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Sarah, you guys uh released some poll information.

Quite interesting as far as uh some of the ballot initiatives that might come up and also some little uh how we feel about our politicians these days.

Yeah.

So, this was a You Gov poll.

They're considered like this is the best poll you're going to get of Missouri voters.

There were a couple things in here that was interesting.

One, uh, it turns out Missouri voters, they like Donald Trump.

Of course, we knew that.

They like Republicans.

Boy, they don't really like those congressional maps that Donald Trump pushed the Republicans to do.

So, this poll at least suggests that those maps could be in some trouble if they end up on the ballot, which of course comes down to this giant complicated court fight that's going on.

The other thing I thought was really interesting, uh, Mike Kehoe, his approval rating has declined a bit.

You know, he's now been in office for a year.

We know what he's up to, and I guess that's never as good as being an unknown.

Um, but his disapproval rating has really skyrocketed.

You saw a lot of Democrats and independents say, "I'm going to give this guy a chance.

I I don't strongly approve, but I'm open to him."

Boy, that has shifted into dislike, disapproval >> You think it's the income tax or the >> I think a lot of people don't like that.

But I think it feels sort of like uh foolhardy.

Even though the income tax polls well, people don't like the idea that he hasn't come up with like an alternative for it.

So the revenue would keep strong.

I think there's some fear around that.

I think you see some Republicans who are like, "Wow, he has governed a lot more conservatively than we thought he was going to be."

>> You know, I I'm surprised that his numbers have gone down that much because that on the income tax, which I'm against.

You know, I think income tax is a fine thing, >> but he it isn't like he's a dictator putting us on this.

All he wants to do is get it on the ballot.

So, even though I'm against it, I don't hold it against the governor.

>> I looked at the polls and I I agree.

I I think what is interesting about polls like that, uh Trump's been around a while, so he's a known quantity.

I think with somebody like Kho, um I think everybody want and not just Kio, any new elected official, the other side, whether that's Republicans or Democrats, be like, well, I don't want to rush to judgment.

Let's see how it does.

And they're always surprised that the Republicans end up acting like Republicans and the Democrats vote like Democrats.

So, it's like, gosh, I was hoping they were going to switch parties somewhere along the line.

So, then they start acting like a Republican and you're like, okay, that's it.

I don't like them.

I think with Kho, part of it is there were a number of independents who were like, "Oh, wow.

There's some real crazy people running in the Republican primary."

We, you know, we kept hearing Kho, he's going to be the more reasonable one.

And people were glad when he got through and then, yeah, you're right.

It turns out he's a pretty conventional Republican.

>> Surely they'll start agreeing with me once they get into office.

And then when they don't, it's like down with dead guy.

>> I know Dave follows the politics closely.

You too.

Did you guys talk about that one?

Yeah, you know, with Mike Kiho, we've had him on the show.

Very nice person from what I can tell.

Uh, but he kind of immediately started getting involved with the city of St.

Louis.

I mean, I would have to think some of those poll numbers reflect the state takeover of the police department.

I I wasn't happy about that.

And I know I'm not the only one.

>> Well, we're three against two right now.

We won't even go into it.

We >> Oh, let us go in.

We're not going to go there.

>> We finally have him outnumbered.

Alvin, >> I know.

I know.

Sarah, I'm going to stay with you.

Uh, Alderman Rasheen Aldrich.

>> Lo and behold, he had a good idea.

Sounds like.

Okay.

Right now, if you want to do a food truck in the city of St.

Louis, you got to get four different, I guess, permits and go four different places to get them.

This couldn't possibly be stying our growth in St.

Louis, could it?

>> Yeah, I kind of think it was.

at least as far as the growth of our easy to get a treat from a food truck.

You know, it it was like they almost treated it like they were only happening during special events.

And if you go to a bigger, more vibrant city, you will often see food trucks are just a great dining option.

So, this bill that he has that seems to be gaining a lot of favor with other people on the board of alderman.

It would create five zones where food trucks are just broadly allowed once they've been permitted properly by the city.

They could be uh on Cherokee Street.

They could be near the soccer stadium.

They could be downtown.

Of course, I'm going to flake Grand Center.

There's Sulard.

And so the neighborhoods where people might be looking for a bite to eat after being out in the bars or being around, they could just operate without needing a special permit every time.

It makes sense.

>> Well, I've said this about other legislation.

This makes so much sense.

There's no way it passes, you know?

I mean, it's it's like I mean, who's opposed to this?

>> Let me let me jump in.

Okay.

Okay.

I love it.

You know, now I've been in some cities where they have like a in a park uh food truck park and food trucks everywhere.

And I kind of like that.

My concern about food trucks is like say you mentioned Cherokee Street.

Well, right now if you're on Cherokee Street, you go to one of the little Mexican places.

At least I do.

Yeah.

if if all of a sudden there's a food truck there, I think it's going to take business away from the bricks and mortar place.

>> So, there is a study that I just found out about because the city of Clayton is looking at liberalizing its uh food truck rules and it turns out that food trucks actually don't take away from brick and mortars when they're allowed to park there.

It creates more like people will come there going, "Oh, I might have multiple options."

So, this was this very long study looking at them over a period of decades.

It's interesting, too, because I mean, I guess if we're thinking it's a bad thing for them to take away business from brick and mortars, I mean, does that make them any less of a business or any less of a restaurant?

>> I think you got to respect the investment that that people made in that.

