE FOR A WHILE THOUGH THAT JOB SEARCH FOR A NEW CHIEF COULD LAST ABOUT A YEAR STEVE YOU KNOW GOING BACK TO ERIC GREITENS UH NICK ONE OF HIS BIG RIVALS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR U.S SENATE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC SCHMIDT HAD JUST GOTTEN THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE MISSOURI FOP THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ERIC GREITENS HAD SOME GROUND TO MAKE UP THAT'S WHY HE WENT ON THIS RIDE ALONG THAT'S WHY HE TRIED TO PUBLICIZE IT TO THE STARS AND BACK TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE'S A BIG PRO POLICE GUY TOO ERIC YOU KNOW BUT I GUESS AT SOME POINT IN TIME IF I'M UH THE CAPTAIN AND HE'S GOT A MICROPHONE ON HE'S GOT A CAMERA CREW OUT THERE I'M GONNA ASK YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING THIS ISN'T JUST A NORMAL RIDE-ALONG PROCESS SO I'M GONNA SAY YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT LAST WEEK BY THE WAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS DAVE ANNOUNCING THAT NOW KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POLICE OFFICERS CAN ACTUALLY LIVE IN KANSAS UP TO 30 MILES ACROSS THE STATE LINE WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY DO NOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY CREATE A SITUATION WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOW DEMANDING THAT THEY ALSO BE ABLE TO LIVE WHATEVER THEY WANT AS WE PREDICTED ON THIS PROGRAM MONTHS AGO NICK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE LOOKING AROUND SAYING HEY WHY DO WE HAVE TO LIVE IN KANSAS CITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE I DO THINK THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AS IS THEIR WANT MADE A BIG MISTAKE ON THIS POLICY BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME THERE IS A SERIOUS INCIDENT INVOLVING A KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POLICE OFFICER WHO LIVES IN KANSAS THE CRITICISM IS JUST GOING TO BE OVERWHELMING AND SO I THINK THEY MAY AT SOME POINT AT LEAST WANT TO RETHINK THIS POLICY YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS ISSUE NICK AND THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL THAT SAID IF YOU ADD ASK THE AVERAGE KANSAS CITY RESIDENT WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE MORE OFFICERS ON THE FORCE OR WOULD YOU OBJECT TO ALLOWING THOSE OFFICERS TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IN A HEARTBEAT THEY WOULD SAY THEY'D RATHER HAVE MORE OFFICERS FULLER STAFFING ON THE FORCE THAT'S THE BIG CRUNCH THAT THE KCPD IS FACING RIGHT NOW BUT HOW ARE THEY RECRUITING AND HOW ARE THEY TRYING TO HIRE THESE OFFICERS ARE THEY GOING TO THE SCHOOLS WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE USING BUT THAT ARGUMENT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 35 YEARS SINCE I COVERED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ERIC AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS THIS MAY BE A PATH TOWARD ADDRESSING THAT I THINK MOST OF US HAVE READ ENOUGH NEWS STORIES OF LATE ABOUT HOW CHALLENGING IT IS TO FIND HOUSING IN JACKSON COUNTY HAS IT JUST BECOME A LOT WORSE AS GOVERNMENT LEADERS WORK TO MOVE MORE THAN 100 FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE JACKSON COUNTY LEADERS ARE READY TO PICK UP THE SHOVELS AND BUILD A NEW JAIL BUT THE 1200 BED FACILITY IS BEING BUILT ON THE SITE OF THIS MOBILE HOME PARK JUST A COUPLE OF MILES FROM THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX THEY NOW HAVE TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE DOZENS OF THOSE DISPLACED RESIDENTS CONFRONTED JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIALS AT THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK THEY'RE UPSET OVER THE SIZE OF THEIR COMPENSATION PACKAGES AND HOW THEY WERE THREATENED WITH UTILITY SHUTOFFS AND EVICTION NOTICES IF THEY DIDN'T MOVE FRANK WHITE ALL OF YOU HERE FAILED ME AS A VETERAN WHO ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE IN VIETNAM AND NOW I'M HAVING TO FIGHT WITH THE COUNTY I FEEL LIKE I'M BACK OVERSEAS AGAIN I NEED A HOUSE TO LIVE AND BECAUSE I DON'T QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS I DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO GO WHILE THEIR STORIES ARE PAINFUL TO HEAR IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THEY WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MOVE DUE TO SOME OTHER BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN OUR AREA LISA WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW THAT REMAIN IN THIS HEART MOBILE PARK COMMUNITY ARE ARE JUST A FEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVEN'T MOVED OUT YET MOST OF THESE HUNDRED DISPLACED RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY BUT I DO THINK IT'S IN THE COUNTY'S BEST INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE IS TAKEN CARE OF AND MOVED OUT IF WE'RE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT UNDER 10 RESIDENTS LEFT THERE AND THAT THESE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR POPULATION THEY HAVE THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM DISABILITIES WE'VE GOT VETERANS I THINK IT'S IN THE COUNTY'S BEST INTEREST TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RELOCATED SAFELY SO THEY CAN BUILD A JAIL I TO ME IT'S A NO-BRAINER THEY GOT THE RESIDENTS GOT ABOUT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MOVE ERIC THE COUNTY AGREED TO PAY ALL THE RELOCATION COSTS INCLUDING MOVING MOBILE HOMES AS NEEDED ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT TRAILER PARK WAS THAT THEIR PART THAT THEIR TRAILERS WEREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH NEWER TRAILER PARKS SO A LOT OF THEM HAD TO GO AND BUY NEW TRAILERS TO RELOCATE WHICH COST CERTAINLY MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY COST UH SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DAVE THE OTHER THING IS ABOUT THIS THOUGH OF COURSE THE JAIL THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS DOWNTOWN THE AUDITORS HAVE CALLED IT FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE DANGEROUS TO BOTH EMPLOYEES AND THOSE ARE BEING HELD FOR TRIAL THERE SO DID JACKSON COUNTY REALLY HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE WELL NO IT HAD TO BUILD A JACKSON COUNTY HAD TO AND HAS TO BUILD A NEW JAIL WE'VE WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THERE THERE'S VIOLENCE SOME OF THE BARS DON'T WORK AND IT'S A VERTICAL STRUCTURE WHICH PEOPLE IN PENOLOGY WILL NOW TELL YOU IS THE WRONG WAY YOU WANT IT HORIZONTAL SO THERE'S A A GREATER ABILITY TO CONTROL THE INMATES SO NO THEY HAD TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW LET ME JUST SAY YOU KNOW WHENEVER YOU MOVE RESIDENTS WHENEVER THERE IS A DISLOCATION FOR A PROJECT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE END WHO JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE I MEAN YOU'RE USED TO A LIFE YOU'RE USED TO A PLACE YOU'VE BUILT YOUR HOME OR MOBILE HOME I REMEMBER DURING THE DEBATE OVER THE SPEEDWAY IN WESTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY THERE WERE AT THE END SOME HOLDOUTS AND IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY AND MORE HELP TO GET TO GET THOSE FOLKS TO AGREE TO MOVE ON EVENTUALLY IT DOES HAPPEN UP NEXT IT HAS BECOME THE MOST VEXING EMOTIONALLY CHARGED ISSUE IN ALL OF SPORTS SHOULD TRANSGENDER ATHLETES BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN WOMEN'S EVENTS IN KANSAS LAWMAKERS IN THE PROCESS THIS WEEK OF DEFYING THE GOVERNOR AND ENACTING A BAN WHEN HUMANS DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING OUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING MAY EASILY MOVE INTO FEAR OUR HISTORY IS FULL OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FEAR DRIVES OUR DECISIONS I'M AMAZED THAT WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM MORE OF THOSE WHO ARE IF YOU WILL FEMINIST STANDING UP FOR YOUNG LADIES THE MOTION PREVAILS AND THE BILL PASSES THE KANSAS SENATE NOT ONLY OVERTURNING THE GOVERNOR THIS WEEK ON A MEASURE RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES THEY ALSO DEFY HER VETO OF A PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS WHICH IS NOW ONE STEP AWAY FROM BECOMING LAW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW TO VOTE BUT FOR ALL THE HEAT AND EMOTION ON BOTH OF THESE ISSUES WHAT DIFFERENCE STEVE KRASKE WOULD THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IF THEY BECAME LAW ARE WE JUST GOING TO SEE AN APPEAL TO THE FEDERAL COURT SO WE CONTINUE TO BE IN LIMBO FOR MANY MORE MONTHS THAT'S A VERY LIKELY OUTCOME OF ALL THIS NICK AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN PARTICULARLY IF THE TRANSGENDER BILL WILL WIND UP GETTING OVERRIDDEN IN THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ADDITION TO THE SENATE YOU NEED BOTH HOUSES TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO HERE NICK BUT YES FURTHER COURT BITES ON AN ISSUE LIKE THIS THAT'S SO CONTENTIOUS UH IS UH UNDOUBTEDLY UH COMING UP IN THE MONTHS AHEAD THE THING ABOUT BOTH BOTH THE TRANS SPORTS BILL AND THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS IS THAT IN EFFECT EVEN IF THEY BOTH BECAME LAW THERE ARE THESE ARE NOT ISSUES THAT ROUTINELY COME UP PARENTS IF THEY WANT CAN CAN GET ACCESS TO MATERIALS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS THERE IS NOT A MASSIVE PROBLEM DESPITE WHAT WHAT LAWMAKERS SAY OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF OF TRANS WOMEN TRYING TO COMPETE IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BUT WHAT THIS THE PASSAGE OF THESE LAWS DO IS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOUNG KIDS AND CHILDREN FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO STAY IN THE CLOSET LISA EVEN IF THEY DON'T BECOME LAW HAVE CHANGES ALREADY HAPPEN JUST PSYCHOLOGICALLY ANYWAY WE'VE HEARD FROM TEACHERS FOR INSTANCE WHO HAVE HAD PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATORS BEING TOLD YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE RACE AND TALKING ABOUT GENDER IN SCHOOL TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TEACHING KIDS AND WE SAW IN GRAND VALLEY THIS WEEK FOR INSTANCE ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THERE WERE ASKING TEACHERS TO REMOVE THE SAFE SPACE SIGNS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS THERE I I THINK I THINK ABSOLUTELY A LOT OF THE DAMAGE HAS HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY KANSAS I THINK WOULD BE LIKE THE 15TH STATE IF THEY PASS A TRANSGENDER BAN OR THE 16TH STATE SO SO MANY OTHER STATES NOW HAVE DONE THIS WHERE IS ALL THIS TALK OF THE NCAA BOYCOTTING THE STATE OR OF CORPORATIONS SAYING THEY WOULD MOVE THEIR EMPLOYEES OUT OF THE STATE I'VE NOT HEARD ANY OF THAT RIGHT IN KANSAS THAT DISCUSSION SEEMS UH PRETTY MUTED UH NICK IN PART BECAUSE AS YOU SUGGEST OTHER STATES ARE DOING THIS TOO AND I'M SURE UH AMATEUR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY SHOULD RESPOND NOT ONLY HERE BUT OTHER PLACES THE NCAA OF COURSE HAS ITS OWN PROBLEMS COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THIS ISSUE SO THEIR ATTENTION MAY BE FOCUSED ELSEWHERE UM I I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO THIS AND ONE OF THEM MAYBE MAYBE UH CONCERN ABOUT GIRLS PLAYING ON MEN'S OR BOYS TEAMS I MEAN THERE ARE GIRLS WHO WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR EXAMPLE AND THERE MAY BE SOME EFFORT TO SORT OF BAN THAT BASED ON THIS LEGISLATION FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS SO WE CAN LOOK FOR THIS TO END UP IN THE COURTS NOT ONLY HERE BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW NICK I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THE SINCERITY BY WHICH ADVOCATES OF THESE IDEAS MANY OF THE ADVOCATES