>>> DONNYBROOK IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE BOK DEBT SI AND THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND NINE PBS.

>> MARDI GRAS WEEKEND HERE IN ST. LOUIS.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK.. OF THINGS THIS WEEK, BUT FIRST LET'S MEET THE PANELIST STARTING WITH WENDY WIESE.

JOE HOLLEMAN FROM THE POST DISPATCH SITTING IN FOR BILL MCCLELLAN WHO IS TAKING THE WEEK OFF.

SARAH FENSKE.. AND ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE AND FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN EDITOR AND COLUMNIST ALVIN REID, WHO ON SATURDAY WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE KIRKWOOD OUTSTANDING ALUMNI HALL OF FAME.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALVIN REID WILL BE ENSHRINED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH OTHER GREATS INCLUDING NICKI GLAZIER.

AM.. >> SHE WILL NOT BE THERE.

TOO BAD.

EVERYBODY CAN PAY ATTENTION TO ME.

&g..

BETTING, THEY LET YOU IN?

>> IT HASN'T BEEN ENACTED IN MISSOURI YET.

I GAMBLED MY WAY OUT OF IT.

>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.

>> OUT OF 15, ONE HAS PASSED AWAY, WITH YOU 14 OTHERS WILL BE THERE.

>> FANTASTIC.

CONGRATU.. JOE, I W.. RATHER LENGTHY COLUMN YOU WROTE ON THE NEWLY ELECTED SHERIFF.

ALFRED MONTGOMERY WHO HAS NOT GOTTEN OFF TO A VERY GOOD START.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, SPEAKING OF GAMBLING, HE GAVE A DEPUTY CHOICE.

YO..

THE JOB, BUT YOU WILL KEEP THE JOB IF YOU ROLL A 7 WITH THESE DICE.

LITTLE D.. WAS RECORDING THE CONVERSATION.

I THINK THAT'S A FIREABLE OFFENSE AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACTION TAKEN TO GET RID OF THE NEW SHERIFF.

>> YOU MENTIONED T.. WAS LONG.

THAT WAS HALF OF WHAT I ORIGINALLY WROTE, AND THIS MAN HAS ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE FOR TWO MONTHS.

IT IS ABSURD A..

HAPPENED IN THAT OFFICE IN JUST TWO MONTHS, NOT THAT THIS WAS EVER A SHINING EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRACY.

IT'S A PATRONA.. FAITHFULS.

I'M NOT GOING ..

HERE AND SAY THE ONCE GREAT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LAID LOW, BUT IN TWO MONTHS HE'S TRIED TO FORCE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO RESIGN, THEN WENT OUT TO A GUY WORKING A SECONDARY JOB WANTING TO CONFISCATE HIS PERSONAL HANDGUN AND KICK HIM OFF THE JOB.

LET'S NOT FORGET THE ONE WHERE THERE'S A REPORT THAT A DETAINEE AT THE ST. LOUIS JAIL IS HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

THE SHERIFF HA.. ENFORCEMENT POWERS, AND IT'S NOT IN CHARGE OF THE JAIL, BUT UNDAUNTED, ALFRED MONTGOMERY MARCHS DOWN TO THE JAIL, WANTS TO INTERVIEW THE DETAINEE, AND WHEN THE DEPUTY JAIL COMMISSIONER DECIDES YO YOU CAN'T DO THAT, ALFRED HANDCUFFS HER AND ARRESTS HER AND GETS ON TELEVISION SAYING I HAD PERMISSION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THEY BROKE THEIR ANKLES SAYING NO WE DIDN'T.

SO HE LI.. AND MAKING A GUY ROLL DICE TO SAVE HIS JOB, LITERALLY ROLL DICE TO SAVE HIS JOB, AND THE PART, I THINK, THAT BOTHERED ME ON A HUMAN LEVEL WAS THE DEAL WAS IF HE ROLLED A 7 IN TWO ROLLS, HE GOT TO DO IT HIS WAY.

HE DID THAT, AND HE STILL TURNED AROUND, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> THEY HAD ALREADY ARRANGED, I THOUGHT, FOR HIM TO TAKE TIME TO GRIEGRIEVE HIS FATHER, THE LOSS OF HIS DAD AND HE'S OBVIOUSLY RUNNING FOR ALDERMEN, BUT THIS IS SO ALARMING, SO DISTURBING.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE ROAD OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, I THINK HE HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD START.