But I I agree with Sarah that my finding is is the times I've went to food trucks other than the one in uh Tower Grove Park uh that I've went to because it's a food truck thing.

It's usually kind of a spur of the moment, you know, I could use something or it's late and the restaurants are already closed.

Um so it's almost two mindsets I have.

If I want to go to a restaurant, I'm going to go to a restaurant.

Food truck ones seem to be like, "Hey, are you hungry?

Let's grab something at this food truck."

And you grab a hot dog or a burrito, whatever.

So, I I I can see where that the impact on brick and mortars.

I mean, I understand why restaurants don't want a single dime to go to them.

I get that.

I still think it's uh >> it it brings more atmosphere to the neighborhood.

It'll bring more people in.

And if you're down there for something, you get something to eat, and you look around, you go, "Oh, there's that looks like a good burger joint or whatever, you may end up going there."

I I I just don't see a whole lot of downside provided that I think it's a great idea is to where they're not just showing up anywhere.

It's like here's certain districts, you go there if you want to, you know, engage in food truck food.

Great.

>> Where does this play into the whole we don't want street vendors?

>> I think this is a real repudiation of that group.

I think Christine is saying, "Hey, you don't want street vendors, I'm going to get you more street."

>> Okay.

I I kind of had a feeling like this would just just came up out of the blue.

All right.

And speaking of investment, I have a food truck idea that it's called greens to go and we would make like greens, non-healthy ones.

Good, >> you know, with salt and pork and bacon.

You got some bacon in there.

>> Tell me what.

Right.

And then that way we would be next to the food truck that >> Can I get cornbread on the bottom and on top?

All right.

Ready to go.

My idea.

Don't steal it, anybody.

Well, you know, we had some negative behavior obviously um you know, last Saturday and the NCAA tournament is here in town.

We got first and second round games.

I'll be living down there uh tomorrow and then probably going back on Sunday.

I mean, is this exciting to you that it's here, you know, Joe, or just another >> No, I I I it is.

I I I watch, you know, the dance every year.

I mean, so the idea that there's games here, it's like all the cool cities have some games.

So, we're in part of the Cool City crowd.

So, I mean, yeah, I I don't think as I mean, the games you people go, "Oh, well, the game's here in town."

Well, when you're actually watching the game on TV, it's hard to tell.

They all look like basketball courts.

But what's going to happen is is somebody's going to have to do a featurette for the station and going to show a picture of the arch and you know, you got to fill that space and I think all that stuff's gravy.

It's good good for the city.

>> I was down there picking up my credential.

found this funny that when you enter like the area, you can only have your cups can only be the official NCAA cup.

>> You guys don't miss a beat.

>> No, no food trucks at all.

>> Well, hey, I I bet you I'd park greens to go right outside.

>> Yeah, I think it's I think it's great to have the tournament here.

And in the past, I've had friends, you know, from other cities whose teams are playing come in and I get to show them the show off the city a little bit.

It's nice.

>> Yeah, I I do agree.

And it's like I say, it's a it is a good time to show off the city in a positive way.

And we all get wrapped up into it.

And it's going to sound very like chauvinistic, but uh I'm sure the three of us probably filled out a bracket that you uh >> we have our own league that we haven't EVEN fit right in, don't you?

Am >> I the only one at the table who picked Slooh to upset Michigan?

>> I did not only to beat Georgia tonight, >> but to upset Michigan.

And then I have them losing to Alabama.

Wow.

>> So, it isn't like I'm I've gone crazy.

>> Oh, there you go.

There you go.

All right.

We had no Cardinals on the team, but all the buzz is on this World Baseball Classic.

And I did watch they were very just thrilling games.

Uh the United States lost to Venezuela, but uh did anybody check that out?

I know you guys got that international flare going on down there.

St.

Louis magazine.

Noah World Baseball Council.

>> I did.

>> You did.

>> I'll watch any baseball game basically.

So, yeah.

All right.

Did anybody watch the Oscars?

>> I did.

Yeah.

>> All right.

I did not watch one minute.

Was it good?

Was it bad?

Was it >> I mean, they were having major production problems all night.

I don't know what was going on.

>> Notice the producer would pick up on that immediately.

What are these morons doing?

>> I mean, it was bad.

I don't know.

It's not the same as it used to be for me.

I think social media has kind of ruined award shows like that.

Like, I know too much about these people.

I know too much about their private lives.

And it's also kind of hard to watch them pat themselves on the back as like we're doing the most important work in the world.

Like, no, you're not.

You're not.

>> Well, I have a rule now after watching him on the Golden Globes.

I will not watch no award show that Ricky Jervves does not host >> because he at the Golden Globes and he basically said that he's just like come up here, say thank you, get off, you know, and these speeches speeches for about uh four years.

is I was the film critic at the Post Dispatch and by far the worst part of my job was I had to watch the Oscars.

I hate all award shows.

I don't watch the Grammys, the Emmys, the Oscars.

Uh it's a bunch of self- congratulation that goes on for what about a day, day and a half.

It seems like about a 12-h hour broadcast and it's just, you know, I mean, it's a waste of time.

So, >> I'm done with that.

I watched four years worth of it about 20 years ago and I'm good for a lifetime.

Well, I could I myself could tell you it was the night that I gave up all all award shows was when Dancing with Wolves beat Good Fellas for best picture.

That was it.

So, I don't watch that.

But you guys keep watching Donnybrook and Last Call.

Once again, thank you, Rachel, and we will see you guys next week.

Okay.