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LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'LL GET TO THE INTRODUCTIONS AND DIVE IN LIKE A BIG CANNON BALL IN THIS WEEK'S TOPICS.

LET'S START WITH THE MEDIA VETERAN HERSELF, WENDY WIESE WITH, WENDY WIESE AND ALVIN REID.

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ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT.

OUR CAMERA OPERATOR TURNS 25 TODAY.

VINCENT, HAPPEN BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HE FIRST THOUGHT BECOMING AN ACTOR LIVING IN ST. LOUIS.

ALVIN.

WHEN THE CUBS WERE IN TOWN FIRST SERIES AGAINST THE CARDINALS, LONG TIME CUBS ANNOUNCER PAT HUGHES LOOKED AROUND BUSCH STADIUM SAYING WHERE ARE THE CARDINAL FANS.

WE USED TO AVERAGE ABOUT 42,000 A GAME NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 30,000 A GAME.

THAT'S TICKETS SOLD.

PEOPLE SHOWING UP, IT SEEMS TO BE LESS THAN THAT.

HUGHES AND OTHERS FROM CHICAGO SAYING THIS IS A HISTORIC RIVALRY.

HOW COME ST. LOUIS IS NOT DOWNTOWN?

AFTER ALL THE TEAM HAS BEEN PLAYING REASONABLY WELL.

IT'S NOTICEABLE.

IT BEGAN LAST YEAR.

WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT.

THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT RETURNED.

A LOT OF FANS FEEL DISGRUNTLED THEY ARE NOT INTO WINNING OR MAKING MONEY.

THE LOUDEST BOOS ARE RESERVED FOR JOHN .

WRIGLEY FIELD WILL BE JAMMED PACKED.

HEY, ST. LOUIS, WE'VE LOST OUR MONIKER AS BEST PLACE FOR FANS IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S OVER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW BAD IT IS NOT TO GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE EVERY GAME.

WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN CHICAGO WE GO TO WRIGLEY FIELD, THERE'S DAYS THERE'S 3500 PEOPLE AND 5000.

IF YOU LIKE BASEBALL, IT'S STILL BASEBALL.

I KNOW THE CARDINAL FANS ARE SPOILED.

THEY HAD THIS LONG RUN OF EXCELLENCE.

MAYBE THEY SHOULD JUST -- THE PEOPLE WHO STILL LIKE THE GAME STILL GO OUT THERE.

I WILL FOLLOW-UP ON THAT REAL QUICK.

AS A KID IN THE '70s, THAT'S HOW THE OLD BUSCH STADIUM WAS.

IT WASN'T THAT FEW PEOPLE.

I GREW UP AT A TIME, I WOULD BUY A TICKET OR GO TO THE GAME.

I TELL PEOPLE, I HAD BETTER TIME WHEN THERE WAS LIKE 25,000 IN THAT BIG GIGANTIC STADIUM AND EVERYBODY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

IN CLEVELAND, WE HAD ONE OF THE GIANT STADIUM.

IT WAS SO EMPTY.

THE INDIANS WERE SO BAD.

HERE'S THE THING THAT BREAKS MY HEART.

WHEN I WAS A KID, I LOVED BASEBALL.

I LIVE AND DIED TO SIT IN GENERAL ADMISSION.

I CANNOT GET MY KIDS INTERESTED IN BASEBALL.

I WILL TAKE THEM TO CARDINALS GAMES.

THEY ARE JUST KIND OF CLUELESS.

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM HERE IS YOU CAN NO LONGER CASUALLY CATCH GAMES ON TV.

THE FACT THEY'RE NOT ON NETWORK TELEVISION, THE FANS HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR DIFFERENT STREAMING SERVICES THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME GAMES AND NOT OTHERS.

KIDS AREN'T GROWING UP WITH THIS AS KIND OF THE FABRIC OF THEIR LIVE.

WE ARE LOSING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF BASEBALL FANS.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING THAT.

THEY DON'T PLAY EITHER.

THEY PLAY IF THEY'RE ON A TEAM.

MY GRANDSON, HE'LL BE OUT THERE AFFTON PLAYING WHEN THEY HAVE UNIFORMS AND ADULTS.

THEY DON'T GO OUT AND PLAY IN THE PARKS ANYMORE.

YOU CAN GO TO THE HILL, THERE A PARK NOT NAMED AFTER YOGI.

THERE'S NO KIDS OUT THERE PLAYING BASEBALL.

THAT IS SUCH A TERRIFIC POINT, SARAH.

WE ALL LEARNED IT FROM OUR GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS.

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A CARDINAL FAN, UNTIL HER DEATH.

WE WILL GO BACK IN THE '70s WHEN IT WAS FREEZING COLD.

THOSE WERE THE MOST FUN DAYS.

WE WERE THE ONLY ONES AT BUSCH STADIUM.

THE WHOLE TREASURE HUNT, TRYING TO FIND THE GAME, THAT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF BY THE WHOLE FANDUEL, THE SORT OF THE OVERWHELMING PRESENCE NOW OF THESE GAMBLING INTERESTS AFTER WE ALL GREW UP WITH -- I WILL SAY, I GREW WITH -- I AGREE WITH SARAH.

CLEVELAND HAD A LONELY -- I SAW SOME GAMES.

I SAW A GUY IN THE STANDS, A GUY WALKED TO GET THE FOUL BALL.

THAT'S HOW EMPTY IT WAS.

OKAY, LET'S FACE IT.

THE STADIUM ISN'T DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

THE MEDIA HAS NOT BEEN KIND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE CRIME IN DOWNTOWN.

MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT.

LISTENING TO KMOX THIS WEEK AND ONE OF THE ANCHORS SAID HIS CAR HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO 12 TIMES.

IF YOU HEAR THAT ENOUGH, YOU WILL START QUESTIONING WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO TO DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS TO SEE A .500 BALL CLUB.

WHEN IT'S A KID GROWING UP, DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND WAS AWFUL.

IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFE PLACE TO GO.

WE STILL WENT BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVED BASEBALL SO MUCH.

LOOK, TIGER STADIUM, THE OLD ONE, THEY NEEDED TO TEAR THAT DOWN.

[ LAUGHTER ] SAME THING.

PEOPLE WENT TO THE GAME.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M DUBIOUS OF THAT CRIME THING.

BECAUSE THE CARDINALS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

THE PLACE WILL SELL OUT.

BILL, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT JULY 4th.

HERE WE ARE APPROACHING JULY 4th WEEKEND.

WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE WEEKEND.

IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S BEEN MAYHEM.

THE POLICE SPOKESPERSON CALLED IT THE MADNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

KIDS WITH FIREWORKS A AND SOMETIMES FIREARMS AS WELL.

MITCH MCCOY SPOKESPERSON SAID YESTERDAY THAT THIS YEAR THEY WILL TRY A NEW TAG.

THEY GO AFFIRM THE PARENT -- THEY WILL GO AFTER THE PARENT.

IF THEY GET A KID WITH FIREWORKS THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THE KID.

GIVE THE PARENTS 45 MINUTES TO SHOW UP.

THEY WILL PROBABLY GIVE A CITATION LIKE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR.

HE DIDN'T SAY THEY WILL BUS THE KIDS OR TROUBLEMAKERS.

THEY WILL BUST THE TROUBLEMAKER'S PARENTS.

I REMEMBER SUGGESTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I SAID THAT THEY SHOULD START ARRESTING THE MOTHERS IN SOME OF THESE KIDS.

IT'S THE MOTHERS ARE THE ONLY LINK THAT THESE KIDS HAVE.

THEY LOVE THEIR MOTHERS.

I GOT DISINVITED TO LUNCHEON THAT THE FEDERAL JUDGES WERE HAVING.

THEY SAID THIS WAS SO OUTRAGEOUS AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

I THINK THAT IF MITCH MCCOY PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A FEW INVITATIONS RESCINDED AS WELL.

MITCH MCCOY SEEMS TO BE LIKE THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE CITY, THE COUNTY.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE, DUDE, WHO ARE YOU?

IF THE CHIEF SIGNS OFF ON IT, I GUESS NOTHING I CAN SAY.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT, ALL RIGHT, YOUR JOB IS TO COME OUT AND EXPLAIN THESE THINGS.

YOU JUST EXPLAINED THE BAD IDEA THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK ON YOU.

I DOUBT THAT ANY PARENT WILL BE CITED FOR ANYTHING ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

IT'S CRAZY TO THINK WE HAVE KIDS RUNNING AROUND GUNS.