AS YOU SAID, HE'S OFF TO A START, JUST NOT A GOOD START.

>> I WAS NO FAN OF HIS PREDECESSOR.

VERNON HAD VERY PUBLIC SCREW-UPS, VERY EMBARRASSING THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

SOME LAWYERS I TALKED TO FEEL THIS WOULD BE UP TO ANDREW BAILEY, THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PREIT LIKE HE DID FOR KIM GARDNER AND COME IN AND THE STATE WOULD GET TO APPOINT SOMEBODY.

ONCE..

ELECT PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN.

FEELS LIKE ONCE AGAIN THEY MADE A BAD CHOICE.

>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE ELECTION.

>> THIS JUST SOUNDS SO RUBBISH AND GOVERNED BY CHAOS AND FIRST ELECTION WAS FIXED AND ON AND ON AND ON.

FOLKS, YOU ELECTED THIS GUY, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THE CITY SUED AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE IN THEIR OFFICE, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF.

LISTEN.

.. MONTGOMERY EITHER.

BUT ALL OF THIS TO TAKE .. AWAY FROM HIM?

NO.

THRE.. OUT.

>> ALVIN, HE'S GOI.. CITY MILLIONS.

>> THE POLICE HAVE COST THE .. 10 TIMES THAT.

ARE WE GOING TO FIRE THE C..

WHEN THE STATE TAKES OVER?

>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN AS MANY LAWSUITS PER MONTH WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.

>> HOW MANY ARE PENDING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW?

I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT IS BEING RUN.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

HOPEFULLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> THEY WENT AFTER KIM GARDNER BECAUSE SHE WAS A NURSING STUDENT ON COMPANY TIME.

>> IF IT HAD ONLY WE KNOW BEEN HER JOB DOING POORLY, SHE WOULD HAVE BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND WHO KNOWS IF SHE WOULD HAVE WON.

BUT THE REASON SHE LOST THE OFFICE WAS BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED.

>> I THINK HE SHOULD BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY FOR THEFT OF A FIREARM WHICH IS WHEN HE TOOK IT AWAY FROM PRIVATE SECURITY.

>> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE ENDS BE SEEING A CRIMINAL CHARGE FOR ARRESTING THIS COMMISSIONER.

IT'S EXACTLY THE CLEAR CUT CASE THAT THE FEDS LIKE.

I THINK WE WILL SEE ACTION ON THIS.

COMMISSION THAT LOOKED AT HOW TO REFORM ST. LOUIS GOVERNMENT.

FOR SOME REASON WE DIDN'T TALK AT ALL ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

WE.. ELECTED SHERIFF.

IT COULD COME UNDER THE ST. LOUIS POLICE OR COME UNDER THE CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONER AND IT WOULD SAVE A LOT.

>> WHEN HIS PREDECESSOR SAID THAT HE WAS U UNFIT TO BE A DEPUTY, THAT TELLS ME ALL I NEED TO KNOW, THE DI DERELICTION OF DUTY, THAT HE WAS A BAD APPLE, THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING.

>> LET'S MOVE ALONG BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TOPICS AND LIMITED TIME, AS ALWAYS.

WENDY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK -- ACTUALLY IT WAS BROKEN BY SARAH FENSKE.

NOTHING WAS ANNOUNCED.

SHE BROKE THE STORY OUT OF THIN AIR, AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE TASTE OF ST. LOUIS IS MOVING TO CLAYTON.

IT.. ST. LOUIS WHERE IT WAS THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BRUN WOOD WOODAVENUE.

>>.. CLAYTON.

WHILE I THINK THE ORGANIZE..

ATTITUDE IN LEAVING WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND MAGNANIMOUS AND HE WAS NOT CASTING ANY ASPERSIONS ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES OR CONCERNS, BUT I THINK IT ADDS TO THE CURRENT DRIP, DRIP, DRIP THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE.. SAID THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN THE STREETS AND THERE WAS SOME $200,000.

IF IT TRULY COSTS THAT MUCH, IT DOES.

..

WAVE, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY, BUT IF WE DO THIS, WHEN WE HAVE THE 5K THEY HAVE TO PAY.

AND I THINK ROCK AND.. PLACE.

GRANTED, IT LOOKS BA.. DON'T THINK THIS IS THE FAULT OF ANYONE OTHER THAN THINGS COST MONEY.

>> CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> WE DO KNOW TH.. MALONE PARADE WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, ALVIN, HAS BEEN UNCANCELED.

LAST WEE.. BEEN CANCELED BUT SINCE THEN THEY FOUND THE MONEY.

>> WENT DOWN TO JEFFERSON CITY, SAID SHE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE, AND THEY GOT ON THE PHONE, AND SHE DIDN'T SAY WHO SHE TALKED TO OR WHO THEY GOT ON THE PHONE WITH, BUT THE PARADE WAS GOING TO GO ON.

AT LEAST THEY SAY THAT IN MAY.

>> WHAT A GREAT TRADITION, 115 YEARS.

LOSE ONE.

TAST.. BUMMER, AS A CITY RESIDENT AND AS SOMEBODY WHO ROOTS FOR DOWNTOWN.

I'M ..

I APPRECIATE THEY WERE CLASSY IN THE WAY THAT THEY LEFT.

BUT I ATTACKED TO THE WOMAN WHO RUNS THE CHEROKEE DISTRICT THERE.

.. THAT IF YOU CAN GET PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH THESE KIND OF SPACES AND SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A PUBLIC EVENT AND FEEL INVITED, THEN YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE COMING BACK NEXT TIME.

I SAW THIS RESTAURANT.

I COULD EASILY HANDLE THIS.

IT'S A WAY OF FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH SOMETHING THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE INTIMIDATING.

I THINK THESE EVENTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR DOWNTOWN.

I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT EASIER, LESS COSTLY, TO GET PEOPLE DOWN ON THE STREETS.

AND WE SHOULD BE MOBILIZING THE STREETS.

>.. FEES IF THE CITY IS IMPOSING FEES.

THEY ARE JUST CHOOSING NOT THEM.

>> IF YOU WAVE IT FOR TAS OF ST. ST.

TASTE OF ST. LOUIS, THEN YOU WILL HAVE A LOT.

.. BLOW BUT WHEN YOU LIST ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY, IT GOES ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE.

>> THE NEGATIVE SIDE WAS WHEN WAVE TACO SAYS THEY MOVED OUT BECAUSE OF CRIME AND HOMELESS AND LOTS OF PROBLEM.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG BOOM FOR CLAYTON.

I THINK WHAT CITIES NEED ARE BAKERIES AND CORNER CAVE AN AND CAFES AND PEOPLE ENJOYING COFFEE ON THE SIDEWALK.

MAYB.. YEAR.

SOUTH MAIN STREET, ST. CHARLES, SOUTH GRAND.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

>> YOU ARE SAYING NEW BUSINESSES.

I TH..

UNDERSTANDS.

>>..

HERE UNDERSTANDS.

>> THEY WANT THEM.

THEY JUST CAN'T GET THEM.

>> I THINK THEY WANT MONEY FOR DEVELOPERS IF THEY ARE RUNNING FOR CAMPAIGN.

IF A GUY SAYS I WANT TO .. BAKERY HERE, NO ONE LISTENS.

AND YOU HAVE TO ASK THE CARDINALS FOR PERMISSION TO PUT ANYTHING AROUND THE STADIUM.

>> THE PROBLEM IS IT WAS HARD TO GET SPONSORS FOR BARK PARKVILLE BALLPARK VILLAGE.

>..

EXCITEMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NIGHT LIFE.

.. MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN 2025 FOR CLAYTON.

THE QUESTION WILL PALESTINIAN DANCERS BE ALLOWED TO PERFORM AT THE TASTE OF ST. LOUIS IN CLAYTON?

>> I HOPE THEY WILL.

>> THEY HAD TROUBLE GETTING INTO THE ART FAIR.

LET'S MOVE ON TO YOU.

ALVIN REID, THERE'S A STATE REPRESENTATIVE OUT OF WENTZVILLE BY THE NAME OF TRISHA BURNS.

SHE'S A REPUBLICAN AND WANTED TO TEST THE STATE'S SUICIDE HOTLINE SO SHE ACTUALLY SENT MESSAGES SAYING SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT, HAD A GUN TO HER HEAD, SUICIDAL.

IT WAS JUST AS A SECRET SHOPPER.

SHE WAS TRYING TO SEE IF THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKED OR WAS SENSITIVE.

LAW ..

RESPOND, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SAID, AND NOW SHE POSSIBLY FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES.

SH.. >> IF IT'S A MISDEMEANOR, I THINK SHE SHOULD BE CHARGED.

WHAT SHE DID WAS A, ILLEGAL.

YOU CAN'T DIAL 911 AND SAY THERE IS A MAN IN MY HOUSE WITH A GUN TO HI KID'S HEAD.

THEY ARE GOING TO RESPOND.

THERE'S DANGER IN AMBULANCES AND THERE'S DANGER IN POLICE CARS DRIVING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED.

THIS WAS FOOL HEARTY.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING IN THE GOOD POST DISPATCH STORY.

THEY MENTIONED SHE WAS THERE WITH COMPASS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THE CONTRACTOR WHO WORKS ON THE SYSTEM.

IT WASN'T SOME..

TRYING TO PRANK THINGS.

SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS GOING IN ACTING AS IF IT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

I GET WE ALL CAN'T DO THIS, BUT THIS CASE, GIVING HER THE LIGHTEST OF SLAPS.

>> THAT'S FINE, THE LIGHTEST OF SLAPS.

BUT I ALWAYS WONDE.. MEETING WHERE SOMEBODY SAID HEY, LET'S TRY THIS.

WHERE ARE THE GROWN-UPS TO SAY LET'S NOT.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A DIFFERENT WAY TO TEST THE SYSTEM, TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY, TO TEST THE RESPONSE TIME WITHOUT ACTUALLY INVOLVING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT THIS JUST SEEMS TO ME TO BE SOMETHING THAT A GROWN-UP WOULD NOT HAVE SAID TO DO.

>> I'M GOING TO SIDE WITH SARAH A BIT ON THIS.

I GET WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A LIGHT SLAP, BUT THE IDEA SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING NEFARIOUS OR GIMME GYMGYMICKY.

AND YOU ARE GOT NOT GETTING A REAL RESPONSE WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THE PROBLEM WAS SHE WAS SAYING THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE WERE GETTING ROB RO BO AUTO TEXTS AND WEREN'T TALKING TO A PERSON.

AND YOU CALL ONE OF THOSE LINES AND SAY, CAN I TALK TO YOU OR WHATEVER.

AND .. >> AND THE FIRST TEXT SHE WAS RESPONDING WITH A SURVEY.

>> I GET WHAT SHE DID RUBS PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY, BUT I THINK WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE DONE IS UNCOVER A PROBLEM.

>> USE IT.

USE THIS TO EXPOSE.

>> THEY ARE COMING AFTER HER.

>> I STILL THINK IT'S A MISDEMEANOR.

>&g.. DEAL.

YOU GET HANDCUFFED.

YOU GET BOOKED.

>> SEND HER A PARKING TICKET.

>> THERE YOU GO, A CITATION.

>> HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A WISE JUDGE.

>> HAVE HER PICK UP TRASH.

>> TAKE THE CALL.

>> OR MAKE A DONATION TO NINE PBS.

SARAH, I WANT TO ASK YOU, THE P MAYORAL PRIMARY IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS IS FINALLY NEXT WEEK.

IF FOLKS WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CANDIDATES GO TO NINE PBS.ORG/ELECTIONS AND SEE WHAT WORK YOU DID BY INTERVIEWING THE FOUR MAJOR CANDIDATES.

ONLY FOUR, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HERE WE ARE, DAYS AWAY, WHERE DO WE STAND?

WHAT ARE THE LATEST ISSUES?

>> THE BIG ONLINE OCCUR IF YOU, AND THEY A RE SICK OF TISHAURA JONES AND CARA SPENCER YELLING AT EACH OTHER AND SNIPING AT EACH OTHER.

AND TISHAURA HAS ALSO JUMPED INTO THE LIFE.

BEING ONLINE COULD BE EXHAUSTING.

THE BIG FIGH.. TIME THIS WEEK IS CARA SPENCER POSTED A MAP THAT SHOWED WHERE ALL OF HER DONORS WERE COMING FROM AND SHOWED THAT TI TISHAURA JONES DONORS WERE COMING FROM OUTSIDE ST. LOUIS.

IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS TEST FOR HOW PEOPLE IN ST. LOUIS FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUE, SUCH HEATED REPLIES, AND WANTS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE FROM ST. LOUISIANS.

AND TISH.. WOMAN HAS NOT HAD ACCESS TO THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURAL CAPITAL.

SHE'S DRAWING ON THE SORORITY, AND IT GOT REALLY HEATED.

I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE WHERE I FALL ON THIS.

>> THE MAYOR'S PROBLEM WITH THE SECURITY, WHEN THERE'S A SECURITY PROBLEM, SHE BLAMED ROBERT A LOT FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH.

.. CLARK WHO IS TELLING THE BARAK OBAMA MUSEUM IN CHICAGO.

SHE DID MAKE ENOUGH FRIENDS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO SHE'S GOING TO BE BEHIND THE BALL WHEN IT COMES TO RAISING MONEY.

COUNTRY, I GUESS.

>> I'M IN A FRATERNITY, BLACK FRATERNITY.

IF I RAN FOR OFFICE,.. MONEY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, NOT BECAUSE OF WHO I AM BUT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE I'M THEIR FRATERNITY BROTHER.

THERE'S ..

THIS ISN'T RISE TO THE IRE OF OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON.

OKAY.

SHE'S GOT SU..

THE COUNTRY.

I DON'T GET THIS ONE, BUT THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO ARGUE ABOUT.

>> I HATE READING MATERIAL ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE AN ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S EITHER COMING FROM A SUPPORTER OR DETRACTOR OF WHOMEVER, AND THE COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE EACH SIDE GETS ALL OF THEIR COMMENTERS TO FLOOD IT WITH ALL THEIR COMMENTS AND THEY ARE JUST RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

THIS IS PURE POLITICS, PURE CAMPAIGNING, AND WE WOULD ALL PRINT THAT MAP AT A NEWSPAPER SHOWING WHERE DONATIONS CAME FROM, AND EVERYBODY WOULD THEN GO ON OUR WEB PAGE AND PUT IN ALL OF THEIR REASONS ON WHY THIS WAS GOOD FOR TISHAURA OR BAD FOR CARA.

>> CHARLIE BRINGS UP THE BOB MCLAUGHLIN STORY, AND THE CALL WITHIN TISHAURA MAYOR JONES OFFICE SAYING IF HE HAS A PROBLEM HE SHOULD SPEND MORE MONEY.

PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC WORLD WAS PUTTING SO MUCH MONEY IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

AND I THOUGHT ..

PERFORMANCE.

>>..

PUBLICATION OF THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS HAD A GLOWING STORY ON MAYOR JONES THIS WEEK SAYING LOOK AT HER CRIME RECORD.

SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE SHE'S BETTER LOVED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAN SHE IS IN HER OWN HOMETOWN.

THEY SAY A PROPHET IS NOT HONORED IN HIS OWN HOMETOWN.

>> THAT'S TRUE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> THE ONL.. THAT MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ARTICLE WAS AT THE END AND THEY SAID AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

>> WE WILL SEE TUESDAY?

WHEN ANDREW JONES RUNS AGAINST MICHAEL BUTLER [LAUGHTER].

>> MAYOR'S STATEMENT GOES ALONG WITH THE MAP, AND IT'S OL POLITICKING, AND TISHAURA JONES ATTENDED CONFERENCE OF MAYOR EVENTS AND MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

..

GOES TO THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW THEY WILL WRITE A LETTER FOR THEM.

>> NEXT MAYOR WILL LEAVE THE CITY.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO UBER TO WORK.

.. A STORY THAT LAUREN TRAGER HAD FOR KMOV.

AND IT WAS 12 MINUTES LONG, WHICH BY TELEVISION STANDARDS IS PRETTY LENGTHY.

AS IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE PARTS OF ST. LOUIS SOME QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN HOMES, AND THESE WERE DESCRIBED AS SEX PARTIES WHERE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THEM ONLINE, AND THEY SHOW UP.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE OF THESE DWELLING, BECAUSE THE REPORTERS DIDN'T GET INSIDE.

BUT IT'S RAISED SOME CONCERNS.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THIS?

>> NO.

THOSE HOUSES.

I DON'T CARE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE HOUSES.

I JUST DON'T CARE.

THEY ARE HAVING SEX PARTIES IN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR OWN HOME?

I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF PEOPLE'S BEDROOMS.

NOW WE WANT TO GO BACK INTO IT.

I DIDN'T SEE THE POINT OF THIS STORY.

>> YOU A.. SOPHISTICATED.

>> IT'S BASIC PRIVACY.

>> THE STORY.

>> HERE COMES CHESTERFIELD.

>> KIRKWOOD IS WITH YOU, I THINK.

&g.. [LAUGHTER] NO.

WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A NUDE COUPLE WANDERING DOWN THE STREET AND CHILDREN, YES, OF COURSE.

>.. >> THE CHILDREN.

THE CHILDREN LOVE THE BOOKS.

I THINK IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE PROUD TO PUT IN ITS HOA.

>> AGREE.

LOOK.

THE GAMBLING, ..

DRINKING, YOU HAVEN'T LOST ME YET.

BUT THE WILD SEX PARTIES THEY HAVE ON THE BLOCK AND ADVERTISING AND WHAT THEY OFFER YOU.

>..

CROP.

&g.. SOMEPLACE.

TH.. >> JOE DOES BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

IT COULD HAVE .. NUDE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND.

WE DON'T KNOW.

>> AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING?

>> I THINK I KNOW.

>> LET ME SAY THIS.

LARRY CONNERS IN TEXAS PERSONALLY INVESTIGATED THE LITTLE BEST LITTLE WHO ARE HOUSE WHORE HOU SE IN TEXAS AND ACTUALLY WENT IN AND USED THE SERVICES.

THAT WAS HIS REPORTING.

HE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE YES, INDEED AND IT LEAD TO THE MOST STORIED HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION IF NOT IN THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

>> MADE NO ALLEGATION OF IT BEING CHARGED.

THERE WAS NEVER AN ALLEGATION THAT THERE WAS AN ADMISSION CHARGE.

>> THERE WAS.. THAT, I FELT, MADE THIS SLATELY DIFFERENT.

IF YOS..

I WILL SAY, THOUGH, 12 MINUTES ON THIS.

I SHARED SOME OF JOE'S.

ONLY IN ST. LOUIS COULD WE PUT 12 MINUTES IN A DAY -- ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS PARKING.

>> THAT'S ALL THEY CARE.

EVERYBODY FROM THE PARTY WAS DRIVING IN TWO CARS.

>> THAT WAS A TYPICAL STORY.

>> IT WAS A PODCAST.

ALEX OLIVER, AND GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR CORRECTING ME.

WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE, I'M BEING TOLD.

HE HAS D..

REGARDING CLUBS THAT LAST UNTIL 3:00 A.M.

IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

>> CAME IN PRO NIGHTCLUB.

>> IT'S AGAINST THEM, AND I FOUND COMMON GROUND TO HIS POINT OF VIEW.

HAVE YOU LISTENED TO THE PODCAST?

>> I WON'T.

>> I DID THINK YOUR POINT WAS A GOOD ONE, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW PEOPLE ARE INTRODUCED TO CITY LIVING, INTRODUCED TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

IF YOU COULD KEEP A ..

BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NIGHTCLUBS, THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN.

>> IF THE PARTY GOES UNTIL 3:00 A.M., I HAVE PROBLEM.

BUT THE REGULAR OLE NIGHTCLUB, I'M FINE.

>> FINE LI.. THOSE NIGHTCLUBS AND WHAT GOES ON IN PEOPLE'S HOME.

>> CLEAN THIS UP BY GOING TO THE OLD MAILBAG.

POTHOLES IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS EQUAL THE APPROACH TO LOW BUDGET TRAFFIC COMING, COMING FROM DIANE OF SOUTH ST. LOUIS CITY.

OF ST. LOUIS WANT TO ALLOW A NEW TOWER TO COMPETE WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE ICONIC GATEWAY ARCH, A NATIONAL LANDMARK?

WE HOPE THE .. OF THIS TOWER WILL BE PROPERLY EVALUATED BEFORE A DECISION IS REACHED.

MR. GUNTHER IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK ON THE GATEWAY ARCH.

WITH REGARDING TO THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, I AGREE HAVING A PLAN IS GOOD GOVERNANCE BUT THE NUCLEAR OPTION OF 100% 100% UTEUTHANIZEATION IS NOT GOOD.

YOU CAN WRITE US IN CARE OF NINE PBS 63108 DONNYBROOK AT NINE PBS OARING AND USE HASH TALL DONNYBROOK STL AND CALL AND LISTEN TO US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST SOURCE.

AND ON THE NINE PBS YOUTUBE CHANNEL WE HAVE A PROGRAM LAST CALL.

THIS..

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PLAN BY CORDISH TO BUILD A TALL TOWER AND MORE ON THE RIVERFRONT WHERE THE MILLENNIUM HOTEL IS.

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

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