HOLD THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE THESE THINGS PASS AND THEY BELIEVE IN THEM DEEPLY HAVING SAID THAT SOME CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT HERE THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR THESE ISSUES TRANSPORTS AND PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS THESE ARE WEDGE ISSUES CULTURAL ISSUES USED TO DRIVE UP CONSERVATIVE VOTER TURNOUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ATTENTION PLACED ON THESE ISSUES IN KANSAS THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO TWO YEARS AGO OR NEXT YEAR BUT THEY ARE DOMINATING UH A LOT OF THE HEADLINES OF COURSE STEVE BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES HAPPENING IN THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE JUST VERY QUICKLY HERE I MEAN THERE IS STILL A PUSH TO ENACT SPORTS BETTING THERE'S STILL A PUSH TO ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND THERE'S STILL A PUSH GOVERNOR KELLY'S BIGGEST PRIORITY AXING ELIMINATING THE FOOD SALES TAX ON FOOD WHICH YOU KNOW CAN SAVE THE AVERAGE FAMILY AROUND 500 A YEAR THEY SAY WHICH OF THOSE IS MOST LIKELY TO PASS THE SESSION AS LAWMAKERS WRAP UP IN TOPEKA STEVE TO ME IT'S LOOKING LIKE SOME KIND OF CUT TO THE FOOD SALES TAX NICK JUST QUICKLY I THINK THE LEGISLATURE WILL PASS A CUT TO THE FOOD SALES TAX BUT THEY WON'T MAKE IT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR AFTER THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION SO THAT LAURA KELLY WON'T GET ANY CREDIT FOR IT AND THEN DARE HER TO VETO THE BILL WHICH SHE IS UNLIKELY TO DO I DO THINK SHE IF THEY PASS THAT SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO SIGN IT AND SAY HEY LOOK I WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED ALL POWER DISCUSSION YEAH IT'S ALL POLITICS AND TO THAT POINT JUST QUICKLY NICK UH KEEP AN EYE ON THE KANSAS HOUSE ON THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES BILL I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE THE VOTES THERE TO OVERRIDE THE VETO AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN THIS ISSUE WILL OF COURSE GO AWAY IN OTHER NEWS FROM OUR STATE HOUSES WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL MAPS NOT TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT MISSOURI IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS FAILED TO REDRAW ITS CONGRESSIONAL BOUNDARIES AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND DON'T EXPECT ANY RESOLUTION SOON MISSOURI LEGISLATIVE LEADERS NOW SAY THIS MAY STILL NOT BE RESOLVED BY THE TIME THE SESSION ENDS IN TWO WEEKS DO I THINK WE WILL END UP WITH A MAP BY THE TIME THAT WE SIGN HE DIE I DO NOT WE CERTAINLY HAVE A STALEMATE THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET PAST MEANWHILE IN KANSAS A JUDGE THIS WEEK STRIKES DOWN THE CONGRESSIONAL MAP KANSAS LAWMAKERS APPROVED YOU HAVE A DEMOCRAT ELECTED JUDGE SO THERE'S JUST NO SURPRISE THE SOONER WE KNOW THE TERRAIN OF WHERE THESE DISTRICTS LIE THE SOONER THE VOTERS CAN BE INFORMED SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN KANSAS IS IT BACK TO THE LITERAL DRAWING BOARD STEVE OR IS THIS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT COULD BE A LONG LONG LONG DRAWN-OUT APPEAL PROCESS THAT ENDS AT THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT WELL I THINK IT COULD BE THE LATTER NICK THERE'S A BIG PUSH TO GET THIS TO THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT UH THE EXPECTATION THERE IS THAT THE COURT WOULD SIDE WITH THE LOWER COURT RULING AND REJECT THE MAPS THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE PASSED HERE THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO LAWMAKERS GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY HERE BEFORE FILING DEADLINES BUT NICK THIS LEVEL OF CHAOS OVER REDISTRICTING IS ONE MORE REMINDER WHY THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS AND TO HAND THIS JOB TO POLITICIANS WITH CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY ON BOATS IN BOTH STATES IS IT CONCEIVABLE THAT WE COULD HAVE JUDGES SAY LOOK LET'S NOT USE ANY OF THESE NEW MAPS LET'S KEEP THE EXISTING MAPS EXACTLY AS THEY ARE AND UH WE'LL USE NEW MAPS FOR THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE IN 2024.

