COMING UP IT'S OUR HANDY DANDY GUIDE TO ELECTION DAY WE TAKE YOU THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR BALLOT FROM JUDGES TO POT AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED WE LOOK AT THE KEY ISSUES AND TRENDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO ON ELECTION NIGHT PLUS THERE'S MORE THAN VOTING GOING ON WE PICK APART OUR WEEK'S BIGGEST HEADLINES 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 [MUSIC] HELLO AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAINES FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT PUT YOUR TRAY TABLE IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WE'RE TAKING YOU ON A WHIRLWIND TRIP THROUGH THOSE PESKY QUESTIONS ON YOUR BALLOT IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED STAY WITH US FOR THE TRENDS YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING OUT FOR ON ELECTION NIGHT AND BEFORE WE LAND THIS PLANE WE'LL DISSECT SOME OF THE HEADLINES UH WE MISSED OUR CABIN CREW ON THIS FLIGHT LEADING KCUR'S ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE BRIAN ELLISON HEADING UP THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON FORMER KANSAS CITY STAR CITY HALL REPORTER NOW FREELANCE WRITER LYNN HORSLEY AND THE STARS DAVE HELLING NOW THE GRANDDADDY OF ALL LOCAL ELECTION ISSUES IS WHETHER MISSOURI SHOULD LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BUT WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE THIS WEEK OF THE NEWS THAT SOME OF OUR AREA'S BIGGEST PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ARE NOW COMING OUT AGAINST IT THE NAACP AND PRO-CHOICE MISSOURI ONE OF THE STATE'S LARGEST ABORTION RIGHTS GROUPS ARE NOW TELLING MISSOURIANS TO VOTE NO ERIC WHAT IS THEIR MAIN OBJECTION WELL I SAID VOTE NO TWO IN MY OBJECTION WITH IT WAS THAT IT WAS VERY VAGUE IN WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR EXAMPLE EXPUNGING RECORDS HOW FAR BACK ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO EXPUNGE THOSE RECORDS AND REMEMBER NOW IT'S STILL A FEDERAL OFFENSE IT'S NOT UH WITH THE FEDS YET ALSO THE PRICE THE PROCESS WITH BLACK BUSINESSES BEING A PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE WITH A LOTTERY SYSTEM SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPANIES COME OVER FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO TRY TO BE A PART OF THE BUSINESS ASPECT THEY WERE ABOUT FOUR OBJECTIONS THAT BRIAN YOU CAN ALSO THOUGH THERE ARE STILL FINES IN PLACE THIS IS NOT IF THIS PASSES YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE IF YOU SMOKE WEED IN A PUBLIC PLACE THERE'S A HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS THERE'S ALSO THE REALITY THAT IT ONLY APPLIES TO ADULTS 21 AND OVER SO THAT 18 TO 20 DEMOGRAPHIC THAT MIGHT BE SOME OF THE PRIME CUSTOMERS OTHERWISE WILL NOT WILL NOT BE OFF THE HOOK LOOK I THINK THE THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS AMENDMENT NICK WOULD SAY THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY CHANCE TO HAVE THE KIND OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR A MEASURE THAT THIS ONE SEEMS TO HAVE ATTRACTED FROM A CORE GROUP OF WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL MODERATE REPUBLICANS ALONG WITH A CROSS-SECTION OF PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS THE QUESTION IS DOES IT GO FAR ENOUGH AND AS ERIC SAID UH THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO SAY BUT IF IT PULSES WILL IT BE LIKE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DAVID TOOK ACTUALLY TWO YEARS TO EVER GET IMPLEMENTED ARE WE GOING TO BE WAITING YEARS IT WON'T TAKE TWO YEARS IN PART BECAUSE WE'VE DONE MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROCEED IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO SORT OF SORT OUT COMPLETELY WHO IS LICENSED AND WHO ISN'T THE GROUPS ON THE LEFT WHO OPPOSE THIS NICK TYPICALLY OPPOSE IT FOR THE TECHNICAL REASONS THAT ERIC TALKED ABOUT HOW THE LICENSES ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK WHETHER IT BELONGS IN THE CONSTITUTION THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER THERE IS IT CAN'T BE CHANGED EASILY IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS FOLKS ON THE RIGHT OPPOSE IT BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T LIKE MARIJUANA THEY THINK IT'S DANGEROUS HARMFUL TO FOLKS BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE WHO MAY DECIDE THIS ISSUE SEEM TO BASED ON POLLING LIKE THE IDEA OF LEGAL RECREATION BUT IF IT FAILS THOUGH WILL WE JUST SEE ANOTHER ISSUE COME BACK ON THE BALLOT WITH A COUPLE OF WORD CHANGES AND WE'LL SEE NEXT YEAR FOR INSTANCE LYNN WELL I DON'T KNOW THEY HAD TO GET A LOT OF SIGNATURES THEY ALSO THE LEGISLATURE COULD DO THIS IF THEY COULD GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO NOW THE BIGGEST ISSUE ON THE KANSAS BALLOT IS NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BUT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR A BLACK JUDGES ROBE NEVER BEFORE HAVE KANSAS VOTERS BEEN ASKED TO DECIDE THE FATE OF SO LARGE A NUMBER OF KANSAS SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SIX OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE QUARTER UP FOR A RETENTION VOTE AND THEY'RE NERVOUS I THINK THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN CAMPAIGN ADS TRY TO JUSTIFY THEIR WORK OUR KANSAS SUPREME COURT IS DIFFERENT FAIR AND IMPARTIAL THE COURT UPHOLDS OUR CONSTITUTION WHEN THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR REFUSED TO FUND SCHOOLS THE COURT STEPPED IN WHEN PARTISAN POLITICIANS GO TOO FAR THESE JUSTICES PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS WITH ALL THE CHAOS IN OUR COUNTRY IT'S ONE PLACE WHERE POLITICS DOESN'T RULE THE DAY NEVER BEFORE HAS A JUDGE LOST A RETENTION VOTE BUT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN DAVE UH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN WOULD THEY BE BOOTED OFF THE COURT IMMEDIATELY NO NO NO ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION THEY WOULD SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TERM WHICH ENDS EARLY IN JANUARY NICK ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PROVISION THAT SAYS THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE EVEN PAST THAT DATE IF THEIR REPLACEMENT HAS NOT BEEN PICKED NOW AS YOU KNOW IN KANSAS THERE'S A FORMAL SYSTEM FOR REPLACING OR OR RATHER PUTTING JUDGES ON THE BENCH THAT INVOLVES THE GOVERNOR A SPECIAL COMMISSION OF SCREENING THREE NOMINEES GO TO THE GOVERNOR HE OR SHE PICKS ONE AND SO IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN JANUARY TO GET THAT PROCESS DONE AND IN THAT CASE THOSE WHO ARE BOOTED WOULD STAY BUT YOU POINT OUT AN IMPORTANT THING IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND UH YOU KNOW BASED ON THE FOLKS I'VE TALKED WITH THEY DON'T EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING AWAY THOUGH BRIAN I SEE THAT FOR INSTANCE KRIS KOBACH WHO'S RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS WE WANT TO ELECT UH SUPREME COURT JUDGES IF I BECOME THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALSO DEREK SCHMIDT THE ATTORNEY THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR HAS ALSO SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR SO THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS RETENTION FOR SURE IT'S NOT THE BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY PART OF A CONTINUATION OF A POPULIST IDEA THAT WE SHOULD SOMEHOW HAVE MORE CONTROL IN THE HANDS OF VOTERS OVER LONG-STANDING INSTITUTIONS I THINK NICK IT'S A SIGN OF LACK OF TRUST IN UH THE THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW AS AS DAVE POINTS OUT NOT ONLY HAS NO ONE EVER UH HAS VOTERS OF KANSAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE BUT THE REALITY IS THE SAME VOTERS OF KANSAS JUST WENT TO THE POLLS ON THE THE PRIMARY ISSUE THAT THE FOLKS WANTING TO OUST THESE JUSTICES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHICH IS ABORTION RIGHTS THOSE VOTERS JUST IN AUGUST SAID WE AGREE WITH THOSE JUDGES ABOUT THIS ISSUE I DON'T SEE THE SAME ELECTORATE OUSTING THEM NOW NO CERTAINTY THOUGH THAT THOSE SAME VOTERS WILL GO TO THE POLLS NEXT WEEK AND JUST QUICKLY OF THE SIX JUDGES ON THE BALLOT IN KANSAS THREE OF THEM PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE ABORTION DECISION THEY WERE ON ON THE COURT AT THE TIME THAT THE CASE WAS TAKEN UP IN THE OPINION ISSUED OF THE THREE REMAINING JUDGES TWO WERE IN THE MAJORITY ON THE ABORTION QUESTION BUT A THIRD CALEB STIGALL WAS ACTUALLY THE LONE DISSENT IN THAT VOTERS DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN ALL THOSE JUDGES WELL THERE ARE ALSO TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT IN KANSAS NEITHER OF THEM ARE ATTRACTING THE KIND OF ATTENTION THE ABORTION AMENDMENT RECEIVED LAST AUGUST THE FIRST CALLED AMENDMENT ONE WOULD REIGN IN THE POWER OF THE KANSAS GOVERNOR IF APPROVED LAWMAKERS CAN OVERTURN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR A REGULATION COMING FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BY A SIMPLE VOTE SO WHAT'S BEHIND THIS WE KNOW FOR INSTANCE GOVERNOR KELLY BECAME THE FIRST GOVERNOR IN THE NATION TO ISSUE AN ORDER SHUTTING DOWN SCHOOLS STATEWIDE AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC IF THIS AMENDMENT WERE IN PLACE THEN WOULD LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BLOCK THAT BRIAN UH THEY YES THEY VERY WELL COULD HAVE AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE LIMITS OF THIS THIS LAW MIGHT BE BUT WE CERTAINLY THINK THAT THERE'S REGULATIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REIN IN ON BEHALF WHEN THERE'S A DEMOCRAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHAT OTHER EXAMPLES MIGHT THERE BE LYNN YEAH YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW I THINK THE MASK MANDATE WAS UNPOPULAR AND I YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS JUST A REAL PARTISAN DIVIDE EXECUTIVES GOVERNORS ISSUE RULES ALL THE TIME COVID IS THE BASIS FOR THIS DISCUSSION BUT GOVERNOR'S ISSUE RULES ALL THE TIME AND WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WANTS TO DO REPUBLICANS IS OVERTURN THOSE REGULATIONS WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE AND WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID IS NO PASS A LAW AND IF YOU DO THAT I CAN VETO IT AND THEN YOU NEED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE AND THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE NOW GIVEN ALL THE PROBLEMS IN AMERICA AND HERE LOCALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS ON YOUR MIND MAY NOT BE HOW WE PICK OUR LOCAL SHERIFFS BUT NEXT WEEK KANSANS ARE BEING ASKED TO ENSHRINE INTO THE CONSTITUTION AN AMENDMENT REQUIRING KANSAS SHERIFFS BE ELECTED WHY IS THIS EVEN ON THE BALLOT LYNN YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW DAVE YOU MIGHT KNOW THE SHERIFF IN JOHNSON COUNTY THERE WAS A JOHNSON COUNTY CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION RECENTLY THAT DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF APPOINTING THE SHERIFF IN PART BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THE SORT OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS IN JOHNSON COUNTY ARE NOT FOND OF CALVIN HAYDEN IN ANY WAY AND SO HE AND OTHERS HAVE ENGINEERED THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE BALLOT THAT WOULD IN ESSENCE ENSHRINE THE IDEA THAT HE AND OTHER SHERIFFS WHERE ARE SHERIFFS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ELECTED THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE ELECTED NOW LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALSO ON THE BALLOT IN MISSOURI VOTERS IN THE SHOW ME STATE ARE BEING ASKED TO REQUIRE THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY SPEND AT LEAST 25 PERCENT OF ITS REVENUE ON ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT MAN LUCAS CLAIMS THE CITY ALREADY REGULARLY SPENDS MORE THAN 25 PERCENT OF ITS CASH ON THE KCPD IF THAT'S THE CASE WHY ERIC IS HE SO WORRIED AND THREATENING TO FIGHT THIS IN COURT IF IT PASSES BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 20 THAT YOU GIVE THEM SO THERE'S STILL NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 25 PERCENT UH TODAY THEY JUST SETTLED ANOTHER FIVE MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT FOR A WRONGFUL DEATH IN TERENCE BRIDGES CASE SO WHEN WE'RE GIVING THEM ALL OF THIS MONEY WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY DOING WITH IT WHY IS CRIME STILL HIGH WHY IS THE CONVICTION RATE OR PEOPLE GETTING ARRESTED FOR THESE CRIMES STILL SO HIGH IF IT'S APPROVED THOUGH LYNN WHAT KIND OF CHANGES MIGHT TAKE PLACE MIGHT IT MEAN MORE POLICE OFFICERS A SHORTER WAIT TIME WHEN YOU CALL 9-1-1 UH THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF THAT AND THAT'S WHY THE CITY IS SO OPPOSED TO THIS THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT SAYS IF WE GIVE THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO SPEND ANY OF IT ON NEW OFFICERS OR MORE EFFECTIVE CRIME FIGHTING IS IT JUST KANSAS CITY VOTERS WHO DECIDE THIS BRIAN OR WILL PEOPLE IN CAPE GIRARDEAU AND OTHER PARTS OF MISSOURI IS DECIDING THIS TOO THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT IN FACT RIGHT NOW THE LATEST POLL FROM EMERSON COLLEGE SAYS THAT 44 OF VOTERS STATEWIDE SUPPORT THE MEASURE 22 PERCENT OPPOSE IT THAT'S MORE THAN A THIRD OF VOTERS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE THAT SAME POLL NICK SAID THAT 47 SENATE VOTERS HAVE LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS EVEN ABOUT RIGHT AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR NEW BUDGET THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING THE OUTLINE THE DRAFT OF THE NEW BUDGET CALLS FOR 29 OF THE CITY'S GENERAL REVENUE FUND AN INCREASE OF NINE PERCENT OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW JUST SO VOTERS KNOW THIS AMENDMENT IF IT PASSES WILL NOT LIMIT THE INCREASE TO 25 PERCENT IN KANSAS CITY THERE IS NO NUMBER NEXT YEAR THE LEGISLATURE COULD CONVENE AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE 75 PERCENT AND UNDER THIS PROPOSAL IF IT PASSES THAT WOULD BE LEGAL AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO PAY ATTENTION NOW JUST AS KANSANS MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THEY'RE HAVING TO DECIDE THE FATE OF LOCAL SHERIFFS ON THAT BALLOT MISSOURI VOTERS MAY BE EQUALLY PERPLEXED TO LEARN THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ON THE BALLOT IN THEIR STATE AMENDMENT FIVE WOULD REMOVE THE NATIONAL GUARD FROM UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ELEVATE IT INTO ITS OWN DEPARTMENT THEY WOULD ANSWER DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE BUT WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE I CAST MY BOWLER DOWN THAT QUESTION OR TO DECIDE TO LEAVE IT BLANK BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT BRIAN WELL I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT EITHER NICK UH IT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE A BUREAUCRATIC SHUFFLE RATHER THAN A MAJOR PHILOSOPHY CHANGE REMEMBER THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN MISSOURI IS ALREADY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THERE WAS AN EFFORT IN A RECENT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A MISSOURI MILITIA AND IT WAS PROPOSED BY CONSERVATIVE LAWMAKERS WHO THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL TROOPS AND SO THIS IS SORT OF AN OUTCROPPING OF THAT LET'S TAKE THE MISSOURI NATIONAL GUARD OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PUT IT UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S LEADERSHIP AND THAT'S THE SUBTEXT TO THIS ELECTION YOU KNOW WE ASK A LOT OF VOTERS WHEN THEY HEAD TO THE BALLOT BOX AND THAT'S NO MORE TRUE THAN AMENDMENT ONE ON THE MISSOURI BALLOT THAT ASKS YOU WHETHER YOU WANT TO LOOSEN STATE LAWS TO GIVE THE STATE TREASURER MORE CHOICES IN WHERE TO INVEST THE STATE'S MONEY YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF LANGUAGE ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION ABOUT THINGS LIKE SECURITIES AND MUNICIPAL BONDS BUT AS MOST OF US ARE NOT ACCOUNTANTS ECONOMISTS OF FINANCIAL PLANNERS WILL THE WORLD COME TO AN END IF I VOTE YES NO I'LL LEAVE THE QUESTION BLANK I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN APOCALYPTIC OUTCOME I ALSO DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TREASURER BEING ABLE TO TAKE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF STATE FUNDS AND PUT IT ON RED DOWN AT THE AMERISTAR RIGHT IT'S A IT'S A FAIRLY NARROW EXPANSION OF WHAT THE TREASURER IS ALLOWED TO DO ESTIMATES ARE THAT IT WILL ENABLE THE STATE TO PROFIT A BIT MORE THIS IS A FLEX FLEXIBILITY THAT'S NOT UNHEARD OF IN OTHER STATES NOW IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS ENOUGH TO DECIDE IF YOU'RE IN MISSOURI YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE A LONG QUESTION ASKING YOU WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION I'M EVEN STRUGGLING WITH WHAT ON EARTH THAT MEANS HELP US OUT DAVE IF I VOTE YES WHAT HAPPENS WELL EVERY 20 YEARS THE MISSOURI CONSTITUTION REQUIRES VOTERS TO DECIDE THIS QUESTION THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE BALLOT IF YES PREVAILS WHICH IT NEVER HAS BUT IF IT DOES THEN THE GOVERNOR HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO APPOINT DELEGATES FROM EVERY SENATE DISTRICT ONE REPUBLICAN AND ONE DEMOCRAT BASICALLY WHICH IS 68 PEOPLE AND THEN 15 PEOPLE AT LARGE THEY ALL GET IN A ROOM AND THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT TO THE CONSTITUTION CHANGE AN AMENDMENT TAKE THINGS UP PROPOSE AN ENTIRELY NEW DOCUMENT DO NOTHING AT ALL AND THEN THAT IS PRESENTED TO VOTERS AT A LATER DATE SO IF THEY DON'T GET TO ENACT IT ON THEIR OWN BUT THAT'S HOW THE PROCEDURE WOULD WORK NOW CLOSER TO HOME KANSAS CITY VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE HUGE NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACTUALLY IT'S TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS A 50 MILLION DOLLAR ASK FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE REMAINDER GOING TO FIX UP AND REPAIR EVERYTHING FROM PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND FOUNTAINS TO THE CONVENTION SPACES AT BARTLE HALL BUT ERIC DIDN'T PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN COME TO KANSAS CITY BACK IN DECEMBER TO PROMISE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND DIDN'T VOTERS IN KANSAS CITY ALREADY APPROVE 800 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN SLY JAMES WAS MAYOR SO WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THAT CASH UH WHO KNOWS AND ABSOLUTELY YOU ARE CORRECT WE WE HAVE VOTED ON THOSE ISSUES BEFORE BUT I THINK THIS TIME THE MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE AREAS AND I THINK BEFORE IT WAS THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WERE ON THE BALLOT TO HELP SELL THEM BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE MONEY EVEN WENT THERE OR NOT WELL KANSAS CITY HAS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND SO THEY NEED EVERY FEDERAL DOLLAR THEY CAN GET THAT 800 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO REALLY WAS FOR ROADS FLOOD CONTROL THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND OTHER CITY BUILDINGS THIS IS MORE FOR PARKS COMMUNITY CENTERS BARTLE HALL AND THEN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A REALLY THORNY ISSUE IN KANSAS CITY RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW THEY SAY THIS IS A BOND ELECTION IT'S NOT GOING TO COST YOU ANYTHING SO IS THIS JUST FREE MONEY IT ISN'T FREE MONEY OTHER DEBT THAT THE CITY'S BEEN PAYING ON WILL ROLL OFF SO THIS IS A NO TAX INCREASE CAMPAIGN WHICH IS A VERY NICE SLOGAN TO HAVE HOWEVER IF VOTERS REJECT IT THEY MIGHT EVEN SEE THEIR TAXES GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO NO TAX DECREASE PLANS YES I WILL SAY IT DOES REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY 57 PERCENT AND THAT'S MORE THAN JUST THE SIMPLE MAJORITY THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS BECAUSE THIS IS ROLL OFF OF EXISTING DEBT ALL OF THE MONEY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT FIRST IT'S 175 MILLION DOLLARS NICK BUT OVER FIVE YEARS THE FIRST YEAR ONLY 35 MILLION DOLLARS IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS PROJECTS INCLUDING HOUSING SO THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THERE'LL BE 50 MILLION DOLLARS PUSHED INTO THE HOUSING FUND THE FIRST YEAR VOTERS SHOULD KNOW THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE THEY CAN DECIDE THE MERITS IN OTHER WAYS LET'S REMEMBER EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS ELECTION RIGHT NOW MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS AS WE TURN INTO A BRAND NEW YEAR WE'LL BE FACING RE-ELECTION IT'S INTERESTING WHY HE'S GOING FOR THIS BOND ELECTION RIGHT NOW ASKING FOR MORE MONEY UH WHEN HE'S GOING TO BE ASKING FOR THE VOTE IN JUST A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE LONG RUN OF THINGS THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE A HOUSELESSNESS AND THEY'VE GOT TO PUT MONEY INTO A HOUSING PROJECT AND THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU'VE GOT THE KC TENANTS IN HIS EAR I LEARNED AND SCREAMING THAT UH TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH IS NOT AFFORDABLE SO HE'S CATERING TO THAT BASE AT THE SAME TIME HE'S TRYING TO MAKE HIS PLAN WORK WITH THE FIVE YEARS I AGREE AND THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS I THINK THERE'S ALSO A SCHEDULING ISSUE AND IF IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YEAR YOU PUT GEO BONDS ON THE BALLOT YOU COULD HAVE AN EVEN HIGHER YEAH I THINK IT FITS ON NEXT YEAR YOU WOULD NEED AN EVEN BIGGER SUPER MAJORITY OF APPROVAL PLUS NEXT YEAR YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THE MAYOR'S ELECTION NO MAYOR WANTS TO RUN AROUND SAYING VOTE FOR ME AND VOTE FOR HIGHER TAXES AND SECOND THE BASEBALL STADIUM MAY ALSO BE ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR AND THAT WOULD COLLIDE WITH THIS MONEY SO I THINK THEY WANT TO GET THIS OFF THE DECK SO THAT THAT COMES UP NOW THIS IS OUR LAST SHOW BEFORE ELECTION DAY BRIAN LET'S START WITH YOU WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RACE TREND OR ISSUE YOU WILL BE MOST FOCUSED ON AS THE RESULTS COME IN TUESDAY NIGHT I THINK IT'S WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEARN FROM THOSE BIG HIGH-PROFILE STATEWIDE RACES IN KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY FACING ATTORNEY GENERAL DEREK SCHMIDT LAURA KELLY BY ALL RIGHTS SHOULD HAVE A STRONG CASE FOR RE-ELECTION AFTER SOME BIG SUCCESSES SHE CAN POINT TO SIMILARLY IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REECE KRIS KOBACH VERSUS CHRIS MANN IF IF REPUBLICANS TRIUMPH IN THOSE ELECTIONS IT SHOWS THAT KANSAS IS SORT OF REVERTING TO THE THE FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE CONSISTENTLY RELIABLY CONSERVATIVE STATE THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IF THE DEMOCRATS TRIUMPH IT SHOWS US THAT MAYBE THE PROFILE OF KANSAS IS CHANGING AND IT'S MORE RESPONSIVE TO UH TO THE LOCAL NEEDS OF THE STATE THE BIGGEST RACE TREND OR ISSUE ERIC WESSON WILL BE WATCHING ON ELECTION NIGHT TUESDAY IS BLANK JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE YES WHETHER FRANK WRIGHT IS GOING TO HOLD THAT DOWN WITHOUT REALLY CAMPAIGNING FOR IT THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHERE'S HE AT AND IF HE DOES WIN IT'LL SHOW THE POWER OF CELEBRITY IT WOULD SHOW THE POWER OF CELEBRITY AND IT'LL ALSO BE A FEATHER AND FREEDOM'S HAT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE ENDORSING HIM AND THEY'LL DO MOST OF THE GROUND GAME WORK FOR HIM BUT THAT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE TREND FOR LYNN HORSLEY ON ELECTION NIGHT IS JUST GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR THREATS TO DEMOCRACY MY FEAR ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY IS NOT FRAUD IT'S SORE LOSERS WELL IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE FOR INSTANCE THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPONENT WE KNOW FOR THIS ELECTION IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE IN MISSOURI YOU HAVE TO AS PART OF A NEW LAW UH SHOW A PHOTO ID YOU CAN'T SHOW A UTILITY BILL OR THE LITTLE MAILING MAILING ELECTION CARD THAT YOU GET THROUGH THE MAIL BEFORE ELECTION DAY BUT I'VE NOT HEARD OF PEOPLE BEING UH YOU KNOW THROWN OUT OF ELECTION STATIONS WITH THE EARLY VOTING IS THAT BECOME A NON-ISSUE I'VE NOT HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT EITHER AND I DO THINK THE EARLY ADVANCE VOTING FINALLY IN MISSOURI IS IS QUITE AN ATTRACTIVE UM BENEFIT TO THAT LAW WHAT IS THE TRADE OBVIOUSLY I'M WITH ERIC THE JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE RACE IS CRITICAL IN PART BECAUSE WE ALREADY MENTIONED BASEBALL NEXT YEAR IN FOOTBALL WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX BUT THE JAIL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IT'S ALREADY WELL OVER BUDGET BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH COORDINATING WITH KANSAS CITY TO HELP BUILD THAT JAIL PROPERTY APPRAISALS WILL HIT THE FAN NEXT YEAR AND THAT MAY NOT GO WELL BASED ON EARLY INFORMATION SO THE NEXT JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY FULL PLATE AND WHO WINS THAT RACE WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE WAY PEOPLE WE ALWAYS HAVE THE IMPRESSION OF COURSE THIS IS GOING TO BE ELECTION NIGHT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THE RESULT YOUR LEADING KCURS ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE COULDN'T THIS GO ON IT FOR DAYS IT COULD BE IN A WHOLE ELECTION WEEK BRIAN IT ABSOLUTELY COULD IN FACT WE SHOULD COUNT ON IT THE THE REALITY IS THAT WE DO NOT LIVE IN A TIME WHERE WE CAN GO TO BED TUESDAY NIGHT KNOWING WHO OUR NEXT ROUND OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IS GOING TO BE AND IN FACT THERE ARE CASES THERE ARE CERTAINLY RACES THAT MAY BE DECIDED IN COURT WE WILL NOT ALMOST CERTAINLY KNOW CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE FOR DAYS OR MAYBE WEEKS IF THERE'S RUNOFF ELECTIONS IN OTHER STATES GOD FORBID WE COULD BE STILL LOOKING AT THIS ELECTION AS THEY START THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THEY WILL JUST NEVER STOP HEY TRUST ME NICK THE NEXT ELECTION ACTION FOR PRESIDENT STARTS THE DAY AFTER NOVEMBER 8.

NOW AS MANY OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE ALREADY CAST YOUR BALLOTS WE WANTED TO ALSO PICK APART SOME BIG NON-ELECTION RELATED HEADLINES OF THE WEEK BUT IN SOME RESPECTS ARE THEY ALL RELATED IT WAS THE WEEK OF THE BIG GROUNDBREAKING ON THE NEW FOUR BILLION DOLLAR PANASONIC PLANT IN KANSAS WE ARE BREAKING GROUND ON THE LARGEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE NOW WE LEARNED PANASONIC WAS COMING THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AGO IS IT JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY IS HOLDING THE GROUNDBREAKING JUST BEFORE ELECTION DAY DAVE IS THERE A SHOVEL OF DIRT OR A RIBBON SHE HAS NOT CUT OR OR AN OPENING THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN A PART OF THAT'S A BIG PART OF HER CAMPAIGN AND THIS WAS TIMED OBVIOUSLY FOR THAT REASON WHETHER IT RESONATES WITH VOTERS IN GARDEN CITY OR SALINA OR WICHITA IS AN OPEN QUESTION BUT AROUND HERE SHE GOT SOME PLAY FOR IT REMEMBER THOUGH THAT THE THE OPENING OF THE PANASONIC PLATE IS ACTUALLY A BIPARTISAN ACCOMPLISHMENT IT REQUIRED COOPERATION FROM REPUBLICAN LEADERS OF THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH THE WAYS THAT SOME OF THOSE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS HAVE DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM IT SO AS NOT TO GIVE THE GOVERNOR A BIGGER WIN IN IN THE CAMPAIGN BUT SHE WAS AT THE PODIUM EXACTLY SO SHE GETS THE CREDIT FOR IT IT HAPPENED DURING THEIR WHILE JUST ON WEEKENDS WELL AND THAT IS A PREROGATIVE OF INCUMBENCY CORRECT FOR SURE ABSOLUTELY NOW THERE WAS A STRIKING BUSINESS STORY TOPPING OUR LOCAL HEADLINES A CERNER ANNOUNCES IT'S ABANDONING ITS NORTH KANSAS CITY WORLD HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND SELLING OFF ALL ITS OTHER REAL ESTATE JUST WEEKS AFTER IT WAS BOUGHT BY TECH GIANT ORACLE THEY WILL SHOEHORN EVERYONE INTO ITS BUILDING ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER BANNISTER MALL NOW GIVEN THAT SOONER IS KANSAS CITY'S LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER I WAS EXPECTING THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN EXPLOSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT RATHER WITH LOTS OF HORROR-FILLED WORDS AND SOBBING BUT I WAS SURPRISED THIS WAS MET MORE WITH A COLLECTIVE SHRUG EVEN THE MAYOR OF NORTH KANSAS CITY WHO SAID HE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYS HE WAS NOT SHOCKED AND WAS OPTIMISTIC THEY WOULD FIND SOME ONE ELSE TO MAKE USE OF CERNA'S 40 YEAR OLD BUILDING SO WHAT IS THE BIGGEST IMPLICATION OF THIS DECISION AND IS IT NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL AFTER ALL REALLY IT'S NOT THEY GOT THE TAX CREDITS HERE IN MISSOURI UH IN THE GRANDVIEW AREA AND THAT WITH THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT PEOPLE KNEW IT WAS COMING I THINK PEOPLE THAT WORK AT CERNER KNEW IT WAS COMING BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE COMPLEX THAT THEY HAVE ON BANISTER DOWN THE STREET AND AROUND THAT AREAS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF HOUSING THAT THEY'RE BUILDING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THERE SO I FIGURED THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD MOVE THE MOVE EVERYBODY INTO THAT PLACE AND PLUS IT'S BRAND NEW IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF REMINDING US ONCE AGAIN THE NATURE OF OFFICE WORK IS CHANGING AND HOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO TO AN OFFICE AND WORK AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THAT GOING FORWARD AND WHETHER OR NOT AND THIS IS CRITICAL NICK WHETHER OR NOT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS OF INCENTING COMPANIES TO BUILD THESE HEADQUARTERS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT CLAWBACKS IF THINGS GO AWRY AS THEY OFTEN DO IN THESE CASES SO WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AT WHAT IMPLICATION IT HAS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION KANSAS CITY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ON THIS SHOW KANSAS CITY REALLY LACKS MAJOR CORPORATE BUSINESSES I MEAN MOST OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE 3M OR OR ANHEUSER-BUSCH OR WHAT KANSAS CITY LACKS THAT AND THE DEMISE OF CERNER HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CATEGORIZE IT IS PART OF THAT STORY NOW FUNERAL SERVICES ARE THIS WEEKEND FOR FORMER KANSAS CITY MAYOR CHARLES B WHEELER SEVERAL NEWS REPORTS POINTED OUT THAT KCI AIRPORT CROWN CENTER THE TRUMAN SPORTS COMPLEX KEMPER ARENA BOTTLE HALL WORLDS OF FUN WERE ALL OPENED DURING HIS TWO TERMS IN OFFICE THAT ENDED IN 1979 LINDEN MAYOR WHEELER HAVE A SPECIAL POWER THAT ADAM IS DID NOT HAVE OR DID HE JUST HAPPEN TO BE THERE DURING THE 1970S DURING A PERIOD OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH WELL I THINK IT WAS PARTLY LUCK I THINK A LOT OF THE PLANNING FOR THE AIRPORT HAD ALREADY BEEN UNDERWAY BUT HE HE WAS VERY ENERGETIC HE WAS INCREDIBLY ENGAGED HE ALSO HAD A BIPARTISAN MANNER ABOUT HIM AS HIS MAYOR PRO TEM HE PICKED DICK BERKELEY WHO WAS A REPUBLICAN ON THE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL I THINK HE REALLY THOUGHT BOTH PARTIES SHOULD WORK TOGETHER AND HE FOSTERED THAT ATMOSPHERE SO YOU KNOW HE WAS VERY ENGAGED I INTERVIEWED HIM THREE YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS 93 YEARS OLD HE WAS STILL CURIOUS AND INCREDIBLY INTERESTED HE WAS BURSTING WITH IDEAS YOU KNOW HE WAS HE WAS AN OLD STYLE POLITICIAN WHEN BEFORE POLITICS WAS KIND OF A BLOOD SPORT NOT THE KIND OF POLITICIAN WHO COULD GET ELECTED TODAY THEN HE MIGHT I MEAN YOU KNOW HE HE WAS A DOCTOR AND A LAWYER A COLORFUL PERSON A COLORFUL PERSONALITY HE STUCK OUT IN A CROWD EVERYBODY KNEW WHO CHARLIE WHEELER WAS UH BUT POLITICS HAS CHANGED IN KANSAS CITY THE IDEA THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HOWEVER YOU DEFINE THAT CONSIDERED A ROOM WITH CHARLIE WHEELER AND ALEX PETROVIC AND GEORGE LEAR AND CONJURE UP A NEW SPORTS COMPLEX OR WHATEVER THOSE DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER YOU HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE IN TUNE WITH WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WANT WHAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WANT AND IN THAT WAY PERHAPS THE KIND OF EXPLOSION WE SAW IN THE 70S WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN BY THE WAY CHARLIE WHEELER WAS 96 HE DIED IN AN OVERLAND PARK BASED NURSING HOME WE OFFER UH RESPECTS TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ON THAT WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO KCUR'S LYNN HORSLEY AND BRIAN ELLISON ALWAYS ON CALL AT THE KANSAS CITY CALL ERIC WESSON AND THE STARS DAVE HELLING NEXT WEEK WE PICK A PART WHAT YOU TOLD US AT THE BALLOT BOX AND ASK WHAT NOW UNTIL THEN I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON