Donnybrook: May 18, 2023

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LOTS TO TALK ABOUT INCLUDING THE RESIGNATION BY THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY.

STARTING WITH WENDY WIESE FROM THE BIG 550.

MR. BILL McCLELLAN FROM THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH.

RAY HARTMANN ST. LOUIS INSIDER ON SUBSTACK.

ALVIN REID FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

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WE'LL START WITH YOU, RAY, ON YOUR SUBSTACK, YOU WROTE ABOUT THE RESIGNATION OF KIM GARDNER THIS WEEK.

THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY.

SHE DID RESIGN.

SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE BY HER OWN SCHEDULE, JUNE 1st.

WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE THERE?

>> WELL, IN RETROSPECT, THIS HAPPENED LITTLE BIT -- IT WAS CLEAR SHE MESSED THIS UP.

SHE DID MANY THINGS BY BRINGING IN -- TEMPTING TO LEAVE EARLY.

I'M GUESSING BECAUSE OF THE CASES, CONTEMPT CASE.

SHE DECIDED SHE FEEDED T -- NEEDED TO GET OUT.

SHE TRIED TO BRING IN WESLEY BELL TO TAKE OVER THE OFFICE.

I HAPPEN TO GET A KICK OUT OF THE FACT THAT IN MY OPINION, IT WAS TONGUE-IN-CHEEK.

THE MEDIA WAS UPSET THAT SHE WAS LEAVING.

I THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT POINT, SHE BROUGHT IN WESLEY BELL TO HANDLE CASES WHICH HAD SHE STAYED IN OFFICE -- IT WAS ROUTINE -- WHERE SHE MESSED UP WAS LEAVING.

ONCE SHE LEFT THE OFFICE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE WESLEY BELL.

IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT FINE.

>> SHE HAD SEVERAL OFFERS FOR AT LEAST MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER FROM PROSECUTORS CLOSE BY FOR HELP.

SHE REFUSED.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT WAS ALL LUDICROUS.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS LEAVING AND DECIDED THERE WAS A WINDOW THAT HASN'T BEEN BROKEN YET AND THREW A BRICK AT IT.

THE IDEA THAT SHE COULD GIVE HER OFFICE TO WESLEY BELL, THAT'S CRAZY.

THESE PEOPLE ARE OFFICE HOLDER.

YOU CAN'T RENT OR SELL OR GIVE AWAY THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR OFFICE TO ANYBODY.

WHY WESLEY BELL WAS EVEN MESSING AROUND WITH THAT, I FOUND VERY PUZZLING.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THE WHOLE THING IT'S BEEN UNMITIGATED DISASTER.

I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY IT CAN GET ANY WORSE.

I KNOW THEY MEAN THE SAME THING.

BUT, KIM GARDNER, DIDN'T RESIGN ON TUESDAY.

KIM GARDNER QUIT.

KIM GARDNER QUIT AND LEFT A WAKE OF CONFUSION BEHIND HER.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE AFTER EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON, SHE LEFT THAT PLACE IN MORE DISARRAY THAN IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE OR PROBABLY AT ANY POINT WHEN THIS WHOLE THING WAS UNRAVELLING.

IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL.

I'M EMBARRASSED, OKAY, AS A RESIDENT OF THIS REGION.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU.

I'M EMBARRASSED AS A BLACK PERSON, BECAUSE THIS FEEDS INTO SO MANY DIFFERENT ATTACKS ON LEGITIMATE PEOPLE.

THIS IS JUST BEYOND THE PAIL.

>> SHE HAPPEN TO BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

THERE ARE CRAZIES LIKE GEORGE SANTOS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> I'M NOT SUGARCOATING THIS.

THIS IS BAD.

>> IT IS BAD.

>> VERY GOOD POINT.

ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE OTHER PROSECUTORS WHO ALL TIED WITH KIM GARDNER THING.

>> IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, RACHEL RAWLINGS WHO IS THE PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR IN BOSTON, SHE RESIGNED ON THE SAME DAY.

WHAT'S GOOD, I'M GOING TO BE LITTLE MR. SUNSHINE FOR A MOMENT, YOU GOT SIX PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS AND THREE DOWNTOWN LAW FIRMS, SAYING WE'LL CHIP IN AND HELP.

EVEN THOUGH THE STORY IS TERRIBLE BECAUSE AS THIS MORNING'S PAPER POINTED OUT, SHE DROPPED 9000 CASES.

OTHERS ARE COMING TOGETHER THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE IT A BETTER SITUATION.

>> WE PREDICTED THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

YOU REFUSED TO BELIEVE THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

>> ANY CONCERN IS, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE REALLY QUICKLY.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS.

>> I APPLAUD YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU DID, BECAUSE TO ME, HER GREATEST INFRACTION, HER GREATEST VIOLATION OF THE OFFICE WAS BY MAKING THIS IN A CITY THAT HAS BEEN ROYALED BY RACE UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE.

TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE WHEN EVERY SINGLE ONE KNOW THAT IT WASN'T.

MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN IT IS ABOUT RACE.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

>> ANOTHER THING YOU HAVE TO FEEL BAD FOR, THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THE JOB.

I THINK THERE WERE 18 IN THE PAPER TODAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS 22.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO GET INTERVIEWED WITH THE GOVERNOR STAFF AND -- AND THEY WOULD GIVE THREE FINALISTS TO THE GOVERNOR.

IT WAS A VERY NICE WAY TO BE DOING IT.

WHO THE GOVERNOR WOULD PICK, I DON'T KNOW.

LIKE THE PROCESS.

ALL OF AD, WHEN KIM GARDNER QUITS, THERE'S TALK ABOUT WESLEY BELL COULD HAVE TAKEN OVER.

THE GOVERNOR SAID, I'LL PICK BY FRIDAY.

ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY COULD PITCH THEIR IDEAS -- >> THEY CAN RUN NEXT YEAR.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, IF SHE WAS WORKING AS A ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKEOUT CLAIMED, AS A NURSING STUDENT DOING CLINICALS ON MANCHESTER ROAD DURING COMPANY TIME WHEN SHE SUPPOSED TO BE IN COURT ON CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES, SHOULD SHE STILL BE CHARGED?

>> I THINK IT'S BEST WE MOVE ON.

>> WHY, SHE COMMITTED A CRIME.

>> I WOULDN'T ARGUE WITH THE JUDGE THAT THREW THAT OUT.

HE'S THE ONE WHO SAID IT WAS CHAOS.

>> THE TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF.

THEY WERE PAYING HER TO BE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY.

FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND -- >> IF THE JUDGE DECIDED, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I CAN -- >> SINCE WHEN DO YOU REFER TO AUTHORITY?

>> I THINK THE MORE RELEVANT REFERENCE HERE TO THAT, I THINK THAT THE CHANCES OF THAT QUO WARRANTO WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK THAT, THIS IS IN DEFENSE OF HER, IT'S AN EXPLANATION THAT WOULD PROBABLY ACCOUNT FOR HER SENSE OF URGENCY WHICH WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROMPT IT.

ONE PLACE I WOULD DISAGREE, PEOPLE SAY WHY SHE LEAVE.

I'M GUESSING THAT FACT, ACCELERATED HER PROCESS.

DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY SHE DID IT.

>> SUDDENLY SHE'S KEEN LEGAL ACUMEN.

>> SHE WAS MORE TROUBLE LEGALLY.

MY POINT IS THIS -- >> YOU DON'T KNOW.

>> SHE MAY.

THE POINT IS -- IT DOESN'T MATTER, SHE'S GONE.

LET ME SAY THIS, AS FAR AS THIS THING ABOUT RACE, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT 60% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, PARTICULARLY IN NORTH ST. LOUIS, SUPPORTED HER IN THEIR -- AND THEIR CONCERNS WERE RACIAL.

THEY WERE ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

FOR US, ONE OF THE REASONS I DEFENDED HER A LOT, I DON'T THINK IT HER FAILURES NECESSARILY DISPROVES THE NEED FOR PROGRESSIVE PROCESS.

>> SHE MADE IT WORSE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

>> SHE DID.

MY POINT IS, -- LET'S NOT HAVE A VICTORY LAP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OPPOSING HER.

>> THEY DESERVE A VICTORY LAP.

THERE'S NOTHING PRO-AFRICAN-AMERICAN BY LETTING A GUY STAY IN PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS.

>> I'M NOT DEFENDING HER PERFORMANCE.

>> NOBODY SHOULD GET A FREE PASS.

I'M NOT GOING THERE.

I DON'T CARE WHY YOU GOT ELECTED.

IF YOU FAILED THAT POORLY, IT MAKE THOSE WHO SUPPORTED YOU LOOK BAD.

>> THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED HER OUT SHOULD TAKE A VICTORY LAP.

SHE HAD A WAR FROM DAY ONE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THERE WERE SOME LEGITIMATE ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES.

THIS DOESN'T PROVE THAT.

>> SHE CAME IN YELLING AT PEOPLE.

ACCUSING PEOPLE OF STUFF.

>> IT DOESN'T PROVE WITH THE POLICE WERE RIGHT.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHATEVER ARGUMENT SHE HAD, IT'S ALL MOOT.

SHE MADE THE POLICE LOOK RIGHT.

>> SPEAKING OF THE POLICE, THERE WAS A CRIME SUMMIT YESTERDAY IN ST. LOUIS.

IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE EAST-WEST GATEWAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNOR.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT ON "NEXT UP" WITH LESS STURMAN AND PROFESSOR CRIMINOLOGY AT UMSL.

YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A SIX HOUR SUMMIT.

THE MEDIA WERE ALLOWED IN FOR TWO HOURS.

THEY WERE KICKED OUT.

THEN IT PROCEEDED FOR ANOTHER FOUR HOURS.

THE IDEA WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT CRIME IN THE REGION, WHICH WAS ALSO SUMMARIZED IN THE WHITE PAPER BY PROFESSOR ROSEN FELT WHICH WAS RELEASED BY GREATER ST. LOUIS INC. WHAT WERE COMPREHENSIONS?

>> WHEN THIS WAS ANNOUNCED, YOU GOT THE WHOLE LIKE SIX HOURS, THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEAK.

I FELT LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO GO.

EVEN THOUGH I CAN GO -- I'M NOT GOING TO GO.

I THINK I PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SAY ALREADY.

I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT WAS SAID.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO IN AND COME OUTWITH DEFINITIVE IDEAS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET ON BOARD AND LET'S GO.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT NOTHING IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THOSE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WILL BE SURPRISED IF WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, ANYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

>> I THINK THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT MEET EACH OTHER THEY DIDN'T KNOW.

AS FAR AS THE PLANS, IT'S LIKE A BALLOON RELEASE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING.

>> IT'S A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO ONE OF THE BLUE RIBBON PANEL DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE FAMOUS FOR.

THIS MORNING, JAY AND HIS LAW PARTNER OF BRENTWOOD, HE MADE THAT POINT.

HE SAID, THERE WERE LOT OF PEOPLE -- THERE WAS DEFINITELY A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION REGARDLESS OF ANY POLITICAL DIFFERENCES.

HE SAID THAT WAS KIND OF UNUSUAL AND BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

THERE WAS MORE OF THE SENSE OF JUST ONE PURPOSE.

>> I'LL BE THE ONE THAT SAYS I THINK IT WAS WORSE THAN NOT DOING IT.

FOR ONE THING, THIS WAS A PUBLIC BODY, THE EAST-WEST COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC BODY.

WE HAD EIGHT COUNTY EXECUTIVES COUNTING THE MAYOR WHO'S HEAD OF THE COUNTY.

UNBELIEVABLY, THE MEDIA -- IF IT'S NOT A VIOLATION OF LETTER SUNSHINE LAWS, IT WAS OF THE SPIRIT.

THE POST DISPATCH, EVEN THAT ONLY DID HE NOT BRING IT UP, HE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL POINTS HERE, WHICH IS FINE.

IT WAS AN AUDITION OF SORTS.

FOR THE GUY IN MARYLAND WHO'S GOING TO GIVE US ANOTHER STUDY.

IT'S LIKE, EXCUSE ME, READ McCLELLAN FOR REAL, CAN DO A BETTER JOB ON THIS.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE COST.

IT'S ALL GREAT.

THE POINT IS THE LAST THING WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS ANOTHER STUDY.

>> YOU MISCHARACTERIZING IT.

THOMAS APT WHO WORKED IN THE OBAMA AND CLINTON DEPARTMENTS, HE HAS WHAT'S CALLED FOCUSED DETERRENCE.

IT WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU IDENTIFY THE TOP CRIMINALS AND YOU APPROACH THEM, WE'LL GIVE YOU SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT.

IF YOU DON'T AGREE AND COOPERATE, WE'LL COME DOWN ON YOU.

>> LET'S DO FOCUS DETERRENCE.

WE WANT TO STUDY.

WE WANT TO SEND A DELEGATION TO STUDY SOME COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S WORKING.

FINE.

>> HE'S GOING TO BRING IT HERE.

>> LET ME RESPOND LITTLE BIT TO YOUR REMARK ABOUT THE REPORTER DIDN'T LIKE THAT -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THAT'S NOT WHAT THE REPORTER WOULD WRITE ABOUT.

IF PEOPLE PICK UP THE PAPER AND READ WHAT THE CRIME SUMMIT SAID, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE READING ABOUT THE MEDIA HAD PROBLEMS.

>> IT WAS NOTES IN THE BUSINESS JOURNAL.

>> HE'S REPORTING ON STUFF.

>> I TEND TO AGREE WITH RAY ON THIS ONE.

THE MEDIA SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT.

OVERALL, THE STUDY BY DR. ROSENFELD SAYS THIS ISSUE IS THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT THAT ST. LOUIS HAVE WITH OUR REGION, CRIME.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE BUSINESSES AND PROFESSORS AND OTHERS GETTING TOGETHER.

WE HAD APT AT THE KMOX STUDIOS THREE YEARS AGO.

THEY LISTENED AND THEY KNOTTED THEIR HEADS, NOTHING HAPPENED.

>> THIS IS GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT OUTCOME?

>> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN.

UNTIL -- >> WE JUST WOKE UP IN 2023 AND NOW, WE ARE READY TO DECLARE THAT VIOLENT CRIME -- >> IT'S ALL SUNS COME UP IN THE EAST.

THE PROBLEM IS, THE REASON I'M SO FOCUSED ON THE MEDIA THING, IT SUGGESTS THAT THE PARTY THAT NEEDS TO BE LEFT OUT IS THE PARTY THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO BE THE ESSENCE OF THE SOLUTION, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC.

THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AS WE'VE HEARD ON OUR SHOW.

>> EVEN THEY DON'T PRETEND IT'S A CURE ALL FOR TOMORROW.

>> THE POINT IS, THE EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND FRANKLY THOSE PEOPLE -- >> THEY EXCLUDED THE RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS TOO.

>> SOCIOECONOMICALLY, I'M SURE THEY EXCLUDED THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY CRIME.

>> ARE YOU SURE THE PUBLIC DIFFERENT PREFER BEING EXCLUDED?

>> THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON TO DO IT.

>> AT THE END OF THE WORLD, RAY'S SUBSTACK COLUMN WOULD SAY, END OF THE WORLD TOMORROW AND WOMEN AND MINORITIES AFFECTED THE MOST.

>> WHATEVER.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> AS A RESULT, I JUST CAN'T GET WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY.

>> RAY, THE REPUBLICANS IN JEFFERSON CITY WEREN'T ABLE TO ORGANIZE A ONE MAN PARADE.

IN THIS MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHEN IT CAMES TO INITIATIVE PETITION REFORM AND SPORTS BETTING AND FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF LAND.

THEY COULDN'T GET THEIR MEASURES PASSED.

THEY CONTROL BOTH HOUSES AND THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

I HAVE A THEORY THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO INTERESTED GETTING THEIR NAMES IN THE PAPER OR GETTING LIKES ON TWITTER.

THEY DON'T KNOW ANYMORE HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE.

>> WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARTY IS DOMINATED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT.

FOR THEM, THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, THIS WAS A VICTORY.

THEY DIDN'T GET THE ONE BILL TO PERSECUTE TRANS PEOPLE DONE.

OTHER THAN THAT, THEIR AGENDA NOT ONLY DID IT FAIL, IT COBBED UP LOT OF GOOD LEGISLATION THAT HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

IT WAS A TERRIBLE DEFEAT FOR MAINSTREAM REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP.

YOU TALK TO TRACY AND McCREARY AND OTHERS THEY HAD IMPORTANT STUFF THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT WERE BIPARTISAN.

ANYTHING GOOD HAD TO HAPPEN QUIETLY.

BECAUSE REPUBLICANS IN POSITION WHERE THEY CAN'T LOOK WOKE.

THE DEMOCRATS HAD A GREAT SESSION.

>> I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T GET ACCOMPLISHED.

MOST OF US THIS STUFF IS SILLY.

SOME OF IT BORDER ON SINISTER.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> I'M LIKE, HOW COULD THEY FILE THIS UP.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ABOUT GOVERNMENT WASTE.

WHAT IS SPECIAL SESSION COST $350,000.

HOW MUCH DID THIS COST FROM JANUARY TO MAY FOR SO LITTLE TO GET DONE?

THEY WASTED THE PEOPLE'S MONEY.

THAT'S ALL OF US.

THAT'S INEXCUSABLE.

>> IN A PARTY OF GRIEVANCE, THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE FAR RIGHT CAN SAY, THEY FOUGHT TO PERSECUTE THIS GROUP OR THAT GROUP AND FAILED.

THAT FEEDS THEIR MESSAGE.

THEY WERE WINNERS.

>> LET'S MOVE ON.

BILL, ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNSEL HAS VOTED NOT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAND OR SIT OR WALK ON COUNTY-OWNED ROADS IN UNINCORPORATED IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

I THINK IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMELESS ARE NOT BEGGING IN THE MEDIAN WHEN PEOPLE ARE STOPPING AT THE STOP LIGHTS.

OTHERS CONCERNED IT WILL PREVENT JOGGERS AND BIKERS.

>> THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS DOING SOMETHING FOR ME.

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE ON THE MONEY ON THE ROAD.

I THOUGHT, I WISH HE HADN'T DONE THAT.

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE ASKING FOR MONEY ON THE ROADS.

I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING JOGGERS GO OFF THE ROAD.

I KNOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

THE JOGGERS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE I'M SURE.

I DRIVE ALONG I SEE A JOGGER, THEY WEARING HEADPHONES SOMETIMES -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I APPLAUD THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

>> I ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEGISLATE THE HOMELESS OFF THE MEDIAN, THAT TAKES OUT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND OLD NEWS BOYS AND SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY CALLED MY BLUFF WHEN THEY PASSED THIS LAW.

NOW I FEEL BAD FOR THE OLD NEWS BOYS AND THE PEOPLE COLLECTING MONEY IN THE BOOT.

>> YOU MENTIONED YOUTUBE.

THERE'S ONE FAMOUS YOUTUBE VIDEO OF A WOMAN WHO IS PANHANDLING, GETTING IN A LUXURY SEDAN.

THERE ARE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL THOSE PANHANDLES AREN'T JUST HOMELESS.

THEY ARE ORGANIZED.

>> I LEFT HERE, I GOT COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AT 44.

MAN WITH HIS FAMILY OUT THERE.

IT SAID LIKE VENMO, CASH APP.

>> REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO GET TO ONE MORE TOPIC.

>> I THINK IT WAS TERRIBLE LEGISLATION.

AS A VERY FORMER MARATHONER.

THERE'S A PHRASE CALLED SHARE THE ROAD THAT SUPPOSED TO APPLY TO CYCLIST.

I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

>> I WANT TO MOVE TO THE LAST TOPIC.

WENDY WIESE, KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, YEARBOOK FOUR PAGES, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED IN MEDIA OF SORTS OF SEX AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

SOME PARENTS ARE CONCERNED.

>> I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE COLUMN ABOUT IT.

SHE ADMITTED, SHE SAID USUALLY SHE TAKES THE SIDE OF THE STUDENT JOURNALIST.

SHE SAID IN THIS CASE, IT'S HIT OR MISS OR CASUAL POLLING ABOUT TOPICS OF A SEXUAL NATURE, PICTURES OF CONDOMS, PLAN B, THAT KIND OF THING.

SHE SAID THAT DESERVES MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS.

WE CAN'T BE SUPE SUPERFICIAL AND SKIM OVER SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT AND COULD HAVE IMPACT ON THE LOVES OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> I DISAGREE.

IF THEY DO SOMETHING LIBELOUS OR SLANDEROUS, THEY GOT TO BE EDITED.

JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT'S A BAD DAY, THAT'S WHAT FREE EXPRESSION IS FOR.

>> I'M NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL ANYMORE.

I DID GO TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL ON THE COLLEGE STAFF.

I WILL STAND WITH MY PIONEER YEARBOOK FOLKS.

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APPARENTLY THE PANEL FOUND IT HUMOROUS THAT THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL TO ENACT SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

KATE REESE WROTE, WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN ENTIRE HALF HOUR DEDICATED TO INCREASE IN GUN CRIMES AND EASING OF GUN LAWS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

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