I DON'T THINK MISSOURI WILL BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS IDEA THAT WE'LL JUST USE THE OLD MAPS IN 2022 BECAUSE I THINK THE MISSOURI CONSTITUTION SPECIFICALLY AND EXPLICITLY SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE BALANCE IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND THEY'RE OUT OF BALANCE SO THE JUDGES WILL GIVE LAWMAKERS A LAST CHANCE IF THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM THE JUDGES WILL DRAW THE MAPS AND IMPOSE THEM AND THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE NEXT UP THINK ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES KANSAS CITY IS FACING RIGHT NOW WHERE WOULD YOU RANK BUILDING A PARK OVER THE HIGHWAY THAT CROSS CUTS DOWNTOWN WHILE WE WERE TALKING TO THE POLICE CHIEF IN THE MAYOR LAST WEEK LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS GATHERING TO ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR A 160 MILLION URBAN OASIS PARK THAT WILL BE BUILT OVER I-670 HIGHWAY PICTURE GREEN LAWNS PUBLIC ART PLAYGROUNDS DOG PARKS AND SPACES FOR ARTS GROUPS TO PERFORM AT AN OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER WILL SEE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND SOON YOU'LL SEE A CAP OF 670 AND MORE THAN ANYTHING YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE A NEW DOWNTOWN THIS JUST GIVES ANOTHER REASON NOT FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN KANSAS CITY BUT FOR PEOPLE TO GO HOME AND TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT IT WAS ALRIGHTY ERIC WESTON THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH IN KANSAS CITY IS THIS THE TOP PRIORITY ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO TEN WITH ONE BEING THE MOST URGENT I WOULD HAVE IT AT A NUMBER 11.

IMAGINE IF YOU WILL THE MAYOR QUENTIN LUCAS GOING TO WASHINGTON AND SAYING HEY WE NEED 160 MILLION DOLLARS FOR BETTER SCHOOLS OR FOR ROAD REPAIRS OR TO HELP YOU KNOW INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE POLICING METHODS SO THAT WE CAN BRING DOWN THE MURDER RATE YOU KNOW THIS IS NICE BUT IT IS NOT UH IT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST AS AS ERIC HAS SAID I'M ASSUMING THOUGH LISA THAT THINGS LIKE VIOLENT CRIME THERE ISN'T THE SAME MONEY AVAILABLE UH THIS IS THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS SLOSHING AROUND WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW AND SO THERE'S MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF A PROJECT SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S TRUE THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE EXCITED TO TO DOLE OUT MONEY AND TO APPROVE MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE I THINK YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE WAS TALK OF SOME BUY-IN FROM FROM AREA DEVELOPMENTS AND FROM UM THE LOWE'S HOTEL THERE TO TO INVEST IN THESE KIND OF SHINY PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THEM BY THE WAY AND SO IT IS INTERESTING HOW HOW THESE YOU KNOW PRIVATE COMPANIES CAN COME UP WITH MONEY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS THEM IF IF WE HAD THIS MONEY TO SPEND WHERE WE WANTED TO COULD WE MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR OUTSIDE OF THAT DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR TO FIND PLACES WHERE THIS KIND OF MONEY COULD MAKE A TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE I'M NOT SURE WHEN THIS BECAME SUCH A MASSIVE DEAL AND I MUST SEE TV SPORTS EVENT BUT THE NFL DRAFT IS UNDERWAY IN LAS VEGAS IT'S ALSO A REMINDER THAT THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR US HERE IN KANSAS CITY WE WILL HOST THE NFL DRAFT IN 2023 THE DATE HAS ALREADY BEEN SET THE THREE-DAY PRO FOOTBALL SPECTACLE WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL 27-29 OF NEXT YEAR IN THE AREA AROUND UNION STATION AND LIBERTY MEMORIAL THE KANSAS CITY SPORTS COMMISSION CLAIMS IT'LL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS THIS TOWN HAS EVER HOSTED REALLY STEVE YEAH YOU KNOW I I'M AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE NICK THE NFL DRAFT IS NOW A BIG DANG DEAL AND I DON'T GET IT EITHER EXCEPT IF YOU START WATCHING THE COVERAGE YOU CAN SORT OF GET SWEPT ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO LOCKED INTO THIS THING IT'S GOING TO BE A A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN NEXT YEAR FOR THIS EVENT GOING TO PUT KANSAS CITY ON A HIGH VISIBILITY SCALE WHEN THIS EVENT COMES TO TOWN THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL AND IT COULD GENERATE THEY SAY A FLOOR RATE OF ABOUT 150 MILLION TO KANSAS CITY WITH HOTELS RESTAURANTS IT'S A REALLY BIG EVENT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY EXCITED ABOUT IT I CAN'T WAIT IS IT BIGGER THOUGH DAVE THAN HOSTING A WORLD CUP MATCH WHICH WE'RE ALSO SUPPOSED IS IT BIGGER THAN HOSTING A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH WE'VE DONE BEFORE NO NO THE RNC WOULD BE BIGGER WORLD CUP WOULD BE BIGGER BUT IT'S BIG ON ITS OWN TERMS THE INTERESTING THING TO ME NICK IS THE DEADLINE FOR FINISHING THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL KCI IS IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR THE DRAFT COMES HERE ABOUT SIX WEEKS LATER IF THERE'S ANY SLIPPAGE IN THAT TIMETABLE THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE NEW TERMINAL AND SO THAT'LL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH PARTICULARLY BECAUSE ANY NEW BUILDING NEEDS A BIT OF A SHAKEDOWN AND THE MARGIN IS REALLY THIN THAT I THINK WILL BE A BIG STORY ANOTHER SPORTS STORY BRINGING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO KANSAS CITY THIS WEEK THE ROYALS UNVEILING THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO TEAM UNIFORMS IN DECADES IN A REVENUE GENERATING MOVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PARTNERING WITH NIKE AND ROLLING OUT THE NEW THREADS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BETTER CONNECT THE BALL CLUBS TO THE CITIES IN WHICH THEY PLAY THE BIG UNVEILING IS THE SATURDAY AT THE K AS THE ROYALS CONTINUE THEIR SERIES AGAINST THE YANKEES APPARENTLY NIKE PRESENTED THE ROYALS WITH MULTIPLE THEMES INCLUDING BARBECUE AND JAZZ IS THE FOUNTAIN REALLY THE MOST ICONIC SYMBOL FOR TODAY'S KANSAS CITY LISA EMBRACING JAZZ EMBRACING BARBECUE IS PROBABLY MORE APT FOR FOR WHAT KANSAS CITY HANGS ITS HANG ON CULTURALLY OVER FOUNTAINS BUT YEAH THE UNIFORMS ARE NICE AND THE VERDICT FROM YOU ERIC THEY DIDN'T ASK ME BUT I WOULD HAVE CHOSE SOMETHING ELSE TOO I'M THINKING JAZZ MAYBE A SAXOPHONE IN THERE WHERE THE KC GOES YOU KNOW FOUNTAINS THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE FOUND ZONE ALL YEAR ROUND AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ALL THE FOUNTAINS ON ANYWAY BUT HEY WHATEVER MARKETING THEY CAN DO TO MOVE THE STADIUM FROM WHERE IT'S AT NOW TO DOWNTOWN I'M ALL FOR IT THE ROYALS AS IS THEIR WANT UH TURNED TO MARKETING GIMMICKS WHEN THE TEAM ISN'T PLAYING WELL AND UH YOU KNOW IF YOU WIN PEOPLE WILL GO TO THE GAMES IF YOU DON'T WIN THEY WON'T GO THAT'S JUST BEEN PROVEN OVER AND OVER IN KANSAS CITY AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO SPEND YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY BIG STORY MAKING THE HEADLINES WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED NEW BASEBALL UNIFORMS AREN'T THE ONLY BIG REVEAL THIS WEEK THE U.S MINT FINALLY REVEALING ITS NEW NEGRO LEAGUE'S BASEBALL COINS IT COULD BRING UP TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH TO THE NEGRO LEAGUE'S BASEBALL MUSEUM DID