NICK: COMING UP.

WHY IS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK SNUBBING KANSAS?

KANSAS DOESN'T HAVE A BRAND.

>> NICK: HAWLEY BACK IN THE HEADLINES.

THE ISSUE OF ABORTION IS ROARING BACK THIS WEEK.

PLUS THE NEW PUSH TO REMOVE CARS FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA, AND WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING IN THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY?

THE DRIP DRIP DRIP OF NEGATIVE HEADLINES AND A NEW EXODUS OF TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS.

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 MARLEY SCORELY, THE COURTNEY S. TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN H. MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA NA, COTRUSTEES.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> NICK: HELLO, AND WELCOME.

I'M NICK HAINES, YOUR HOST AND GUIDE THROUGH THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL, CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES.

LIFTING UP THE HOOD ON OUR TOP HEADLINES FROM KCMO TALK USE, PETE MUNDO.

FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR, DAVE HELLING.

FROM OUR OWN DIGITAL NEWSROOM, FLATLAND, MARY SANCHEZ IS WITH US.

AND FROM KCUR, LISA RODRIGUEZ, WHO HAS BEEN MAKING NEWS OF HER OWN THIS WEEK.

I KNOW REPORTERS AREN'T NORMALLY THE NEWS STORY, BUT SOMETIMES FATE INTERVENES, A TREE LANDS ON LISA'S CAR WHILE SHE'S DRIVING ON STATE LINE ROAD.

SO YOU'RE DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED?

>> YES, I WAS.

I WAS DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED NORTHBOUND ON STATE LINE ROAD ABOUT 68 th STREET THERE, AND OUT OF NOWHERE, I HEAR A CRACK, AND BEFORE I CAN REACT TO THAT, MY CAR IS JUST SMASHED.

>> NICK: YOU'RE JUST SLIGHTLY BRUISED.

>> I'M A LITTLE BRUISED.

I'M A LITTLE BRUISED.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF IMPACT TO MY FACE, BUT I'M VERY LUCKY THAT IT WASN'T ANYTHING WORSE.

>> NICK: IS IT TRUE THAT IT WAS A CITYOWNED TREE?

>> THAT IS WHAT I'M TOLD.

THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICER ON SCENE TOLD ME.

>> WELL, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO BE WITH US ON WEEK IN REVIEW.

YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ACCIDENT.

I COULDN'T IMAGINE LOOKING AT THAT.

THAT IS EVEN MORE DRAMATIC THAT I ANTICIPATED EVEN.

>> IT WAS WILD.

>> NICK: LET'S START IN KANSAS THIS WEEK WHERE NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER KANSAS REJECTED THE VALUE THEM BOTH AMENDMENT, THE ISSUE OF ABORTION IS ROARING BACK.

THIS WEEK CRISCO UNVEILED A NEW STRATEGY FOR RESTRICTING THE PROCEDURE.

THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS PUSHING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO DIRECTLY ELECT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES IN KANSAS.

IF THE INTENT IS TO SHIFT ABORTION POLICY, DOESN'T THIS SEEM LIKE A VERY SLOW WAY OF DOING THAT?

>> IT'S SLOW AND I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT THAT HE WANTS IT TO HAVE, BECAUSE AS WE SAW, IF ABORTION IS THE ISSUE ON A BALLOT IN KANSAS, AT LEAST BASED ON ONE RECENT EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT GOING TO GO WELL.

THERE'S A PRETTY EASY ANSWER TO THIS, AND THAT'S GET MORE REPUBLICANS ELECTED AS GOVERNOR.

LAURA KELLY HAS NOMINATED AND PUT UP THREE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, I BELIEVE, FOR THE STATE.

SO PRETTY EASY WAY.

IF HE HAD WON IN 2018, THOSE THREE ARE HIS AND THIS CONVERSATION IS VERY DIFFERENT.

THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.

>> NICK: HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO WIN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE AND CONVINCE AT LEAST HALF OF THE LEGISLATURE TO SAY YES AND PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT.

WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE?

>> I THINK IT DOES OPEN IT UP TO EVEN MORE PARTISANSHIP ON THAT.

PETE IS RIGHT, AND THAT'S THE FEAR OF CHANGING THE SYSTEM YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT IT IS KIND OF A PAGE OFF OF THE PLAYBOOK THAT HAS ALLOWED THE G.O.P.

TO SHIFT A LOT OF THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LET'S START VERY LOW, LET'S GET PEOPLE ON SCHOOL BOARDS, LET'S GET PEOPLE ON ELECTION COMMISSIONS, AND THAT WAY, WE CAN CHANGE POLICY, CHANGE THINGS IN A BIGGER WAY.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SLICE OF THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE.

>> NICK: BUT THERE ARE 22 STATES WHEN I JUST LAST CHECKED, LISA THAT ACTUALLY ELECT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, INCLUDING ON A PARTISAN BASIS IF YOU'RE IN PENNSYLVANIA OR TEXAS OR ILLINOIS.

ARE PEOPLE BEING LESS SERVED IN A JUDICIAL WAY, AND IF YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN TEXAS OR CHICAGO OR PHILADELPHIA?

>> I HAVEN'T LIVED IN A STATE THAT ELECTS THEIR JUDGES IN THAT WAY, BUT EXPERTS THAT WE'VE EVEN HAD ON OUR PROGRAMS AT KCUR SAY THIS IS A MUCH MORE FAIRWAY TO ELECT.

THE WAY WE DO IT IN KANSAS IS SIMILAR TO HOW THEY DO IT IN MISSOURI WHERE PEOPLE PUT FORTH A PANEL OF THREE JUDGES AND THEN THE GOVERNOR PICKS FROM THOSE.

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS VOTERS PONDER THIS.

THERE'S A RETENTION VOTE IN KANSAS.

IT'S ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE DECIDING ON THESE.

>> CORRECT, YES OR NO.

OF THE SIX JUDGES ON THE BALLOT, SUPREME COURT JUDGES IN KANSAS, THREE TOOK PART IN THE ABORTION DECISION.

NONE OF THEM WERE APPOINTED BY LAURA KELLY.

SO THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW SHE WAS INFLUENTIAL IN THE ABORTION DECISION IN 2019 IS PROBABLY NOT ACCURATE.

>> NICK: HE'S NOT ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S NOT KEEPING MISSOURI SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY FROM STEALING THE HEADLINES.

THIS WEEK, HE GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR INTRODUCING LEGISLATION GIVING STATES THE POWER TO BYPASS FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND DEPORT IMMIGRANTS.

>> LET'S TAKE THE GLOVES OFF HERE.

LET'S ENFORCE THE LAW.

LET'S RESTORE SOME ORDER TO THE BORDER.

>> NICK: ACCORDING TO HAWLEY, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S BORDER POLICIES HAVE HAD A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

DID THE SENATOR PROVIDE, THOUGH, ANY EXAMPLES OF HOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S BORDER POLICIES ARE DEVASTATING MISSOURI?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.

WE HAD A KID IN OAK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL OVERDOSE AND DIE AFTER INGESTING FENTANYL.

THERE ARE EXAMPLES ALL OVER THE METRO.

IN KANSAS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE UP OVER 50% YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE KNOW HOW THE FENTANYL IS COMING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER, CHINA, MEXICO, CARTELS KILLING KIDS RIGHT HERE IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA.

I'M NOT SURE HE DID.

BUT IT'S NOT A HARD ARGUMENT TO MAKE IN THAT PERSPECTIVE.

>> I WILL SAY, NICK, I WROTE THIS FOR THE PAPER TODAY, THERE IS NO CHANCE, NONE, THAT THIS WILL BECOME LAW.

IT WON'T HAPPEN.

THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON FOX NEWS AND TO PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, BUT IT WILL NOT PASS.

IN FACT, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, JOSH HAWLEY HAS INTRODUCED 42 MEASURES, 42 OR 43.

ONLY ONE HAS BECOME LAW.

>> KUDOS TO HAWLEY, HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED, WHICH IS THE HEADLINES, AND HERE WE ARE DISCUSSING IT.

IT IS NOT FEASIBLE.

IT'S FOR THE FAIR.

IT'S NOT RATIONAL, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> NICK: IS NEW YORK CITY PICKING A FIGHT WITH KANSAS?

THE BIG APPLE'S NEW MAYOR WAS SEEN MOCKING THE SUNFLOWER STATE THIS WEEK AS HE OUTLINED HIS PLANS TO BRING MORE SWAGGER TO NEW YORK.

HERE IS MAYOR ERIC ADAMS AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE.

>> WE HAVE A BRAND.

NEW YORK HAS A BRAND, AND WHEN PEOPLE SEE IT, IT MEANS SOMETHING.

KANSAS DOESN'T HAVE A BRAND.

WHEN YOU GO THERE, OKAY, YOU'RE FROM KANSAS?

BUT NEW YORK HAS A BRAND.

>> NOW, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY KANSAS WOULD EVEN COME UP.

COULD THIS HAVE RANDOMLY BEEN ABOUT IOWA OR NEBRASKA OR IS THERE HISTORY HERE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, LISA?

>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY HISTORY, ANY NEW YORK VERSUS KANSAS HISTORY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS JUST AN OFFHAND REMARK.

WHAT IT DID DO WAS GIVE AN OPENING FOR ANYONE WHO IS FROM KANSAS OR THE KANSAS CITY AREA TO REALLY SPEAK UP ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK IS KANSAS' BRAND, BE IT WIZARD OF OZ, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUN FLOWERS, THE BEAUTIFUL PRAIRIE OR MAYBE JUST SOME MODESTY AND NOT FEELING LIKE YOU'RE SUPERIOR AND YOU'RE GOING TO TALK DOWN TO SOME MIDWESTERN FLYOVER STATE.

>> DID WE SEE GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY FLYING TO NEW YORK TO STAND UP TO ERIC ADAMS THIS WEEK?

>> NO.

SHE SPOKE ABOUT THIS THE OTHER NIGHT ON ONE OF OUR LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS, AND I DID SEE HER COMMENTS.

THEY WERE SOFT.

I WOULD GIVE IT UP C PLUS, BEING GENEROUS.

SHE BRINGS UP DOROTHY RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

A LITTLE CLICHE.

SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HARDER.

SHOULD HAVE SAID WHAT'S HIS BRAND?

CLIMB IS UP.

YOU GO AROUND AND SEE ALL OF THE PEOPLE GOING TO THE BATHROOM IN THE CORNERS OF SUBWAYS, AND YOU GET BEAT UP.

NOT A GREAT SCENE FOR HIM.

>> AND LAURA KELLY MENTIONED SHE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY.

>> RIGHT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HERE THAT KANSAS DOES HAVE A BRAND, AND I WOULD POINT THAT OUT TO THE MAYOR AS WELL.

>> BUT I THINK EVERYBODY IS HAVING FUN WITH IT.

PETE IS RIGHT.

THEY HAVE PROBLEMS, AS MOST MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS DO.

>> NICK: KANSAS HAS NO BRAND?

WHAT ABOUT THIS.

>> IN KANSAS, YOU'LL SEE STARS, AND NOT JUST THE KINDS THAT LINE A BOULEVARD.

WE CELEBRATE REAL LUMINARIES AND THOSE WHO BRIGHTEN OUR LANDSCAPES.

WE TOUCH THE SKY BUT STAY GROUNDED IN THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST.

THE KANSAS EXPERIENCE IS A SALUTE TO THE REAL, TO THE ROWDY, TO THE WIDE EYED WANDERERS, TO THE DREAMERS, TO THE STARS.

>> I'M TEARING UP OVER HERE, MARY.

THIS IS THE LATEST KANSAS TOURISM AD.

WE DO HAVE A BRAND.

THEY MAY A STATUE OF LIBERTY.

THEY MAY HAVE BROADWAY.

BUT LOOK WHAT WE HAVE.

>> I LOVE THAT VIDEO.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

IT DOES REALLY SHOWCASE FRANKLY A LOT OF THINGS I LOVE ABOUT KANSAS.

MY MOTHER WAS FROM KANSAS.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO.

>> NOW, RATHER THAN GETTING ON THAT FLIGHT TO NEW YORK TO SET MAYOR ADAMS STRAIGHT, GOVERNOR KELLY MAY BE HEADING ON A BIG WALK INSTEAD, WALKING BACK A SERIES OF NEW TV ADS THAT GOT HER IN TROUBLE THIS WEEK.

THE FIRST INVOLVES A NEW CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL IN WHICH SHE CLAIMS MEN SHOULD NOT PLAY GIRLS SPORTS.

>> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MY OPPONENTS' ATTACKS, SO LET ME JUST SAY.

IT OF COURSE, MEN SHOULD NOT PLAY GIRLS SPORTS.

>> DO WE ALL AGREE HERE?

DOES THIS MEAN SHE NOW FEELS THE SAME WAY AS HER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT DEREK SCHMIDT THAT TRANSGENDER ATHLETES SHOULD BE BLOCKED FROM PLAYING IN GIRLS GAMES?

>> I DON'T THINK IT MEANS KELLY ALIGNS WITH SCHMIDT ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

SHE HAS VETOED TWO TRANS SPORTS BILLS THAT HAVE LANDED AT HER DESK.

IT FEELS LIKE A MISS STEP.

>> WAS SHE PURPOSEFULLY BEING FUZZY ABOUT THAT?

>> YES, I BELIEVE SO.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE SHE'S SPLITTING HAIRS ON THIS, BECAUSE SHE WOULD SAY TECHNICALLY THESE ARE TRANS WOMEN, NOT BIOLOGICAL MALES.

SO IF YOU'RE REALLY NOT PAYING ATTENTION, THE NUANCE TO READ INTO THAT, SHE DOESN'T THINK THEY'RE BIOLOGICAL MEN ANYWAY.

SHE THINKS THEY'RE REALLY TRANS WOMEN.

SO SHE'S GOING TO SAY BIOLOGICAL MEN SHOULDN'T PLAY SPORTS, BUT SHE DOESN'T VIEW THEM AS BIOLOGICAL MEN.

>> IF YOU WERE STILL DOING YOUR IWATCH REPORTING, DAVE, HOW WOULD YOU RATE A SECOND AD FROM THE KANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH HAS BEEN BLASTING FOR PURPOSEFULLY MANIPULATING A SOUNDBITE FROM DEREK SCHMIDT.

>> WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO FULLY FUND SCHOOLS?

WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO FULLY FUND SCHOOLS?

>> THAT'S AN EAR WORM EXACT IT ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

>> WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO FULLY FUND SCHOOLS IF YOU TURN AROUND AND LOCK THE CHILDREN OUT OF THEM?

>> DAVE, IF YOU WERE PROVIDING THE TRUTH CHECK ON THAT, WOULD IT BE GETTING A PASS, A FALLING GRADE?

>> PROBABLY A FAIL.

IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND NOT APPROPRIATE.

IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE IN THAT INSTANCE IS RUN THE ENTIRE QUOTE SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR OWN JUDGMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE FOR A MINUTE, NICK.

THE GOVERNOR IS CLEARLY TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT.

SHE CAME TO THE EDITORIAL BOARD LAST WEEK, SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WHICH THEN BECAME FODDER FOR ADS AND OTHER NEWS RELEASES.

THE REASON IT'S A MISTAKE IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER TRANSGENDERRISM AN ISSUE IN KANSAS HAVE ALREADY MADE UP WHO THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR.

IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY WHO SPORTS SCHMIDT'S POSITION IS GOING TO SAY, NO, NOW I'M GOING TO GO TO LAURA KELLY BECAUSE SHE'S CHANGED HER MIND.

THAT'S THE TRUTH IN POLITICS.

WHEN HEDGING ISN'T GOING TO WORK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE A STAND AND LIVE OR DIE WITH IT.

I THINK TRANSGENDERRISM IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF VOTERS ARE FOCUSED ON OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE STATE, LIKE THE BUDGET, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH CARE, MEDICAID EXPANSION, ABORTION RIGHTS, THE SUPREME COURT.

THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE COMPELLING.

>> NICK: I DO THINK PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TV COMMERCIALS, SEEING THROUGH THESE ADS, WHICH IS WHY THE SECOND AD, A SOCIAL MEDIA AD, YOU GET MORE EYEBALLS, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE.

PEED.

FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK OUR LOCAL OUTLETS AND THE POLICE WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO DEBUNK A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO THAT CLAIMED A SERIAL KILLER WAS ON THE LOOSE TARGETING BLACK GIRLS.

>> WE'VE GOT A SERIAL AGAIN, AND AIN'T NOBODY SAYING NOTHING.

>> POLICE SAY THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED.

>> IT'S NOT TRUE, SO PLEASE DON'T CALL US AND SEND LINKS WITH THOSE KIND OF INFORMATIONS.

WE ALREADY CAN THINK THE WORST ON OUR OWN.

>> NICK: YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS ON THE RADIO THIS WEEK.

WHY WAS THIS TAKEN SO SERIOUSLY?

>> IT WAS JUST A FEW SECONDS, NICK.

CUT ME SOME LACK.

IT'S ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THESE PEOPLE RUN THIS STORY AND NEVER ASK THE POLICE ABOUT IT.

IF YOU RUN A STORY ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER ON THE STREETS OF KANSAS CITY, WE ALL GET THE EMAILS FROM POLICE IN THIS TOWN SAYING HOMICIDE HERE, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: THEY NEVER EVEN REACHED OUT.

IT IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF POOR JOURNALISM I'VE SEEN IN THAT TOWN IN A LONG TIME.

>> NICK: BUT PEOPLE WERE BELIEVING IT.

>> SOME WERE, AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO SAD AND TRAGIC ABOUT THIS.

I'M PLEASED YOU SHOWED THE SKHB.

>> WE ALL WANT TO DO DUE DILIGENCE ON STORIES LIKE THIS.

BUT THERE IS SOME HISTORY IN KANSAS CITY ABOUT THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE.

THE PARK KILLINGS OF 20, 25 YEARS AGO, IN WHICH YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WERE MURDERED.

AND THAT WENT ON FOR MONTHS BEFORE THE PATTERN EMERGED AND PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION.

WE'VE HAD PROSTITUTES WHO WERE KILLED AND DUMPED IN THE MISSOURI RIVER.

SO THERE IS SOME PREDICATE, IF YOU WILL, FOR LOOKING AT A PATTERN OF KILLINGS AND SAYING, MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING MORE GOING ON HERE, AND BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T TAKE THE POLICE AT FACE VALUE EITHER.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND TOO.

THEY'LL SAY THINGS TO THE MEDIA THAT AREN'T TRUE AS WELL.

>> NICK: WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY?

THREE TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS HAVE RESIGNED, TWO OF THEM ON THE SAME DAY.

WILL WE GET AN EXPLANATION THIS WEEK FROM NEW MAYOR TYRONE GARNER?

SO FAR HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE DEPARTURE OF THE COUNTY'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TWO OF THE COUNTY'S TOP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS.

ONE OF THEM IS KATHERINE CARTTAR, THE NEW WIFE OF KANSAS CITY MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS.

IS NEW MAYOR TYRONE GARNER SHAKING THINGS UP AND GETTING PEOPLE BENT OUT OF SHAPE P FOR CHANGING THE STATUS QUO OR IS THERE SOMETHING MORE AT PLAY HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO?

>> WE'RE CLEARLY SEEING A LOT OF TENSION IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY GOVERNMENT BETWEEN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND THE PEOPLE ON THE CITY STAFF THAT WERE THERE BEFORE.

WHETHER IT IS AN INTENTIONAL CLEARING OUT OF PEOPLE OR JUST A MISMATCH IN VISION, I THINK THAT WE STILL ARE LEARNING THAT.

>> BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE WORRYING ABOUT 3 PEOPLE?

>> THE SAME THING KIND OF HAPPEN WHEN MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS TOOK OFFICE.

TROY LEFT, AND SOME SORT OF MIDDLE LEVEL MANAGERS LEFT AT THAT TIME.

AS LISA POINTS OUT, THAT TURNOVER IS NOT UNUSUAL.

I DO THINK, HOWEVER, THERE IS AN IMPORTANT STORY IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY, AND THAT IS TYRONE GARNER WHO HAS RUBBED SOME PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION, CITY COMMISSION, THE WRONG WAY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GROWING STORY OVER THE MONTHS AHEAD.

>> NICK: BUT HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER BEFORE HE GOT TO CITY HALL S THAT ARE THE PA OF THE PROBLEM, THOUGH OF BEING AN OUTSIDER TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES INSIDE OF GOVERNMENT, MARY?

>> IT'S POSSIBLE.

I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO AND MAYBE WHAT NEEDS ASSESS SD WHAT IS DRIVING THIS?

IS IT JUST THAT SOME PEOPLE WHEN YOU COME IN NEW, YOU KIND OF WANT YOUR OWN TEAM, YOUR OWN PEOPLE, AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.

BUT IS THIS A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS A NEW MAYOR WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND CITY GOVERNMENT AND PERHAPS IS STARTING TO MANIPULATE THINGS IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO HARM CITIZENS AND BASICALLY JUST THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HOW CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MUCK UP THOSE FUNCTIONINGS TOO MUCH.

>> I AGREE WITH MARY COMPLETELY, AND I THINK THERE IS A GROWING TENSION BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR IN PART BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE APPROACHES HIS JOB, AND IT'S SORT OF MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY AND SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE SORT OF PUSHING BACK AGAINST THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S A TREND WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

>> NICK: WHILE VIOLENT CRIME CONTINUES TO PLAGUE KANSAS CITY, THERE IS ANOTHER BIG WORRYING STATISTIC GETTING LESS ATTENTION.

TRAFFIC DEATHS HAVE HIT A 20 YEAR HIGH.

KANSAS CITY IS RESPONDING WITH AN AM BIRCH YOU ARE VISION ZERO PROJECT DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC RELATED INJURIES ON OUR STREETS BY 2030.

COULD ONE OF THOSE VISIBLE CHANGES BE HAPPENING ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA WHERE THIS WEEK MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS PROPOSES PEDESTRIANIZING THE TONY SHOPPING DISTRICT?

>> I WOULD LIKE IT A LOT TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CARS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE CHRISTMAS.

>> THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE PLAZA, PULL RIGHT UP.

PULL RIGHT UP AND COME BACK TO YOUR CAR.

>> IF YOU WERE THERE DURING THE PLAZA ART FAIR, YOU MIGHT HAVE LOVED BEING ABLE TO MOVE AROUND THE PLAZA WITH NO CARS TO WORRY ABOUT.

WHY NOT YEARROUND, PETE?

>> I THINK IT'S A NICE IDEA.

HE SEEMS PRETTY SERIOUS ABOUT IT, TOO.

WHEN HE JOINED MY SHOW THIS WEEK, HE SEEMED PRETTY SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

DOES IT CREATE THIS UTOPIA OR SOLVE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS?

I DON'T THINK SO.

BUT IT'S A NICE THOUGHT AND COULD HELP WITH FOOT TRAFFIC, AND THEY DESPERATELY NEED THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD THESE HUGE MULTISTORY CAR PARKS TO HOUSE ALL OF THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OFF THE STREETS?

>> I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN, AND IF THE MAYOR IS SERIOUS ABOUT PASSING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT CITY HALL.

WELL, FOR PEOPLE WHO GET TO THE PLAZA, WHERE WILL THEY PARK?

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK OR LIVE NEAR THE PLAZA USE THOSE PARKING SPACES A LOT.

I THINK AGAIN TO PETE'S POINT, PEDESTRIANIZING THE PLAZA IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS ACROSS KANSAS CITY, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE IN A CITY BUILT FOR CARS AND NOT BUILT FOR PEDESTRIANS.

>> NICK: WE CAN'T FORGET THAT IN 2025, THE STREETCAR WILL FINALLY ARRIVE AT THE PLAZA.

THAT SHOULD HELP.

>> WELL, IT MAY COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW WE ENVISION THE PLAZA, WHICH PROBABLY DOES NEED TO OCCUR.

IT OPENED IN 1923.

OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE THEN, HOW WE SHOP.

THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA PROBABLY NEEDS A REINVENTION.

WITH A STREETCAR COMING THROUGH THERE, THAT WILL BE THE PRIME TIME WE NEED TO START HAVING CONVERSATIONS NOW ABOUT HOW WILL IT FUNCTION?

WHAT WORKS FOR THE CITY.

>> NICK: NOW, THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS WRAPPED UP THEIR LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THE NUMBERS ARE IN.

OUR HOMETOWN BASEBALL TEAM SAW IT'S WORST NONPANDEMIC HOME GAME ATTENDANCE IN NEARLY 50 YEARS.

SOME PEOPLE MAY VIEW THAT AS BAD NEWS, BUT WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN 15,000 FANS AT GAMES THIS YEAR, COULD THIS BE TURNED AROUND AS A POSITIVE?

THAT THE ROYALS, DAVE HELLING, COULD GET AWAY WITH BUILDING A MUCH SMALLER AND MUCH CHEAPER STADIUM DOWNTOWN WITHOUT ASKING TAXPAYERS FOR HELP?

>> WE'LL SEE.

BY THE WAY, THAT FIGURE OF 15,000 A GAME IS REALLY GENEROUS, BECAUSE THEY COUNT SEASON TICKET SALES AND OTHER THINGS WHEN THEY COUNT THE ATTENDANCE OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE ROYALS WILL TAKE THIS AS A SIGN THAT WE NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING WE CAN PAY FOR OURSELVES DOWNTOWN, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE EDITORIAL BOARD MET THIS WEEK WITH TERESA GAL VIN, WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND SHE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF TAXPAYER SUPPORT FOR A NEW STADIUM, LET ALONE 2, WHICH WOULD BE AT LEAST ARGUABLY REQUIRED IF THE CHIEFS GET INVOLVED AS WELL.

EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD SUGGESTS THAT THE ROYALS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN A VOTE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ON A PUBLIC COMPONENT TO A NEW BALLPARK PERHAPS AS EARLY AS NEXT APRIL.

BUT JUST QUICKLY, NICK, THE DEADLINE TO PUT THAT ON THE BALLOT IS JANUARY 24 th NEXT YEAR.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, THEY BETTER GET GOING.

>> YOU SAY THIS MOVE WITH DAYTON MOORE GETTING FIRED LAST WEEK.

PART OF ME WONDERS IF HE BASICALLY BECAME A SACRIFICIAL LAMB.

THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A MOVE POTENTIALLY POLITICALLY SPEAKING SIGNAL TO THE VOTER, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING A MOVE, NOW GIVE US THE DOWNTOWN BALLPARK.

>> MAYBE.

I THINK PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO GAMES BECAUSE THEY COULD WATCH THEM ON TV EASILY.

>> THEY DIDN'T GO BECAUSE THE ROYALS WERE LOSING.

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU PLAY.

IT MAKES EVERY DIFFERENCE HOW YOU PLAY.

WHEN THE ROYALS WERE IN THE WORLD SERIES IN '14 OR '15, THEY WERE DRAWING CLOSE TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE, AND THE AVERAGE WAS 33,000 A NIGHT, BECAUSE THEY WERE WINNING THEIR GAMES.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE GOAL, WHETHER IT'S DAYTON MOORE OR SOMEONE ELSE.

BUT THE VIEWERS SHOULD KNOW THAT EVERY INDICATION WE HAVE IS THE TEAM IS STILL INTERESTED IN PURSUING THIS MORE QUICKLY MAYBE THAN PEOPLE KNOW.

>> NICK: WHEN YOU PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK, YOU CAN'T GET TO EVERY BIG STORY GRABBING THE HEADLINES.

WHAT WAS THE BIG LOCAL STORY WE MISSED?

A BIZARRE NEW SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEM.

KANSAS CITY'S FORD PLANT RUNNING OUT OF NAME PLATES FOR ITS VEHICLES.

FORGET MICRO CHIPS.

THE SHORTAGE OF BLUE OVAL BADGES HOLDING UP PRODUCTION LINE AT FORD PLANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>>> IT'S A MAKE OR BREAK WEEK FOR KANSAS CITY AFC MOST BE LEAGUERED PROJECTS.

THE MISSION CITY COUNCIL FINALLY DECIDED THE FATE OF THE FORMER MISSION MALL DEMOLISHED IN 2005.

LIBRARY SYSTEM CUTTING THE BUDGET TO GIVE TAX RELIEF TO PATRONS.

AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DECLARING KU FOOTBALL THE WINNINGEST TEAM.

BEST STARTS IN MORE THAN A DECADE, EXPERIENCING SOMETHING UNUSUAL, A SOLDOUT STADIUM.

KC CURRENT CLENCHING ITS FIRST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE.

THE WORLD'S LARGEST BARBECUE CONTEST UNDERWAY.

AMERICAN ROYAL BACK AT THE SPEEDWAY.

AND IS IT A CASE OF BETTER LATE THAN NEVER?

A JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY CUSTOMER RETURNING A VHS TAPE 19 YEARS OVERDUE.

WHAT WAS WORTH KEEPING THAT LONG, YOU MIGHT ASK?

THIS RUSSIAN LANGUAGE FILM, APPARENTLY, WITH A 30 CENTS A DAY FINE THAT SHOULD ADD UP TO A MORE THAN 2,000DOLLAR CHARGE, BUT THIS CUSTOMER GOT OFF LIGHTLY.

THE LIBRARY RECENTLY CAPPED LATE FEES TO JUST 6 BUCKS PER ITEM.

HE GOT A BARGAIN ON THAT.

BY THE WAY, THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE PASSING THAT BIG TAX CUT FINALLY THIS WEEK.

DID YOU PICK ONE OF THOSE STORIES, LISA, OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?

>>> WENT WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THIS IS A LITTLE FAR OUT OF KANSAS CITY, BUT MANY OF US IN OUR INBOXES GOT A PRESS RELEASE THAT SAID OPEN FISHING AT THIS LAKE IN WESTERN KANSAS THAT IS DRYING UP.

GET THEM WITH YOUR HAND, NET, HOWEVER YOU CAN GET THEM, BECAUSE THE DROUGHT IS SO SEVERE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE THAT LAKES ARE LITERALLY DRYING UP AND FISH WILL DIE.

I THINK WE CANNOT OVERSTATE HOW MUCH THAT AFFECTS A REALLY CRUCIAL PART OF OUR STATE, HOW THEY MAY HAVE TO START RATIONING WATER AND HOW IT DOES AFFECT CITIES AS WELL.

THIS WEEK'S KANSAS CITY'S DROUGHT STATUS WAS UPGRADED EVEN.

>> MARY.

>> I WENT WITH KC CURRENT.

I CELEBRATE WOMEN'S SPORTS.

>> I'LL KEEP IT WITH THE SPORTS THEME.

NICK, I KNOW MAYBE SOME OF YOUR PUBLIC TELEVISION VIEWERS DON'T ALWAYS LOVE MY TAKES, BUT I GAVE YOU A LOT FOUR WEEKS AGO.

KANSAS FOOTBALL, OVER TWO AND A HALF WINS.

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HIT THAT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

SO KU FOOTBALL 4 AND 0, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TOP 25.

GREAT STORY, BEST STORY IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

>> NOT ONLY MAKING PEOPLE SMARTER, SAVING PEOPLE MONEY, MAKING VIEWERS MONEY.

>> MAKING THEM MONEY.

>> NEXT WEEK, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MISSOURI GETTING A BRAND.

WE TALKED ABOUT KANSAS.

MISSOURI'S BRAND IS LOSING FOOTBALL AT LEAST COMPARED TO KANSAS GOING FORWARD.

A COUPLE OF STORIES FIRST.

CONGRATULATIONS, LISA, FOR GETTING THROUGH HER ACCIDENT.

WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER AROUND, NOT JUST HER LUCK.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE RECORD.

THE SECOND THING IS, THE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL IS MULLING AN INTERESTING INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO CAP PROPERTY TAXES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE PROPERTY TAXES HAVE EXPLODED, IN PART BECAUSE OF RICH PEOPLE BUILDING HOUSES.

IF THAT STARTS BECOMING A COMMON THING, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

>> NICK: ON THAT, WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED.

THANKS TO DAVE HELLING, LISA RODRIGUEZ, AND 6 TO 10 WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO, PETE MUNDO.

BY THE WAY, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON KANSAS CITY PBS AS WE BRING YOU THE FINAL KANSAS GOVERNOR'S DEBATE.

WHO WILL LEAD KANSAS?

>> I RAN FOR GOVERNOR BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET OUR STATE BACK ON TRACK.

>> SHE ACCOMPLISHED NEARLY NOTHING DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF HER ADMINISTRATION.

>> DEREK SCHMIDT SUPPORTED THE AGENDA THAT DROVE US INTO THE DITCH IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE WORKING IN THIS STATE TODAY THAN THERE WERE THE DAY SHE TOOK OFFICE.

>> GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DEREK SCHMIDT FACE OFF IN THE FINAL KANSAS GOVERNOR'S DEBATE.

WATCH WEDNESDAY AT 7 ON KANSAS CITY PBS.

AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR THAT.

I'M NICK HAINES.

FOR ALL OF US AT KANSAS CITY PBS, BE WELL, KEEP CALM, AND CARRY ON.