WE HAVE LOT RUNNING AROUND WITH GUNS AND STEALING PARENTS.

WE DON'T BRING IN THE PARENTS FOR THAT AND YOU WILL DO IT FOR THE FIREWORKS.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE KIDS SOME FREEDOM.

THE HELICOPTER PARENT WHO'S MAKING THEIR KID STAY AT HOME.

IT SHOULD BE A NIGHT FOR KIDS TO BE OUT AND ABOUT.

THEY SHOULD BE OUT AND ENJOY THE FIREWORKS.

HEAR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

THEY'RE CORNERED OFF BOTH THE CITY GARDEN IN KIENER PLAZA IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS.

BECAUSE SEVEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT LAST YEAR.

THREE MORE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IT'S HURTING BUSINESSES.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.

GET THE KIDS, THE KIDS ARE GUNS AND THEY HAVE FIREWORKS.

DEAL WITH IT.

WE DON'T BRING IN THE MOMS WHEN THE KIDS ARE SHOOTING.

I'M THINKING HELICOPTER PARENTS PROBABLY AREN'T THE PARENTS OF THE KID WHO ARE CARRYING WEAPONS DOWNTOWN.

I'M GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE.

YES, TO MAKE THIS YOUR PILOT PROGRAM WEEKEND, THERE HAVE TO BE BETTER TIMES TO DO THIS OVER THINGS LIKE THIS.

HERE'S A THOUGHT.

CURFEW.

HOW ABOUT YOU DO THAT.

I AGREE.

CHICAGO BOARD OF ALDERMAN JUST PASSED A CURFEW AND THE MAYOR VETOED.

IT LAST NIGHT HE HAD SOME TROUBLE.

I BET THAT'S COMING BACK.

WE HAD A CURFEW IN TWO OF THE POLICE PRECINCTS UNTIL TWO NIGHTS AGO.

AFTER THE MAY 16th TORNADO HAPPENED.

FOR SOME REASON, THEY DECIDED TO END THE CURFEW.

WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN.

YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE COME DOWN.

I GO TO THE DOWNTOWN FIREWORKS EVERY YEAR.

LOVE IT.

IT'S A TERRIFIC EVENT.

THE PROBLEM IS, SOMETIMES HARD TO GET OUT OF THERE AT THE END.

EVERYTHING IS BOTTLED UP.

I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE PRACTICAL ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN TREE TO ENFORCE AND WHAT THEY CAN.

THE CROWD THAT YOU WANT IS NOT INCLUDED A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE WITH GUNS.

SURE, NO.

100%.

HOW ABOUT LAST WEEKEND, PRIDE WEEKEND IN ST. LOUIS AND MANY CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.

PEOPLE HAD THEIR PRIDE PARADE AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BARS IN THE GROVE.

THEN OTHERS JUST KIND OF SHOWED UP AND CAUSED TROUBLE.

AFTER TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED, TWO WOMEN WERE SHOT AND ONE GUY WITH A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND JUMPED ON THE BACK OF POLICE OFFICER, PROBABLY NOT GOOD MOVE.

MITCH MCCOY SAID, THE BAR OWNERS ARE TO BLAME BECAUSE THEY, THIS IS THE POLICE SPOKESPERSON, THE BAR OWNERS ARE THE BLAME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET A PERMIT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS COVERING IN WEEK LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT.

IN PAST YEARS, THEY CLOSED DOWN THE STREETS AROUND THESE BARS AND THE GROVE.

HAD THIS BIG STREET PARTY.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WENT INTO THE BARKERS IN THE BARS IN GROVE HAVE HAD A DOWN YEAR.

THIS IS SHOWN IN THE TAX RECEIPTS.

PEOPLE ARE NOT PARTYING AS MUCH AS THEY DID IN PRIOR YEARS.

THEY KNEW THE COST OF HAVING THIS ORGANIZED STREET EVENT WAS GOING TO BE $40,000 TO PAY FOR PRIVATE POLICING FOR THIS.

THEY SAID WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE POLICING.

WHY DON'T WE KEEP TIGHT SECURITY.

WE WON'T HAVE A STREET PARTY THIS YEAR.

THEY MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION DECISION TO DO THIS.

THEY KEPT THE STREETS OPEN TO TRAFFIC.

PEOPLE SHOWED UP ANY WAY.

THE BARS DID NOT STAY COME DOWN TO THIS BIG STREET PARTY.

THE POLICE KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING.

THE BAR WERE UP FRONT ABOUT THIS PLAN.

I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BLAME THE BAR OWNER.

THEY CAN'T CONTROL THE STREETS.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

THE OTHER FACTOR IN THIS IS THAT IN THE PAST PRIDE DAYS IN ST. LOUIS ANHEUSER-BUSCH HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE SPONSOR.

THEY COULD HAVE PERMITS AND THE MONEY TO CLOSE THE STREETS.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH NO LONGER WANTS ANYTHING TO DO WITH GAY PEOPLE.

THEY WENT FROM BEING THE NUMBER ONE CONTRIBUTOR AND SPONSOR TO GIVING NO MONEY.

THAT LEFT THE PEOPLE IN THE GROVE THE BUSINESS PEOPLE, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO AFFORD THIS.

THAT PLAYEDED IN THIS AS WELL.

IT READ SORT OF LIKE A SHAKEDOWN.

YOU FOE -- YOU KNOW IF THEY PONIED UP.

THEY WERE DOING THEIR LEVEL BEST.

THEY KNEW -- THE HISTORY OF ENTHUSIASM AROUND THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND.

THAT WAS WHAT I FOUND REALLY DISTASTEFUL.

THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE EMPLOYING THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THIS ENGINE OF OUR ECONOMY GOING.

VERY IMPORTANT WEEKEND FOR PEOPLE CULTURALLY.

FOR MITCH MCCOY SAY, IF YOU DONE THAT WHOLE PERMIT.

I WILL PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE.

IT SEEM LIKE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE THE CLUBS ARE ARE THE PROBLEM.

PEOPLE GO TO THIS PLACE OR THAT PLACE.

THEN THE VIOLENCE SPILLS OUT ON THE STREET.

WE WANT TO TAKE THEIR LICENSE AWAY.

THEY'RE SAYING CLIENTELE WAS IN HERE.

THERE WAS NO FIGHTS.

THERE WAS NO SHOOTING.

BUT, ONCE IT WENT OUT IN THE STREET, HOW ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHAKING PEOPLE DOWN, HOW ABOUT WE SHAKE DOWN WASHINGTON AVENUE.

I THINK THESE PEOPLE WILL COME UP OFF THE MONEY.

IT'S WRONG BUT I THINK -- AS A CITY TAXPAYER ISN'T THAT WHAT MY TAXES GOING TO PAY POLICE TO HAVE ORDER.

THIS IS SUCH A BROKEN SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE.

HEARING YOU GUYS TALK, I FEEL LIKE MY HEAD WILL EXPLODE.

THERE FEW POLICE THAT MONITOR WASHINGTON AVENUE AND THE GROVE AND DOWNTOWN.

WE PAY THEM TO WORK OVERTIME ON THE SECOND DARE JOB.

OVER 2000.

BRING IN POLICE OFFICERS FROM OTHER FORCES MCCOY HAS A POINT IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU GET A PERMIT THEN YOU CAN SET UP A PERIMETER WITH AN ENTRY AND THE FOLKS GOING IN WILL BE -- -- IN A REGULAR WORLD, YOU CAN'T WAND SOMEBODY.

MR. -- LET'S TAKE MY MUNICIPALITY.

WE'LL HAVE A DOWNTOWN POLICE.

JUST WE THINK MAYBE LIKE AN EXTRA 5000 PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FROM KIRKWOOD WILL SHOW UP.

THIS IS BECOME REALLY POPULAR.

THE POLICE WILL SAY -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WE GOT TO PROTECT OUR STREET.

THEY WILL TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT BUSINESSES, PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WHY CAN'T THAT BE DONE ST. LOUIS?

THERE'S TOO POLICE OFFICERS.

WENDY, ASK YOU ABOUT THE POLICE AND THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BOARD WHICH WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR KEHOE.

THE OPERATIONS OF THE POLICE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

THERE'S BEEN SOME CAREFUL REPORTING LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUNDS OF SOME OF THE NEW POLICE BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS HAVE ARISEN ABOUT POSSIBLE CONFLICTS.

DON BROWN DOES MORE THAN MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE POLICE.

THEN YOU HAVE SONYA JENKINS GRAY, WHO'S THE FORMER PERSONNEL DIRECTOR.

SHE HAPPENS TO HAVE RECEIVED DONATIONS FOR HER GO FUND ME PAGE FROM THE POLICE UNION AND SHE'S INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT.

EDDIE MCVEY WHO IRAN -- RUNS A BAR DOWNTOWN, HE'S GOT AN ATTORNEY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME ALLIANCES HERE.

ARE THEY UNHOLY ALLIANCES?

I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAD THE SAME KIND OF LOOK ON THEIR FACE WHEN THEY STARTING TO GO THROUGH THIS COPY.

I'M THINKING, CYNICAL.

PEOPLE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LIKE BOOSTERS.

THEY'RE NOT JUST SUPPORTERS.

THEY ARE BOOSTERS.

WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC PERSONALLY.

OBVIOUS, I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO RUN INTO TROUBLE.

THEY WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO REEXAMINE THIS LIST.

TEAMS ARE TO THE POINT WHERE THE FRONT OFFICE SAYS, WE WANT THE PLAYERS TO PICK THE COACH.

THEY DON'T SUCCEED.

THAT DOESN'T WORK.

I WOULD SAY THIS.

OKAY, YOU GOT THE VOTE ON IT.

THREE PASS.

DON BROWN NO.

I CAN GET WITH EDDIE MCVAY.

WHERE OF THE LANDLORD WHO RENTED HIS BUILDING OUT AS A SUBBATION.

IT'S LIKE THE POLICE PICKED THEIR OWN BOARD.

THAT FRIGHTENS ME.

IT'S OKAY IN THEORY.

JENKINS GRAY LAST WEEK, BEFUDDLED BY HER.

YOU WANT SOMEBODY WITH GOOD JUDGMENT.

SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY.

DON BROWN, HOW YOU CAN PUT A VENDOR ON THE BOARD.

IF YOU TRYING TO GET THAT -- ONE OF THE FELLOWS ON THE BOARD HAS THAT -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THE OTHER PEOPLE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THEM.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF BUSINESSMEN.

I THINK IN A CITY THAT'S 50% BLACK, THERE'S BUSINESSMEN ON THE NORTH SIDE WHO CARES AS MUCH ABOUT THE CITY AS BUSINESSMEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

I LOOK AT KEHOE SELECTIONS AND I THINK I HOPE AS THEY AGE OUT, AS THEIR TERMS EXPIRE, THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE A LITTLE BROADER LOOK ON THIS.

I THINK THE ONE BLACK PERSON ON THIS BOARD WAS MORE OF SCREW YOU TO THE FORMER MAYOR THAN ANYTHING.

THAT'S SO DISTASTEFUL.

I WANT TO GIVE THIS BOARD THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

CHRISTINE BEYER CAME ON MY PODCAST HELPED CONVINCE ME THAT MAYBE THIS COULD WORK.

YOUR IDEA BUSINESSMEN.

I'M SO DISAPPOINTED.

I THINK THIS JUST SHOWS IT WASN'T A SERIOUS UNDERTAKING.

IT WAS JUST A FAINT TO THE POLICE BOARD.

I MENTIONED YOUR PODCAST ON LAST WEEK'S SHOW.

SHE SAID IT WILL BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW THE NEW POLICE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA.

THEY ALL GO THROUGH MITCH MCCOY.

GUESS WHO TOLD US WE CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED?

MITCH MCCOY?

MITCH IS GREAT GUY.

HE GETS A LOT DONE.

THE FACT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH HIM TO GET COMMENTS, IT'S DISGUSTING.

IF THEY ARE ON THE POLICE BOARD THEY SHOULD BE SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA.

SARAH, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.

HE CUT $1.6 BILLION OUT OF A $53 BILLION BUDGET.

LITTLE MORE THAN 3%.

THEY'RE LOCAL PROJECTS THAT LOST MONEY.

INCLUDING HOME CARE SERVICES, ROADS, SEWERS, TRASH PICK-UP IN KINLOCH, $7 MILLION FOR LAMBERT FIELD.

YOU GOT TO CUT MONEY SOMEWHERE.

THEY DID SPEND $51 BILLION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THERE WERE SOME NICE PROJECTS SAD TO GET CUT.

A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CITY JUSTICE CENTER.

THEY DESPERATELY NEED HELP.

I GOT TO SAY WITH THIS MEGA BILL THAT JUST PASSED TODAY AND IS NOW THE FEDERAL BUDGET, THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS THAT WILL GO TO STATES LIKE MISSOURI.

HE HAD -- HE HAD TO CUT THE MONEY.

IF HE'S GOING TO CUT MORE, WHY IS HE STILL IN FAVOR OF LOWERING TAXES?

[ LAUGHTER ] STADIUM.

THERE'S THIS -- YOU PRIORITIZE THINGS AND HE MADE SOME CHOICES.

AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S OTHER CHOICES.

THAT'S NOT A PARODY.

I DON'T GET IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I GET IT.

OH YEAH, I GET IT.

WE GOT $100 MILLION FOR TORNADO RELIEF IN NORTH ST. LOUIS.

TO GET IN STADIUMS.

THEY'RE DOWN THERE DEALING CARD.

THERE'S NO MONEY FOR IT.

THEY HAD TO SEE THIS MEGA BILL COMING.

OH, COUNTY, OUTSIDE KANSAS CITY, WE WON'T RAISE YOUR PROPERTY TAX EVER.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

ALVIN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JOSH HAWLEY GETTING MONEY FOR THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION VICTIMS.

IF YOU LIVING NEAR THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH COUNTY, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DISTINGUISH.

I HAVE CANCER, I LIVE IN THE ZIP CODE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME -- I'M NOT BEING CRUEL.

HIS ARGUMENT HAS BEEN MADE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN PROVE THAT YOU GOT CANCER BECAUSE OF THIS.

JOSH HAWLEY, THANK YOU FOR HELPING THESE PEOPLE IN NORTH COUNTY.

SAME JOSH HAWLEY WHO VOTED TO THROW MILLIONS OFF MEDICAID AND S.N.A.P.

BENEFITS.

THANKS A LOT, JOSH HAWLEY.

I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT.

LIKE THE V.A.

FOR AGENT ORANGE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN CANCERS THEY SAY AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE.

THAT'S HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

IF YOU WERE IN THE CERTAIN ZIP CODES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

I'M WITH YOU.

OVERALL, I THINK WHAT HE'S DONE WHAT THIS BIG BILL, IT'S AWFUL FOR MISSOURI.

I LIKE DON DROWN TOO.

I NEVER MET CHRIS.

I MET A LOT OF THEM.

THEY ARE ALL GOOD PEOPLE.

I GOT REAL PROBLEMS WITH SOME STUFF.

OKAY.

LET'S GO TO THE LETTERS AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM.

DONNYBROOK EXPANDING THE NATIONAL PARK TO ILLINOIS.

FIX DOWNTOWN FIRST.

MELISSA BAUER OF ST. LOUIS.

IF THERE WAS EVER -- IF THEY BUILT IT, THEY WILL COME MOMENT.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE AIRPORT WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART AIRPORT WE WILL ATTRACT COMPANIES BACK TO DOWNTOWN.

CAROLYN SHOEMAN FROM CREVE COEUR.

WE HEARD FROM ANDREW OF FLORISSANT.

WHO WROTE THE LATE GREAT L.A. TIMES JIM MURRAY WROTE, THEY SHOULD -- YOU CAN LISTEN TO OUR NINE LINE.

I'VE BEEN DONNYBROOK WATCHER FOR 25 YEARS.

TONIGHT'S EPISODE, GOT BACK TO ITS ROOT.

REALLY GOOD SHOW.

REALLY SOME OF THE GOOD COLLECT CONVERSATION ON THE ISSUES WITH LITTLE BIT OF FIRE.

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

THANK YOU, TONY.

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WE SAVE THEM FOR OUR LAST CALL PROGRAM.

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WE'LL TALK ABOUT ST. LOUIS NOT GETTING A WNBA FRANCHISE AND LITTLE LOOK AT THE SOCCER GAME LAST NIGHT BETWEEN GUATEMALA AND THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM.

HAVE A GREAT FOURTH OF JULY.

AGAIN, VINCENT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND TOM CRUISE IF YOU'RE WATCHING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

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