YOU KNOW MISSOURI TEACHERS RANK DEAD LAST IN PAY NOW MISSOURI LAWMAKERS WANT TO GIVE THEM A THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE THAT WOULD PUT MISSOURI EDUCATORS ON THE SAME PAY LEVEL AS THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN KANSAS WOULD THE GOLDEN GIRLS HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM LIVING IN THIS JOHNSON COUNTY CITY SHAWNEE BECOMING ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE REGION TO MAKE CO-LIVING ILLEGAL THE CITY VOTING TO PROHIBIT SUBLETTING TO UNRELATED ADULTS LEADERS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET TO GRIPS WITH A DAMAGING CYBER ATTACK THAT'S UPENDED GOVERNMENT SERVICES FROM COURT HEARINGS TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENEWALS INFLATION HITS YOUR LOCAL DRIVE THROUGH SEVERAL LOCAL FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS POSTING SIGNS SAYING YOU'LL PAY MORE IF YOU ORDER AT NIGHT NO TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE BUT ANOTHER VICTORY LAP FOR THE JAYHAWKS THIS TIME TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE JAYHAWK GOVERNOR KELLY DECLARING MONDAY JAYHAWK VICTORY DAY THE ROLLER COASTERS ROLL BACK TO LIFE AS WORLDS OF FUN REOPENS FOR THE SEASON AND THIS STORY TICKLED ME THESE REMARKABLE IMAGES FROM KANSAS AS THE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN PRESENTERS MEETS IN LECOMPTON THAT'S A LOT OF LINCOLNS LISA DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT I I DID PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES I THINK THIS ISSUE OF MISSOURI TEACHER PAY IS IS SOMETHING THAT LAWMAKERS HAVE HAVE IGNORED OR NOT ACTED ON FOR YEARS WE'VE MISSOURI HAS BEEN NEAR LAST IN AND BEEN STARTING TEACHER SALARY FOR YEARS AND AND I IT'S IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT HOW ARE WE OKAY WITH THIS PARTICULARLY AFTER A PANDEMIC STRUGGLING WITH COVEN LEARNING LOSS ALL OF THE BURDEN WE'VE PLACED ON TEACHERS ALL THE EDUCATION ISSUES WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOT TO BE THAT'S GOT TO BE FOCUSED ON ERIC I AM GLAD ABOUT THE NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL COINS BECAUSE I'LL BE GETTING MINE IN THE MAIL NEXT WEEK DAVE I THINK UH THE STORY IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY ABOUT CYBER SECURITY IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE THE EXPOSURE IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO WYANDOTTE COUNTY ALL GOVERNMENTS RELY HEAVILY ON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND ANY DISRUPTION CAN BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR RESIDENTS AND KANSAS AND MISSOURI I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS THEIR DIGITAL POSTURE IF YOU WILL NICK IS HORRIBLE I MEAN OLD EQUIPMENT OLD SOFTWARE UH UPGRADES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED AND THE EXPOSURE TO DIGITAL UH TERRORISM IS HIGHER THAN I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW STEVE I'M GONNA GO ALONG WITH LISA ON THIS NICK I THINK IT'S BOOSTING TEACHER PAY IN MISSOURI THE IDEA WAS DEAD NOW IT'S BACK AGAIN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNOR UH MIKE PARSON ON THIS ONE YOU KNOW THE THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM STATE LAWMAKERS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MISSOURI HAS EVEN GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE SOME PEOPLE QUESTION THE MOTIVES OF LAWMAKERS DO THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO WIPE OUT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MISSOURI THIS WOULD HELP TURN AROUND THAT THINKING PRETTY QUICKLY AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO THE STARS DAVE HELLING THE CALLS ERIC WESSON AND FROM KCUR NEWS DIRECTOR LISA RODRIGUEZ AND STEVE KRASKE WHO KEEPS YOU UP TO DATE EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 9 00 ON KCU RFM AND I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON