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THE TABLE FOR THIS EDITION ARE

STARTING WITH THE MEDIA VETERAN

HERSELF, WENDY WIESE OF KTRS AND

BEYOND.

MR. BILL McCLELLAN FROM THE

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.

ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, HE'S RAY

HARTMANN.

AND FROM STLMAG.COM AND THE

ST. LOUIS AMERICAN AND BEYOND,

ALVIN REID, AND BEFORE WE BEGIN

THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, LET'S

REMIND OR MAYBE INFORM OUR

VIEWERS THAT TOMORROW NIGHT,

BETWEEN 5:00 AND 7:00 AT THE

SCHNUCKS RICHMOND HEIGHTS, WE'LL

BE RINGING THE BELLS FOR THE

SALVATION ARMY AND WE HOPE AS

MANY OF YOU AS POSSIBLE CAN COME

BY.

WE REACH OUT TO YOU.

PLEASE COME OUT AND SAY HELLO

AND RAISE SOME MONEY FOR A

WONDERFUL CAUSE.

GIVE ALL THE CHILDREN A MERRY

CHRISTMAS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S TOMORROW, 5:00 TO 7:00,

SCHNUCKS, RICHMOND HEIGHTS.

ALVIN REID, RAN INTO YOU TODAY

ALONG WITH CONGRESSMAN LACY

CLAY.

THE TWO OF YOU IN DOWNTOWN

ST. LOUIS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS,

SO IT'S COULD IT'S DAYTONA TAL

THAT WE RAN -- COINCIDENTAL THAT

WE RAN INTO EACH, BUT

CONGRESSMAN CLAY WAS DOWNTOWN

BECAUSE THIS WAS THE DAY THAT

THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS

TRANSFERRED THE LAND TO THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR I GUESS

THE TRANSFER OF THE NATIONAL

GEOSPATIAL AGENCY FROM SOUTH

ST. LOUIS TO NORTH ST. LOUIS.

TODAY THE LAND THAT WILL BE THE

NEW SITE FOR THIS FACILITY IS

OFFICIALLY FEDERAL PROPERTY.

AND I THOUGHT I WAS INTERESTING

BECAUSE IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT

THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS SPENT

AT LEAST $120 MILLION, WHICH IT

WILL RECAPTURE THROUGH THE

EARNINGS TAX, TO PREPARE THE

LAND FOR THIS SITE.

$120 MILLION.

MEANWHILE, APPLE ANNOUNCED THAT

IT'S MOVING TO AUSTIN, TEXAS,

GOING TO HAVE A BILLION-DOLLAR

FACILITY AND 5,000 JOBS AND

AUSTIN IS GIVING ZERO DOLLARS,

TAX INCENTIVES TO APPLE.

YOU THINK TIMES WE'RE GIVING

AWAIT CANDY STORE?

WELL, BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT,

I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT

CONGRESSMAN CLAY WAS THERE TO

SEE CAROL DANIEL AND I WAS ON

DAVE LOVE'S SHOW AND CHARLIE PUT

US BOTH TO WORK FOR HIM A TRUE

STORY.

YOU WEREN'T FORCED.

NO, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH

IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN

ST. LOUIS AND WE WERE COMPETING

NOT WITH A NATIONAL ENTITY, BUT

OTHER SIGHTS AROUND THE

REGION -- SITES AROUND THE

REGION, SO JUST CLEARING THIS

LAND, ESPECIALLY LAND ON THE

NORTH SIDE OF ST. LOUIS,

$120 MILLION, TO ME THAT'S NOT

THE SAME AS GIVING AWAY THE

CANDY STORE.

THAT'S A SOUND INVESTMENT ON A

GOVERNMENTAL FACILITY WHICH IS

NOT GOING ANYWHERE, WHICH IS NOT

GOING TO CLOSE, AND WHICH IN

THESE DAYS AND TIMES I WOULD

IMAGINE IS ONLY GOING TO GET

BIGGER.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS

ONE.

IT'S THE SAME STORY,

DIFFERENT DAY.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT AUSTIN.

I MEAN --

EXACTLY.

AND AUSTIN, I BELIEVE, IS ONE

OF THE METROPOLITAN AREAS WAY

SMALLER THAN OURS THAT IF YOU

PROJECT OUT MAYBE A DECADE OR

TWO WILL BE AS LARGE AS

ST. LOUIS.

IT'S GROWING THAT QUICKLY.

AND THE FACT IS, WE ALL AGREE

THAT CORPORATE WELFARE IS NOT A

GREAT THING AND THAT UNTIL

THERE'S SOME NATIONAL --

THIS IS GOVERNMENT WELFARE.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I

DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

THE TROUBLE IS, THIS IS A CITY

TRYING TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY.

IT'S TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING IT

CAN TO STAY ALIVE, AND IT'S JUST

NOT -- IT'S APPLES AND ORANGES

TO COMPARE IT TO AUSTIN.

BUT WE ARE A BIGGER CITY THAN

AUSTIN.

WE HAVE A BIGGER WORKFORCE.

WE JUST GIVE ANYBODY WHO ASKS

FOR IT, WHETHER IT'S THE ARCH

DOWNTOWN OR THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT -- I DON'T KNOW OTHER

CITIES THAT ARE SPENDING TAX

DOLLARS FOR THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT!

WELL, ON THIS AUSTIN THING,

CHARLIE, FIRST OF ALL, THE STATE

OF TEXAS HAS GIVEN A BUNCH OF

MONEY --

NO, NO, NOT A BUNCH, JUST

25 MILLION, WHICH IS A THIRD

THAT CLAYTON IS GIVING CENTENE.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IN

AUSTIN ARE THRILLED WITH THIS.

I HAVE A BROTHER-IN-LAW AND

SISTER-IN-LAW WHO LIVE IN AUSTIN

AND THEY'RE ALWAYS COMPLAINING

ABOUT HOW THE TECH PEOPLE HAVE

DRIVEN UP ALL THE PRICES AND

AUSTIN IS NO LONGER WEIRD.

ED WEIRDNESS IS DRIVEN DOWN TO

SAN MARCOS WHERE MY SON LIVES.

BUT AUSTIN IS CONGESTED AND A

LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY

ABOUT THIS.

WE'D BE THRILLED, BUT THE RIP

GET RICHER.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

AND DEIDRE O'BRIEN WHO MADE

THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IN AUSTIN

SPOKE OF THE EXISTING

RELATIONSHIP THAT APPLE HAS IN

TEXAS AND IN THAT AREA, AND I

THINK -- I MEAN, WE CAN'T -- I

DON'T THINK WE CAN UNDERESTIMATE

THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT EITHER.

THAT WE'RE NOT KNOWN AS A TECH

HUB YET.

I MEAN, MAYBE WE WILL, MAYBE WE

WILL BE --

BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY

STRONG, AT LEAST IN THE RANKINGS

BY NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

I JUST FEEL OUR LEADERS, WHO

HAVE GIVEN AWAY PROBABLY

$7 BILLION IN THE LAST 20 YEARS,

THEY GIVE IT TO ANYBODY AND

MEANWHILE, WHY LOOK AT OTHER

CITIES.

WHY DON'T WE LEARN FROM THEIR

EXAMPLE?

SAY NO.

IN APRIL 2017, THE VOTERS IN THE

CITY OF ST. LOUIS SAID NO TO MLS

AND MLS CAME BACK.

BUT WE'VE DARN NEAR LOST NGA

TO ST. CLAIR COUNTY AND I

THOUGHT WE WOULD AND THE FACT

THAT WE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO

RETAIN THE NGA WAS A BIG

VICTORY.

RIGHT, AND I THINK EVERYONE

ONE OF THOSE --

BUT PUT NGA --

I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE WERE

ALL AGAINST THAT VOTE.

F NGA IS A GOVERNMENT

FACILITY AND COMPARE THAT TO --

YOU CAN'T DO IT.

THAT'S MY DISTINCTION.

LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.

IF WE COULD HAVE GOT NECESSARILY

HERE FOR $120 MILLION, WE'D BE

ALL OVER THAT.

IF WE CAN KEEP NGA HERE FOR

$120 MILLION, THAT'S A GOOD

DEAL.

PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT I

DON'T KNOW OF OTHER STATES THAT

SUBSIDIZE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

OR CITIES, AND WE'RE DOING IT

TWICE.

I THINK IF YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT POLITICIANS, THEY BELIEVE

THAT MORE JOBS EQUAL

RE-ELECTION, AND I THINK ONE OF

THE THINGS THAT CLAIRE WAS

ROUNDLY CRITICIZED FOR WITHIN

THE PROGRESSIVE ARM OF YOUR

PARTY WAS NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE

ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TO

BRINGING JOBS OR KEEPING JOBS --

CLAIRE?

YEAH, CLAIRE WAS.

I NEVER HEARD THAT.

TO HAVE JUST -- I DON'T CONFLATE

THE FACADE OF SPORTS FRANCHISES,

WHICH IS MOSTLY MONEY JUST

CHIPPING AROUND, BUT WHAT ALVIN

IS TALKING ABOUT IS PERMANENT,

SOLID, TAX-PRODUCING JOBS AND IF

WE HAD JUST, WERE WILLING AND

COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO JUST SAY NO

TO NGA, WE WOULD HAVE JUST SAID

GOODBYE.

RAY, RAY, WE GAVE UP THE

EARNINGS TAX, RIGHT?

SO WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT IF

IT --

[ ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE ]

IF ST. CLAIR COUNTY HAD GOTTEN

IT, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE

FOR OUR AREA?

CHARLIE, HALF OF THE EARNINGS

TAX.

HALF OF THE EARNINGS TAX.

NOT ALL OF IT.

BUT NOW WE HAVE A BIG HOLE IN

SOUTH ST. LOUIS.

OKAY, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE

SOME PHONE CALLS ON THAT ON YOUR

TURN AS WE MOVE TO YOU, WENDY.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY

BECAUSE OUR REPUBLICAN SECRETARY

OF STATE, JAY ASHCROFT, IS NOW

INVESTIGATING THE NEXT U.S.

SENATOR FROM MISSOURI, JOSH

HAWLEY.

THE KANSAS CITY STAR AND OTHERS

HAVE REPORTED THAT IN THE EARLY

DAYS OF HAWLEY'S TENURE AS

ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE HAD HIS

POLITICAL OPERATIVES RUNNING THE

SHOW INSIDE THE OFFICES IN JEFF

CITY, SO JAY ASHCROFT IS

INVESTIGATING IT, AND PICKED ONE

CHRISTINE HEISINGER WHO HAS

GIVEN FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO

HAWLEY'S MOST RECENT OPPONENT

SENATOR CLAIRE McCASKILL.

JUST FOR APPEARANCES SAKE, DON'T

YOU THINK THIS IS A POOR CHOICE?

I DO, AND I'LL GET BACK TO

THAT IN A MOMENT.

JOSH HAWLEY, IF THIS IS PROVEN

TO BE TRUE, I WILL BE STUNNED

BECAUSE JOSH HAWLEY TO ME IS THE

ANTI-GREITENS.

GREITENS, BOTH OF THEM HAVE

LOOKED FOR A SUCCESSFUL

POLITICAL CAREER, APPARENTLY

SINCE THEY WERE IN, YOU KNOW,

SHORT PANTS.

IT LOOKS LIKE A LIFELONG

AMBITION.

GREITENS WAS OBVIOUSLY KIND OF

COMPULSIVE AND HAD A WISH THAT.

TO ME, HAWLEY LOOKS LIKE THE

KIND OF GUY THAT HASN'T HAD A

SINGLE MISSTEP, SO I WILL BE

STUNNED IF THIS IS BORN OUT.

BUT IN TERMS OF CHRISTINE

HEISINGER, WE'VE ENTERED THE ERA

WHERE WE DON'T LIKE THE RESULTS

OF AN ELECTION, WE FIND A WAY TO

OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THAT

ELECTION.

WE'RE SEEING IT IN WASHINGTON

AND I DON'T -- I MEAN, I AM

SORRY TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.

I THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF THAT

AND THE CURRENT CLIMATE, A

DEMOCRAT WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED

GENEROUSLY TO CLAIRE

McCASKILL -- SEE, I CAME BACK --

A DEMOCRAT WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED

GENEROUSLY TO CLAIRE McCASKILL'S

CAMPAIGN IS NOT SOMEBODY I WOULD

WANT INVESTIGATING SENATOR-ELECT

HAWLEY.

BUT IT WORKS FOR JAY

ASHCROFT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE ALWAYS TALK

ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP AND TO

CORRECT YOU, BY THE WAY, WHAT'S

GOING ON IN WASHINGTON IS THE

CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF

SOMEONE --

LET'S STAY HERE.

LET'S NOT LET THAT PASS.

BUT THE POINT IS THIS IS JAY

ASHCRO

ASHCROFT, TO HIS CREDIT -- AND

I'M NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF

PRAISING ASHCROFT OVER THE

YEARS.

TO HIS CREDIT AND THE

ASTONISHMENT OF REPUBLICAN

FRIENDS OF MINE, IS HAVING THE

INDEPENDENCE AND --

IT'S NOT ASHCROFT.

IT'S HEISINGER WHO WORKS FOR

HIM.

SHE'S SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE

PLANET?

THE OTHER THING HE'S DOING VERY

POSITIVE IS HE BROUGHT IN NICOLE

GALLAWAY WITH HER SUBPOENA

POWER, WHICH WOULD DISPROVE ANY

CONSPIRACY THEORY.

SHE'S A STATE OFFICIAL,

BUT --

THIS LOOKS LIKE A REAL

INVESTIGATION.

I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, I

DON'T SEE HAWLEY AS THE OPPOSITE

OF GREITENS.

I SEE HAWLEY AS --

IN THE SAME VEIN.

GREITENS WITHOUT A MILITARY

RESUME.

I THINK THAT YOU'RE WRONG, RAY,

ON THE IDEA THAT THERE'S NOTHING

WONG WITH SOMEBODY WHO GIVES TO

DEMOCRATS INVESTIGATING A

REPUBLICAN.

IF IT WERE VICE VERSA, WE'D BE

UPSET.

[ ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE ]

I THOUGHT IT WAS COMPLETELY

BIZARRE THAT ASHCROFT ANNOUNCED

HE WAS GOING TO GET THE AUDITOR

INVOLVED BECAUSE SHE HAS

SUBPOENA POWERS.

IF I'M A REPUBLICAN, I SAY WE

JUST LOST OUR GOVERNOR AND NOW

YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DEMOCRAT

START SUBPOENAING ON OUR

SENATORS?

WHY IS THAT A BAD THING?

I WOULD RATHER SEE SOMEBODY

INVESTIGATING WHO HADN'T GIVE

HAVEN'T MONEY TO EITHER OF THEM.

WHAT DIFFERENCE --

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

THE APPEARANCE OF

IMPROPRIETY.

HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE BAR ARE

THERE IN MISSOURI?

DID YOU HAVE TO FIND ONE TO

INVESTIGATE WHO GAVE $24,000 TO

DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING CLAIRE

McCASKILL?

ARE YOU SAYING THAT ANYONE

WHO GAVE MONEY TO A CANDIDATE

SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FOR BEING

AN ATTORNEY --

NO, WHAT HE'S SAYING OR I'M

SAYING --

-- FOR THE GOVERNMENT?

IT'S THE APPEARANCE.

LET ALVIN TALK A MINUTE.

IN ALL HONESTY, IF WE FLIPPED

THE PARTY HERE, YOU WOULDN'T

HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

NOT IF IT'S A DEMOCRAT --

EXCUSE ME A DEMOCRAT HIRED A

REPUBLICAN TO INVESTIGATE

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT?

NO, I -- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE

SHOULD WANT IS TO NOT HAVE PARTY

LINES AND SEE IT AS SOME SCANDAL

THAT SHE GAVE MONEY --

IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN

INVESTIGATION SUCCEED, YOU DON'T

WANT THE INVESTIGATOR TO BE A

KNOWN ENEMY, GIVING MONEY TO THE

OPPONENT OF THE GUY YOU'RE

INVESTIGATING.

BUT THE REPUBLICANS --

[ ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE ]

WE KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

TRYING TO OVERTURN ELECTIONS.

I THINK ONE THING I WOULD HAVE

DONE IF I WAS ASHCROFT, SAY

THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN

INVESTIGATION INTO THIS, BUT BAY

THE WAY, HE'S STILL -- BY THE

WAY, HE'S STILL GOING TO BE THE

SENATOR.

THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENS TO

ME IS HE GETS A FINE.

ANYBODY WHO'S LICKING THEIR

CHOPS, THAT'S OVER.

I'M NOT GOING TO APPOINT A

DEMOCRAT TO INVESTIGATE HIM, BUT

NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN

EXCEPT HIM GETTING SWORN IN IN

JANUARY.

CHARLIE, THE REAL INTRIGUE,

AND I KNOW IT'S MORE FOR

POLITICAL JUNKIES IS THE WHOLE

DYNAMIC BETWEEN ASHCROFT AND

ERIC SCHMIDT AND WHAT WAS

BELIEVED TO BE A RIVALRY FOR THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL SPOT IF HAWLEY

WAS TO WIN THE ELECTION.

THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICAL

INTRIGUE AND THE PEOPLE -- I'M

JUST SHOCKED THAT EVERYBODY IS

LIKE, WE TALK ABOUT

BIPARTISANSHIP AND IT BOTHERS

YOU THAT A REPUBLICAN PICKS

SOMEBODY WHO GAVE TO A DEMOCRAT

TO INVESTIGATE SOMEBODY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WRONG AT

ALL.

IF SOMEBODY WAS --

IF IT WAS IN REVERSE, IT

WOULD BE FINE.

OH, COME ON, RAY.

IT WOULD.

IF SOMEBODY WHO GAVE MONEY TO

THE REPUBLICANS WERE

INVESTIGATING OUR NEWLY ELECTED

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, YOU'D SAY

THAT'S FINE.

I WOULD.

LET'S MOVE ON, BILL.

I WANT TO ASK YOU, SPEAKING OF

GETTING HOT UNDER THE COLLAR, I

WAS THIS WEEK WHEN I SAW ONE OF

YOUR COLLEAGUES IN A PAGE A-2

STORY TAKE A LOOK AT A LADUE

KID, A STUDENT AT LADUE HIGH

SCHOOL, WHO WAS FLASHING THE

OKAY SIGN.

I THINK IT WAS PART OF A RALLY

FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

AS WE KNOW, THE LADUE RAMS

PLAYED IN THE STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND THE RAMS WON.

THE RAMS WON, YEAH.

IT WAS THE RAMS AGAINST THE

RAMS.

HERE'S THE DEAL.

THE OKAY SIGN AS UBIQUITOUS

SIGN, BUT THE STORY SEEMED TO

INDICATE THAT IT WAS ASSOCIATED

WITH WHITE NATIONALISM, EVEN

THOUGH WE WEREN'T THROUGH THIS

DURING THE KAVANAUGH HEARINGS

WHEN THERE WAS AN ATTORNEY

BEHIND JUDGE KAVANAUGH WHO HAD

SOMETHING SIMILAR, THE OKAY

SIGN, AND THE ANTIDEFAMATION

LEAGUE SAID NO, UNLESS YOU SEE

OTHER OVERT SIGNS OF WHITE

NATIONALISM, THAT OKAY SIGN,

WHICH HAS BEEN USED BY BILL

CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON AND

BARACK OBAMA, IS NOT A SIGN OF

WHITE NATIONALISM.

DON'T YOU THINK THIS IS A SMEAR

OF THE LADUE HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENT?

NO, I DON'T, AND I SHOULD SAY

ABOUT THESE SIGNS, THE ONLY --

THE VICTORY SIGN, PEACE SIGN IS

ALL -- THE ONLY ONE I GO, BUT I

HAVE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WHITE

NATIONALISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO

USURP THE OKAY SIGN AND I KNEW

NOTHING ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND, BUT

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PAPER WAS

SOMEBODY CALLED THE REPORTER,

DAVID HUNT, AND SAID THERE'S A

KID ON THE LADUE WEBSITE

FLASHING THE -- WHAT WHITE

NATIONALISTS ARE USING AS A

SIGN, AND SO HUNDRED HUNT SAID

OKAY AND HE LOOKED UNDER THE

WEBSITE AND IT WAS GONE.

SO HE CALLED AND THE LADUE

PEOPLE SAID WE TOOK THAT DOWN

BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM SOMEBODY

ELSE IN THE MEDIA THAT THIS IS A

WHITE POWER SIGN.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE THE PAPER

GEMMED THIS UP AND NOW THE WAY

IS SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN RUN.

CERTAINLY YOU'RE NOT IDENTIFYING

THE LADUE KID AND IN FACT, HE

WAS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE

PICTURE.

I'M TOLD HE WASN'T SMILING LIKE,

HEY, EVERYTHING IS OKAY.

HE WAS KIND OF SOMBER AND

FLASHING THAT SIGN.

I HAD NEVER HEAR THAT THE OKAY

SIGN WAS A WHITE SYMBOLISM SIGN,

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE KAVANAUGH

HEARING, THERE'S THAT PERSON

LIKE THIS AND MAYBE THEY'RE

TROLLING LIBERALS, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT SOMETHING IS GOING ON.

WITH THE TIKI TORCHES TO THOSE

KIDS IN WISCONSIN WITH THE

SIGHEIL.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE

CABARET AND THINK SOMETHING IS

GOING ON, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE

REPORTED, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK ON THE HEELS OF THE

COMPLAINT IN 2016 ON THE SCHOOL

BUS, YOU KNOW, THE KID WHO SAID

THAT SHE WAS BEING VICTIMIZED BY

RACIST -- RACIAL, RACIST

COMMENTS, AND I THINK THAT --

YOU KNOW, THAT'S RECENT HISTORY.

I'M SURE THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF

SENSITIVITY HERE.

THERE'S A BACK STORY TO THIS

AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CALLED THE

POST-DISPATCH.

HOWEVER, JUST A MONTH AGO,

MICBS'S FOOTBALL PLAYERS WERE

ACCUSED BY PARKWAY NORTH OF

UNLEASHING A LOT OF N-BOMBS TO

THEM DURING A FOOTBALL GAME.

IT WAS A REALLY BAD SCENE OVER

THERE.

THIS COMES IN THE WAKE OF THAT.

WHO IS LADUE PLAYING BUT MIBCS.

PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES WERE

COMPLAINING ON THAT ONE.

I KNOW THAT, BUT I'M

SAYING --

WHEN XENA BASH, I THINK

THAT'S HER NAME, THE ATTORNEY

WHO DID THIS DURING THE

KAVANAUGH HEARINGS, IT WAS

INVESTIGATED WIDELY BY THE

WASHINGTON POST AND OTHERS AND

THEY FOUND OUT THAT IT IS TRUE,

THERE WERE A GROUP OF TROLLS WHO

PERSONALLY TRIED ERRONEOUSLY TO

FAKE OUT THE LIBERAL MEDIA BY

FLASHING OKAY SIGNS AND

ASSOCIATING IT WITH WHITE

NATIONALISM WHICH TURNED OUT TO

BE A HOAX.

IT WHAT AS JOKE.

NOW -- IT WAS A JOKE.

NOW, THERE'S SOME WHITE

NATIONALISTS WHO ARE TOO DUMB TO

REALIZE IT WAS A HOAX AND THEY

MIGHTITE, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR

CASE AS IN SO MANY OTHERS, IT

COULD ALSO JUST BE OKAY, WHICH A

UBIQUITOUS SYMBOL.

NOBODY IS SAYING THEY KNOW

WHAT WAS IN THE MIND THEREFORE

STUDENT FROM LADUE AND HIS PURR

WAS BLACKED OUT, BUT IF -- HIS

PICTURE WAS BLACKED OUT, BUT IF

YOU THINK THAT SOMETHING IS

GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY,

SOMETHING A LITTLE WEIRD --

I REALIZE THAT THIS IS OFF

THE BEATEN PATH OF DONNYBROOK,

BUT BEYONCE AND JAY Z HAVE BEEN

ACCUSED REPEATEDLY OF BEING

MEMBERS OF THE OF THE

ILLUMINATI, SO AFTER THE WHILE,

THEY STARTED MAKING THE SIGN

EVERY TIME A PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK

THEIR PICTURE JUST TO KIND OF,

YOU KNOW, BAIT THE PRESS --

THAT DID HAPPEN.

RIGHT.

I'M A LIBERAL -- I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

I'M A LIBERAL WHO'S TIRED OF

THESE ISSUES AND TIRED OF THE

JUST -- YOU KNOW, AS A CIVIL

LIBERTARIAN, I'M JUST TIRED OF

THESE ISSUES, FRANKLY, BUT IF

YOU WORK FOR A NEWSPAPER AND

YOU'RE A REPORTER AND YOU GET A

LEAD AND THEN YOU FIND SOMETHING

THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN, IT'S START

OF NOT -- IT'S NOT THE SORT OF

THING YOU JUST DROP.

BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH --

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I DO DISAGREE WITH BILL.

I THINK THE KID CAN BE

IDENTIFIED EVEN THOUGH HIS FACE

WAS BLOCKED OUT, LIKE BY HIS

FRIENDS WHERE I'M SURE IN THE

LADUE AREA, HE IS LIKE, OKAY, WE

KNOW WHO THIS IS AND HE'S BEEN

ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE

NATIONALISM, EVEN THOUGH HE'S

GIVING A UBIQUITOUS SIGN AND I

THINK THE MEDIA IN GENERAL

SHOULD RETHINK ITS INVESTIGATION

OF KIDS AT SCHOOL.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE

NEWSPAPERS WERE NOT CONCENTRATED

ON THESE STORIES, BY AND LARGE,

AND NOW I THINK THAT KIDS SHOULD

HAVE A CERTAIN PROTECTION WHEN

THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WITHIN

THE CONFINES OF A SCHOOL.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT

AND YOU MIGHT RIGHT, BUT WHAT

GOOD THAT RECENT CASE IN

WISCONSIN.

DID YOU SEE THAT PICTURE ALL THE

KIDS ARE GIVING THE SIG HEIL

BEFORE THE PROM?

IT NOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY AND

THOSE KIDS' FACES WERE CLEARLY

IDENTIFIED AND YOU LOOK AT IT

AND YOU GO, GEE, THIS IS REALLY

STRANGE.

I WILL AGREE WITH YOU.

I THOUGHT THE KID WASN'T

IDENTIFIABLE.

IF HE WASN'T, THAT'S A DIFFERENT

STORY.

I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD HAVE

BEEN.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE --

YOU'RE SAYING IF HE WAS

IDENTIFIABLE -- THERE'S NO WAY

HE SHOULD BE.

IT COULD BE THOSE CLOSEST TO

YOU THAT KNOW YOU WERE THE

PERSON THEY'RE TALKING ABOUTS IT

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE GREATER

GOOD.

I THINK THE STORY COVER

SERVED ITS READERS WELL BY

NOTING THAT THE ANTI-DEFAMATION

LEAGUE OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS --

I THOUGHT IT DID.

NO, IT DID.

IT LOOKED TO THE SOUTHERN

POVERTY LAW CENTER THAT SAID IT

WAS A HOAX, BUT THE ADL SAID

THIS IS NOT A SIGN OF WHITE

NATIONALISM.

ANYWAY, OKAY, LET'S GO ON TO

YOU, RAY.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A ST.

CHARLES LAWMAKER WHO WANTS TO

END THE EARNINGS TAX IN THE CITY

OF ST. LOUIS.

WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN.

ACTUALLY, THE VOTERS IN THE CITY

OF ST. LOUIS DO VOTE ON THE

EARNINGS TAX EVERY FIVE YEARS BY

STATE LAW.

EXACTLY.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK THE EARNINGS TAX

IS ACTUALLY ATTRACTING PEOPLE.

WHEN I GOT HERE IN 1988, WE HAD,

WHAT, 400,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY

OF ST. LOUIS AND NOW WE'RE DOWN

TO 300,000.

WHATEVER IT'S DOING, NOT

ATTRACTING PEOPLE AND JOBS, BUT

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHAT I THINK IS THAT THE

VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS

AND THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY

VOTED ON THIS TOPIC AND IT'S A

LOT MORE IMPORTANT WHAT THEY

THINK THAN WHAT ANY OF US THINK,

AND THAT GOES FOR WHETHER WE

LIVE IN THE CITY OR NOT.

THEY VOTED BY 80% MARGINS IN

CITY, ROUGHLY IN ST. LOUIS AND

KANSAS CITY, AND LAID THIS ISSUE

TO REST.

IT WAS BROUGHT UPON US, A

HORRIBLE THING AND BROUGHT POP

US BY REX SINQUEFIELD WHO

PERHAPS IS GOING TO FIND A WAY

TO SUPPORT THIS FINE STATE

SENATOR IN ST. CHARLES.

THE BIGGER -- THIS IS PART OF A

BIGGER TREND THAT CONCERNS ME

AND IN 2020, THERE'S GOING TO BE

A MOVEMENT AFOOT FOR A STATEWIDE

VOTE ON A CITY-COUNTY MERGER OF

SOME SORT TO FORCE A MERGER OR

UNI-GOV OR SOMETHING ON THE CITY

AND COUNTY USING THE RURAL VOTE

AGAINST THE CITY AND COUNTY'S

INTEREST.

THE LARGER ISSUE HERE IS

SELF-DETERMINATION.

THE WORST THING ABOUT WHAT REX

SINQUEFIELD DID TO US WITH THE

CITY EARNINGS TAX IS CITIES LIKE

COLUMBIA, SPRINGFIELD, CAPE

GIRARDEAU, HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO

AN EARNINGS TAX NOW BECAUSE OF

THE REST OF THE STATE.

THAT'S CRAZY.

ONE WOULD THINK THAT A

REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE, WHEN THE

REPUBLICANS TRADITIONALLY WERE

ALL ABOUT LOCAL AUTONOMY, WOULD

BE LOATHE TO COME UP WITH AN

IDEA OF THE STATE WILL TELL

LOCALS WHAT TO DO.

EXACTLY.

I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAY, RAY, IF

ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY SAY WE

NEED AN EARNINGS TAX, AND WE

WANT ONE, THAT'S ENOUGH.

BACKING UP WHAT RAY SAID, ON

THE PROGRAM I WAS ON TODAY,

RODNEY BOYD WAS ON WITH ME

TODAY, KIND OF LIKE POLITICAL

INSIDE YES, MODERATE

REPUBLICAN -- NIDEER,

MODERATE -- INSIDER, MODERATE

REPUBLICAN, HE HINTED THAT THE

STORY GOING INTO 19 AND HEADING

INTO 2020 IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY

LIKE YOU SAID.

THERE IS GOING TO BE A MOVE TO

FORCE A VOTE ON THE COUNTY AND

THE CITY.

AND I THINK DEMOCRATS AND

REPUBLICANS WILL LIKE IT, OR AT

LEAST THE REX SINQUEFIELD CROWD

LIKES THAT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE

IN YOU CHANGE THE CHARTER FOR

THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, WHICH

WOULD CHANGE IF WE HAD THE

MERGER, THE EARNINGS TAX WILL BE

NULL.

BUT THAT'S --

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE --

PEOPLE ARE UNDERESTIMATING

WHAT PEOPLE IN MY NECK OF THE

WOODS THINK OF THIS.

BUT AGAIN, AREN'T WE

OVERTURNING OR IGNORING THE WILL

OF THE PEOPLE --

ABSOLUTELY.

-- AND THIS CONTINUES TO

HAPPEN REPEATLY.

I THINK THE REASON IS THERE

ARE LAWMAKERS LIKE THIS GUY IN

ST. CHARLES WHO THINK THAT THE

EARNINGS TAX THE HURTING THE

CITY AND THE CITY IS INCREDIBLY

IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION, AND WE

WERE TALKING ABOUT AUSTIN.

THE STATE HAS NO --

BUT THIS IS --

-- INCOME TAX AND NO EARNINGS

TAX AND THERE'S SOMETHING TO

THAT.

PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF THE CITY

BECAUSE OF THAT EARNINGS TAX.

BUT HOPEFULLY THE COUNTRY --

BUT PEOPLE TELL ME ALMOST

DAILY THAT THEY COULD CARE LESS

ABOUT THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, SO

WHY ALL OF AN ALL OF A SUDDEN --

YOU REALLY BELIEVE PEOPLE

MOVE OUT OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS

SOLELY BECAUSE THE EARNINGS TAX.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO DID.

TOM JACOBSON, HE WASSED HET OF

U.S. BANK -- HE THE HEAD OF U.S.

BANK AT THE TIME, HE MOVED.

LET'S NOT SAY WE'RE ALL LIKE

THE BANK PRESIDENTS.

ONE OF THE OLDEST PRINCIPLES

OF THE COUNTRY IS TO BE

CONCERNED ABOUT TAXATION WITHOUT

REPRESENTATION AND IT WORKS IN

REVERSE TOO.

BUT A WORKER IN THE CITY IS

TAXED.

WELL, AND THE STATE --

THEY CAN'T VOTE ON IT.

THE POINT OF THAT, WHICH HAS

PERFECT LOGIC TO IT -- AND I

WISH WE COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS

WE IN THE CITY AND THEY IN ST.

CHARLES.

WE TALK ABOUT ST. CLAIR COUNTY.

IT'S ONE REGION.

BUT THE CITY HAS A RIGHT TO --

LET ME FOCUS ON -- WE HAVE

LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO GO.

THANKS.

I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE A

LOT OF CALLS ON THIS AND OTHER

ISSUES.

ALVIN, THE RIVERFRONT TIMES HAD

A FRONT PAGE STORY SAYING THERE

ARE RESTAURANTS IN ELLISVILLE

AND ELSEWHERE THAT CAN'T FIND

WORKERS AND THEY SAY IT'S

PROBABLY A TRANSPORTATION

PROBLEM GETTING PEOPLE FROM THE

CITY OUT THERE.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE REAL

REASON?

THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE

PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IF WE HAD A

REAL MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM, THAT

WOULD HELP, BUT QUITE FRANKLY,

AT NO TIME WHEN I WAS GROWING

UP, I'M 58 NOW, A GENERATION

BEHIND ME OR WHATEVER, AT NO

TIME WERE THERE A NEED FOR

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY TO

COME OUT AND WORK AT RESTAURANTS

IN THE COUNTY.

YOUNGER PEOPLE HUSTLED, GOT A

JOB, GOT BUSY.

THAT'S MISSING RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT IDEA OF WORKING IN A

RESTAURANT AND I'M LIKE 17, 18

YEARS OLD, IT'S NOT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES BACK TO

THAT WORK ETHIC OR THIS

MILLENNIALS OR WHATEVER, BUT

QUITE FRANKLY, THE PEOPLE ARE

THERE THAT CAN FILL THE JOBS AND

GET PAID.

THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS YOU

HAVE TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR

YOUR COLLEGE RESUME OR I DON'T

KNOW WHAT.

HOW DOES THAT SONG GO?

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KIDS

TODAY?

WHY CAN'T THEY BE LIKE WE WERE

YESTERDAY.

I FOUND LIKE MY GRANDFATHER.

THERE WAS A RESTAURATEUR

WHO'S CLOSING A RESTAURANT,

TALKING TO ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE,

ABOUT THIS VERY POINT AND THAT

PERSON PROBABLY HAS A PRETTY

GOOD IDEA, SAYING -- REGARDLESS

OF WHETHER IT AFFECTED THEIR

RESTAURANT, THAT IDEA THAT THEY

CAN'T FIND PEOPLE IN THEIR AREA

TO WORK WAS PRETTY -- SHE OUGHT

ON KNOW.

YEAH, CLOSING FOR THAT

REASON.

DON'T FORGET, EVERYBODY,

TOMORROW NIGHT WE'RE AT THE

SCHNUCKS IN RICHMOND HEIGHTS

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WELCOME BACK TO DONNYBROOK

YOUR TURN.

IT IS YOUR TURN.

I AM SITTING HERE WITH OUR

FOUNDER AND THE STAR OF OUR

PROGRAM, MR. RAY HARTMANN.

I WILL BE HIS COPILOT AND WE'LL

BE FLYING AT A ALTITUDE OF

35,000 FEET.

WHO'S UP FIRST?

ELISE FROM HEALTH SPRINGS.

THANKS FOR CALLING AND WELCOME

TO YOUR TURN.

Caller: HI.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING

MY CALL.

THE REASON I'M CALLING IS

BECAUSE I HAVE TO AGREE WITH

SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID, WENDY,

ON THE SHOW MULTIPLE TIMES.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TAXES

AND THE ST. LOUIS CITY AND

KANSAS CITY, AND WHY ARE WE

TRYING TO OVERTURN THE WILL OF

THE PEOPLE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, AND NOT

ONLY ARE THEY TRYING TO DO THAT,

BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER ISSUES

THAT THE VOTERS RECENTLY VOTED

ON, WHICH IS RIGHT TO WORK AND

THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS PROP ONE,

WHICH WAS TRANSPARENCY --

CLEAN MISSOURI, CLEAN

MISSOURI, RIGHT.

Caller: RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE TRYING TO OVERTURN

THAT NOW, TOO, AND I DON'T

UNDERSTAND WHY LAWMAKERS JUST

CAN'T TAKE WHAT THE PEOPLE OF

THE STATE HAVE VOTED ON AND

ACCEPT THAT.

IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING AND IT

MAKES -- WELL, I VOTE ALL THE

TIME AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO

SO, BUT I'M SURE THAT IT MAKES A

LOT OF OTHER VOTERS VERY

FRUSTRATED AND FEEL LIKE WHY

VOTE IF THE LAWMAKERS AREN'T

GOING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION

WHAT WE IN FACT VOTE FOR.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

ELISE, HEAR HEAR.

THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY CAN AND

IT REALLY IS AMAZING.

I MEAN, IN MISSOURI, THE NUMBER

OF TIMES THAT THAT'S HAPPENED.

BUT DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A

RECENT -- IT'S A FAIRLY RECENT

PHENOMENON THAT WE'RE SEEING AND

IT'S --

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF OMINOUS

IN MY OPINION, BUT THAUN, ELISE.

AND THE IDEA THAT POLITICIANS

ARE GOING TO ROLL OVER AND CLEAN

UP LOBBYING, GOOD LUCK WITH

THAT.

LET'S GO TO RON FROM SOULARD.

YOU'RE ON DONNYBROOK, YOUR TURN.

Caller: THANK YOU FOR TAKING

MY CALL AND THE LADY, I WAS

GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WANT

TO SAY IS ABOUT EARNINGS TAX.

THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS WILL BE

BANKRUPT WITHOUT THE CITY

EARNINGS TAX.

YOU WANT THE CITY TO FIGHT

CRIME, YOU WANT IT TO BUILD A

STADIUM THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE

VOTED AGAINST, YOU WANT THEM TO

DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY,

BUT WE CAN'T TAX PEOPLE WHO USE

THE SERVICES, COMING INTO THE

CITY, THROW THEIR TRASH DOWN,

DOUBLE PARK.

WE CHARGING EVERYBODY FOR LIVING

IN THE CITY AND YOU JUST PAY

YOUR SHARE FOR THE CITY TO BE A

BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, IF YOU

WANT TO COME TO A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU, RON.

WELL STATED AND WE HEAR FROM

PEOPLE, OH, WE'RE NOT LIVING IN

THE CITY.

WE'RE GOING TO YOU FROM THE CITY

OF ST. LOUIS, BEAUTIFUL CHANNEL

9 AND GREAT --

GRAND CENTER, YEAH.

GRAND CENTER AREA, AND IT'S

REALLY -- I MEAN, I HAPPEN TO BE

VERY STRONGLY THINK THAT THERE'S

A PERFECT LOGIC TO THE CITY

EARNINGS TAX AS SOMEONE WHO'S

PAID IT AND PAYS IT, AND THAT IS

THAT PEOPLE WHO COME FOR THE DAY

AND USE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE

AND THE STREETS AND THE OTHER

SERVICES, YOU KNOW, IT'S THEIR

WAY OF CONTRIBUTING AND MANY,

MANY PEOPLE COME TO DOWNTOWN.

NOT AS MANY AS USED TO, BUT --

SO THERE'S SOME LOGIC TO IT.

BUT THE BIGGER POINT IS THAT THE

FOLKS VOTED 80% TO KEEP IT.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT U.S.

BANK THINKS.

I MEAN --

NO.

AND RON, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE

YOU CERTAINLY ARE SPEAKING FOR A

LOT OF PEOPLE.

LET'S GO TO KATHY FROM

ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

HELLO, KATHY.

Caller: OH HI, WENDY, AND HI,

RAY.

NICE TALKING TO YOU.

ON THE JOSH HAWLEY

INVESTIGATION, I DON'T THINK A

MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE

OF MISSOURI REALIZE HE LOST

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR PEOPLE

IN THIS STATE BECAUSE HE

COULDN'T RUN THAT OFFICE.

THEY HAD TO SUB OUT BECAUSE HE

COULDN'T LITIGATE THE CASES.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED

A VERY LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE I

DON'T THINK ANY OF US, IF WE GO

INTO A JOB AND WE'RE NOT RUNNING

IT PROPERLY FOR THE FIRST COUPLE

WEEKS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY

THERE.

AND I WONDER, ARE THEY GOING TO

BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE

INFORMATION FROM THAT OFFICE?

AND IS THE SENATE GOING TO SIT

HIM IF HE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION?

THAT'S AN INTERESTING

QUESTION.

THE ANSWER, I THINK, IS YES TO

THAT BECAUSE OF WHO THE SENATE

IS CONTROLLED BY.

I DON'T THINK THE HOUSE WOULD.

BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL

THE HOUSE.

BUT THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT.

AND AS I SAY, I WAS ALONE ON

THIS ISSUE.

I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY TO THE

CREDIT OF JAY ASHCROFT -- I

CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THAT.

I CAN'T EITHER.

YOU KNOW, HIS FATHER WAS

SOMEBODY THAT I JUST DISAGREED

WITH SO MUCH FOR SO LONG

ALTHOUGH --

BUT YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR HIM.

I ALWAYS RESPECTED HIS

INTEGRITY AND MAYBE JAY ASHCROFT

IS TRYING TO BRAND HIMSELF --

BUT WHAT CAN HE DO IF HE A

QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED ABOUT

SENATOR-ELECT HAWLEY, HE HAS TO

FOLLOW --

WELL, TO HIS CREDIT AND I'LL

STICK TO MY GUNS, THE FACT THAT

HE HAS A DREADED APPOINTEE

WORKING FOR HIM WHO HAPPENS TO

GIVE MONEY FOR A DEMOCRAT, AS IF

THAT WAS A CRIME, AND THE FACT

THAT HE'S BROUGHT IN THE

DEMOCRATIC AUDITOR WITH SUBPOENA

POWER, IT IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF

BIPARTISANSHIP OUT THERE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYBODY IS NOT

EMBRACING AND GIVING JAY

ASHCROFT CREDIT FOR WHAT APPEARS

TO BE AN INDEPENDENT

INVESTIGATION OF SOMEBODY IN HIS

OWN PARTY.

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE

REPUBLICANS VERY UPSET ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE

VERY UPSET ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK

IN TERMS OF THE DEMOCRAT WHO

HAS -- HEISINGER, I MEAN NO

DISRESPECT, I JUST CAN'T

REMEMBER HER NAME AT THIS

MOMENT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT

SHE WORKS FOR MR. ASHCROFT, BUT

I JUST THINK IN TERMS OF OPTICS,

WE HAVE TO --

I THINK IT'S GREAT OPTICS!

THAT A REPUBLICAN PICKS A

DEMOCRAT TO RUN -- TO

INVESTIGATE A FELLOW REPUBLICAN.

I THINK THAT'S PERFECT AND IF IT

WERE FLIPPED, I THINK IT WAS

PERFECT.

I THINK IT IS PERFECT THAT --

SEVERAL OF OUS THE PANEL

DISAGREE WITH YOU TONIGHT, RAY.

I KNOW YOU DO.

ALL FOUR OF YOU.

AND IF THE SITUATION WAS

REVERSED, BUT KATHY, WE THANK

YOU.

LET'S GO TO BILL, FIRST-TIME

CALLER FROM ROCK HILL.

WHO?

BILL, YOU'RE ON DONNYBROOK

YOU'RE TURN.

BILL FROM ROCK HILL.

Caller: RAY, THIS IS OUR

TURN, NOT YOUR TURN.

NOW THAT WE GOT THAT STRAIGHT,

I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE

SITUATION ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH

OF THE FOOTBALL WITH THE HIGH

SIGN.

HAVE YOU NOTICED THERE SOMES

TUBE KIND OF A SUB CULTURE THAT

HAS DEVELOPED THAT SPENDS ALL

THEIR TIME TRYING TO FIND STUFF

TO GET OFFENDED BY?

IT'S GOT TO BE RIDICULOUS.

THIS PAST WEEK THERE WAS

SOMEBODY WHO HAD A BIG

CONNIPTION BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED

THAT RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED

REINDEER WAS BULLYING AND NOW

THEY'RE ALL UPSET ABOUT IT AND

THIS THING WITH THE HIGH SIGN.

FOLKS, FIRST OF ALL, GET A LIFE.

SECOND OF ALL, LAWYERS STOP

TAKING CASES FOR THESE PEOPLE.

AND THIRD OF ALL, THE

CONSTITUTION -- YOU SHOULD KNOW

THIS, RAY, AS BEING A MEMBER OF

THE ACLU, CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH

IS PROTECTED SPEECH.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THE

CONSTITUTION THAT SAYS YOU HAVE

A RIGHT NOT TO BE OFFENDED.

AMEN.

Caller: AND ALL THE PEOPLE

TRYING TO FIND THESE SAFE SPEECH

ZONES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND

TRYING TO -- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

TRYING -- THERE'S NO RIGHT TO BE

NOT OFFENDED IN THE

CONSTITUTION.

IT DOESN'T EXIST.

WE AGREE.

WE AGREE, AND I I HAVE -- I'M

GUILTY OF A LOT OF THINGS, BUT

STICKING UP FOR, YOU KNOW --

DEFENDING --

YOU ALWAYS DEFEND FREE

SPEECH.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

THANKS, BILL, THANKS FOR

CALLING.

LET'S GO TO THE TWITTERVERSE.

@CRAIG, MY BUDDY.

THE REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF

STATE APPOINTED THE LAWYER WHO

WILL INVESTIGATE WHAT MAY OR MAY

NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN JOSH

HAWLEY'S CAMPAIGN.

HAS ANYONE QUESTIONED HIM

DIRECTLY WHY HE CHOSE HER?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, CRAIG.

I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE HE

WANTS TO APPEAR BIPARTISAN.

SISTER VAUR 23, WHEN IT COMES TO

THE OKAY SIGN, I THINK IT'S

ABOUT EDUCATING YOURSELF.

MANY PEOPLE FIND SIGNS WE FIND

HARMLESS AS INSULTING.

BE RESPECTFUL AND THINK OF THE

CONTEXT IT IS USED.

THANK YOU.

@STEVE JACOBOWSKI, I WOULD

RATHER WE DEVELOP THE PERSONAL

PROPERTY TAX INSTEAD OF THE

EARNINGS TAX.

IT'S PART OF THE REASON I BOUGHT

A 2005 CAR.

THANK YOU.

KEEP TWEETING US AT THE

#DONNYBROOKSTL.

AND WE'LL GO TO BRENDA IN

COLLINSVILLE.

HELLO, BRENDA.

HI, BRENDA.

Caller: HI.

I'M CALLING ABOUT THE OKAY SIGN.

I WAS IN THE ARMY AND WHEN WE

WENT TO GERMANY IN 1979, WE WERE

TOLD NOT TO USE THAT SIGN TO THE

GERMANS BECAUSE IT MEANT

MY GOODNESS.

OKAY.

WELL, WE THANK YOU AND WE'RE

HOPING OUR DELAY IS WORKING THIS

EVENING.

IT MAY OR MAY NOT.

THANK YOU, BRENDA.

THAT ONE -- WELL, I THOUGHT WHEN

SHE SAID THEY WERE IN GERMANY,

THAT IF THIS WAS A QUESTION OF A

WHITE -- WOW.

OKAY, BRENDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR PHONING IN.

I DID NOT SEE THAT ONE

COMING.

I DID NOT EITHER.

LET'S GO TO RON IN AUGUSTA,

MISSOURI.

HI, RON.

WATCH YOUR TONGUE.

Caller: YEAH, BRENDA, GO,

GIRL.

IT'S OKAY WITH ME.

Caller: FIRST OFF, MERRY

CHRISTMAS TO YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

SAME TO YOU, BY THE WAY.

Caller: AS FAR AS THIS

ASHCROFT THING, IF I'M GOING TO

BE INVESTIGATED, THE I WANT THE

PERSON THAT'S GOING TO DIG UP

THE WORST STUFF ON ME.

IF HE'S NOT GUILTY, HE'S NOT

GUILTY.

IF HE'S GUILTY, HE'S GUILTY.

I SUPPORTED JOSH, I THINK HE'S A

GOOD GUY, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO

INVESTIGATE HIM, LET'S DO IT.

I COULDN'T CARE LESS WHO IT DID.

LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S TWG ON.

I AGREE.

Caller: AND AS FAR AS THIS

SILLY OKAY THING, I'M A KID OF

THE '70s IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO I

HAD TO WATCH MY BLACK FRIENDS

AND I PROBABLY WOULD ADMIT I

MAYBE EVEN IN A WEAK MOMENT

JOINED IN WITH THE CLENCHED FIST

FOR BLACK POWER.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHITE POWER,

WE HAVE BLACK POWER.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT STUFF.

OKAY.

Caller: WE DON'T LIKE EITHER

ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

Caller: WE'RE JUST ONE

COUNTRY.

OKAY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, RON.

WE APPRECIATE YOU CALLING.

LET'S GO TO JOHN FROM MAPLE

WOOD.

HI, JOHN.

Caller: HI.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS?

WE'RE GOOD.

Caller: DON'T FIND MYSELF IN

A POSITION TO CONTRADICT ALVIN

TO MANY OCCASIONS, BUT TONIGHT

YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT YOU --

MY OWN TWO BOYS WHO ARE UNDER 16

ARE BOTH WORKING, ONE OF THEM IS

WORKING IN A RESTAURANT IN

MAPLEWOOD AND THE OTHER ONE IS

CUTTING GRASS AND, YOU KNOW,

HUSTLING TRYING TO MAKE MONEY

ANY WAY HE CAN, AND I THINK THE

SCHOOL DISTRICT REALLY

ENCOURAGES KIDS, YOU KNOW, TO

GET ALL KINDS OF EXPERIENCE, YOU

KNOW.

RIGHT.

Caller: THEY'VE DONE A GREAT

JOB.

THE COMMUNITY HERE HAS DONE A

GREAT JOB EMBRACING THESE KIDS

AND GIVING THEM THAT EXPERIENCE,

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A SCHOOL

DISTRICT ON THE RISE AND A

COMMUNITY ON THE RISE.

OKAY.

Caller: SO ALVIN IS WRONG.

I'D LIKE TO STICK UP FOR

ALVIN.

I THINK HE WAS MAKING THE POINT

THAT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF

ST. LOUIS N THIS CASE IT WAS --

WAS IT ELLISVILLE?

IT WAS CHESTERFIELD.

CHESTERFIELD.

THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF

MORE AFFLUENT WEST COUNTY THAT I

THINK HE WAS VERY TACTFULLY AND

PROPERLY MAKING THE POINT THAT A

LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T INTERESTED

IN DOING THEIR JOBS.

I DON'T THINK HE WAS TALKING

ABOUT MAPLE WOOD AT ALL, SO I

THINK A WOULD -- THAT WOULD BE

MY GUESS OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

WE APPRECIATE THE CALL.

YES, AS A PARENT, WE -- OR AS

PARENTS, I SHOULD SAY, MY

HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT IT WAS

VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE HE AND I

HAD BOTH WORKED IN HIGH SCHOOL

AND I KNOW YOU WORKED IN HIGH

SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

AND WE WORKED IN JUNIOR HIGH

SCHOOL.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEND A CHILD

INTO A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY

EXPERIENCE WITHOUT HAVING A

LITTLE MORE LIFE EXPERIENCE.

AND YOU CAN'T FIND A BETTER

PLACE TO ACQUIRE THAT LIFE

EXPERIENCE THAN ON THE JOB.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A

TEENAGER.

SO I THINK PARENTS ARE DOING

THEIR CHILDREN A GREAT

DISSERVICE WHEN -- THAT'S JUST

MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION -- WHEN

THEY DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET

A JOB.

MAYBE THEY'RE IN LIKE FLINT IN

COLLEGE AND THEY DON'T NEED TO

HAVE A JOB, BUT THANKS, JOHN,

FOR ALLOWING ME TO EVENT.

GOOD FOR YOU AND BECAUSE OF

THAT, I GOT TO WORK FOR THE

GREAT MARTIN DUGGAN.

AND THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR

YOU.

IT NEVER SEEMED TO --

OH, HE WAS SO PROUD OF YOU.

BILL FROM BONNE TERRE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, BILL?

Caller: WENDY, I ABSOLUTELY

LOVE YOU, BUT I DON'T LIKE WHAT

YOU SAID ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T

LIKE THE RESULTS OF ELECTION

TRYING TOOVER -- TOOVER TURN IT

THROUGH INVESTIGATION.

INVESTIGATION ONLY GET PEOPLE'S

WHO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES.

IF YOU DON'T CREDIT COMMIT A

CRIME, DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT

AN INVESTIGATION.

I THINK ANYBODY IN PUBLIC OFFICE

SHOULD FEAR BEING INVESTIGATED

TO DEATH BECAUSE THAT'S HOW

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP CROOKS OUT

OF PUBLIC OFFICE AND THE

RIDICULOUS NOTION THAT PEOPLE

WERE PUSHING ABOUT A PERJURY

TRAP, YOU KNOW WHAT?

PERJURY TRAPS CATCH LIARS.

YOU DON'T LIE, YOU DON'T GET

CAUGHT.

YEAH.

I AGREE THAT'S TRUE.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,

I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, THERE IS

THE REAL APPEARANCE -- I DON'T

KNOW CRIMINAL, WE DON'T KNOW

WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

RIGHT.

BUT THE APPEARANCE OF THESE

OUTSIDE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS,

YOU KNOW, HAVING ENGAGED, YOU

KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL'S PUBLICLY PAID STAFF,

IT'S REALLY A TROUBLING THING.

AND I THINK, AGAIN, I'LL

CONGRATULATE JAY ASHCROFT FOR

TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

I DO THINK IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S

BIPARTISAN IN HOW IT'S BEING

APPROACHED, AND I'LL STICK TO

THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU KIT BOND, THERE

WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY

INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THERE WAS

A VERY -- AND I GET CRITICIZED

FOR POINTING OUT ALL THE TIME,

BUT THERE WAS A VERY FIRM LINE

THAT WASN'T CROSSED IN THE

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN -- WHEN KIT

BOND WAS GOVERNOR.

AND BILL, I THANK YOU FOR THE

LOVE.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT IN THESE

PARTISAN, I MEAN IN THESE HIGHLY

CHARGED TIMES, FOR CHRISTINE

HEISINGER TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO

CLAIRE McCASKILL -- IF SHE WERE

JUST A DEMOCRAT, I WOULD SAY THE

OPTICS DON'T MATTER, BUT DOWN

THE ROAD, YOU DON'T WANT

ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE OR

DISCREDIT OR CALL INTO QUESTION

THE RESULTS OF WHAT SHE

UNEARTHS.

IT WON'T BE.

SHE REPORTS TO HER BOSS, THE

REPUBLICAN.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT BOTH PARTIES

ARE INVOLVED TOGETHER IN THIS

INVESTIGATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

SHE REPORTS TO JAY ASHCROFT.

ALL RIGHT, I GIVE UP, I CAN'T

WIN THE ARGUMENT.

WHO'S NEXT?

I GIVE UP.

LARRY IN SOUTH COUNTY.

HI, LARRY, WELCOME TO DONNYBROOK

YOUR TURN.

Caller: HI, GUYS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO BOTH OF YOU.

ON THIS CITY EARNINGS TAX THING,

YEARS AGO WE MOVED FROM THE CITY

TO THE COUNTY AND IT HAD MORE TO

DO WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE THOUGHT THAT THE SCHOOLS WERE

BECOMING SUBPAR AND A LOT OF

PEOPLE WILL MOVE FOR THAT, BUT

THE CITY EARNINGS TAX WAS PART

OF IT, TOO.

WE MOVED TO SHREWSBURY AND, OF

COURSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY

EARNINGS TAX THERE.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT.

I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY PROS

AND CONS.

YOU AGREE, LARRY, THAT THE FOLKS

IN THE CITY AT LEAST, VOTED

FAIRLY OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR

OF IT AND YOU MAY HAVE VOTED

WITH YOUR FEET, I GET THAT, BUT

I'M JUST SAYING -- WHICH YOU

HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO, BUT IT WAS

A PRETTY CLEAR-CUT VOTE IN THE

CITY AND IN KANSAS CITY.

AND WE'VE BEEN DEBATING THIS

ISSUE FOR DECADES, HAVEN'T WE?

AND THIS WHOLE QUESTION COULDN'T

COME, I THINK, AT A WORST TIME

FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THE GAP

THAT WOULD BE LEFT IF WE HAD

THAT VACUUM WOULD BE -- WE'D BE

IN REAL TROUBLE.

LARRY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE CALL.

LET'S GO TO TOM IN JEFFERSON

COUNTY.

HI, TOM, YOU'RE ON DONNYBROOK,

YOUR TURN.

ARE YOU THERE, TOM?

SPEAK INTO THE PHONE AND NOT

THE --

Caller: GOOD EVENING AND

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

YEAH, I'M HERE.

GOOD EVENING AND MERRY

CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

Caller: I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY

SOMETHING ON THE EARNINGS TAX.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

Caller: YOU DON'T HAVE TO --

I DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY AND

WHEN I WORKED ON CONSTRUCTION OR

FOR AN OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS, WE

HAD TO PAY THE EARNINGS TAX AND

THERE'S NO WAY TO FILE TO GET

THAT MONEY BACK.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING TO THE

CITY.

THAT WAS THE IDEA, THAT WHILE

YOU WERE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION

IN THE CITY, IF YOU NEEDED A

POLICEMAN OR A --

OR A FIREFIGHTER.

OR A FIREFIGHTER OR A MEDIC

OR YOU NEEDED THE STREETS TO NOT

HAVE POTHOLES, YOU WERE -- THE

CITY WAS COVERING THAT COST FOR

YOU AS THEY DO FOR US WHEN WE

COME TO THE COUNTY TO CHANNEL 9.

THAT'S THE THEORY AT LEAST.

THAT MAKE SENSE?

Caller: HOW MUCH -- I DON'T

KNOW.

I'M ASKING A QUESTION.

HOW MUCH REVENUE DOES THAT BRING

INTO THE CITY EACH YEAR?

I SHOULD KNOW THAT AND I

DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

100 -- IT'S AT LEAST --

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.

IT'S 100-PLUS MILLION.

100-PLUS MILLION DOLLARS.

A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF

REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

I THINK IT'S A THIRD OF THE

OPERATING -- 30%, I APOLOGIZE, I

THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 30% OF THE

OPERATING BUDGET.

AND IT FOLLOWS CITY RESIDENTS

IF THEY WORK IN THE COUNTY AND

THAT'S THE -- IN A PERFECT

WORLD, MAYBE EVERYBODY WOULD

HAVE THE EARNINGS TACT AND IT

WOULDN'T IMPEDIMENT TO THE CITY,

BUT WE HAD AN ELECTION AND THE

POINT IS EVERY FIVE YEARS,

UNFORTUNATELY, THE VOTERS HAVE

TO REDECIDE THIS POINT AND FOR A

STATE SENATOR FROM ANYWHERE

OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO BE TRYING

TO FOIST THIS ON PEOPLE IS JUST

AWFUL.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE VOTE.

TO ALVIN'S SUGGESTION THAT

THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A

BETTER TOGETHER TYPE OF SCENARIO

AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE

CITY AND THE COUNTY, THAT'S

GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING

TO WATCH.

THE CONCEPT IS VERY

TROUBLESOME.

YES, TOM, THANK YOU.

LET'S GO TO CAROLYN FROM

BELLEVILLE.

HI, CAROLYN.

Caller: HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

Caller: I'M FINE, THANK YOU.

I'M CALLING REGARDING THE LADUE

STUDENT MAKING THE SIGN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN HIS

HEART.

MAYBE IT WAS HARMLESS OR MAYBE

IT'S A PART OF A SUBCULTURE

THAT'S A RESULT OF THE PRESIDENT

THAT WE HAVE.

THE PRESIDENT CALLED HIMSELF A

NATIONALIST.

HE'S A WHITE NATIONALIST.

AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, WHEN I

HEAR WHITE NATIONALIST, I THINK

OF KKK AND NEO NAZI.

I THINK THE CLIMATE HAS BECOME

UNHEALTHY, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE

BECAME PRESIDENT.

I THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP

APPEALS TO PEOPLE'S FEAR AND

IGNORANCE, AND I THINK THAT'S

WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

IT IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO

BELIEVE, BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT

LITERALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE

FOOT ON AN HOURLY BASIS, IT'S

VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BELIEVE

THAT WHEN HE SAID THAT HE WAS --

WHEN HE CALLED HIMSELF A

NATIONALIST, THAT HE UNDERSTOOD

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT ANY

MORE THAN HE UNDERSTANDS THE

IMPLICATIONS OF 10 OUT OF 20 OF

HIS TWEETS DURING THE DAY.

BUT I -- AND I RESPECT WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING, CAROLYN, AND --

WE'LL KEEP IT LOW CUT.

I DO AGREE WITH CAROLYN, BUT I

WILL SAY IN THE CASE OF THIS,

I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS

PARTICULAR INSTANCE IN LADUE WAS

A CASE OF THE KID DOING A

NATIONALIST SIGN.

I DON'T KNOW.

AND AS I SAY, I -- IT WAS AN

INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH

BILL AND CHARLIE ABOUT HOW IT

SHOULD BE COVERED AND THAT'S

REALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT

I AGREE WITH CAROLYN IN GENERAL

ABOUT THE SENTIMENT ABOUT THE

PRESIDENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT

IT'S FAIR TO NECESSARILY -- I

JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT

LADUE, IF ANYTHING.

WE'LL SEE.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING,

CAROLYN.

THANK YOU FOR THE CALL.

LET'S GO TO TERRY FROM O'FALLON,

ILLINOIS.

HI, TERRY.

Caller: HELLO.

YOU'RE ON THE AIR.

Caller: GOOD.

I HAVE TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE

TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE GSA SITE, I

BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE

GEOSPATIAL -- I THINK THAT'S

PROBABLY THE BIGGEST WASTE OF

TAXPAYER MONEY THAT THE

ST. LOUIS REGION HAS SEEN SINCE

PRUITT IGO.

THEY COULD HAVE BUILT THAT ON

THE SITE FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE

LAND AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

RIGHT THERE WHERE A VAST

MAJORITY OF THEIR WORK CAME FROM

WITHOUT HAVING TO RUN NEW

COMMUNICATIONS LINES ACROSS THE

RIVER.

OKAY, RIGHT.

Caller: THAT'S ABOUT ALL I

WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT ONE.

HOWEVER, ON THE KID WITH THE

OKAY SIGN SUPPOSEDLY, MAYBE A

LITTLE HUMOR HERE.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SHOW

SEINFELD, THERE WAS AN EPISODE

WHERE KRAMER GOT MIXED UP WITH

THE VAN BUREN GANG AND THEY HAD

A SIGN VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GIVING.

I DON'T KNOW.

KRAMER HAD HIS OWN PROBLEMS.

I GET YOUR POINT.

YOU'RE IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY,

CORRECT?

Caller: CORRECT.

AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

IF YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN AND

SOMEBODY SAYS WHERE ARE YOU

FROM, WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER?

Caller: I'M FROM O'FALLON?

YOU DON'T SAY ST. LOUIS?

THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS

MAKING.

I THINK THE CITY WAS

PERFECTLY --

WITHIN ITS RIGHTS.

DID THE RIGHT THING TO KEEP

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE

LARGE OPERATION HERE, AND HAVING

SAID THAT, I ALSO TRY TO MAKE

THE POINT THAT I THINK YOU'RE AS

MUCH A PART OF ST. LOUIS AS

ST. LOUIS IS, BUT APPARENTLY YOU

DON'T REALLY LOOK AT -- YOU LOOK

AT YOURSELF AS NOT FROM

ST. LOUIS, IS THAT CORRECT?

Caller: WELL, I HAVE FAMILY

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER AND

WE'VE HAD FAMILY ON BOTH SIDES

OF THE RIVER FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT IF THE CARDINALS --

IN THE CARDINALS WERE IN THE

WORLD SERIES, WHERE ARE YOU

FROM?

ST. LOUIS!

Caller: OH, I'M MORE OR LESS

A RACING ENTHUSIAST.

HOWEVER, I PAY ATTENTION TO THE

CARDINALS IN THE PLAYOFFS.

OF COURSE, YOU DO.

THAT'S FINE, WE'RE ALL ONE

COMMUNITY HERE, BUT THANKS FOR

THE CALL, TERRY.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

THANKS TO ALL OUR VIEWERS ON

BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.

LET'S GO TO BRIAN WHO'S IN SOUTH

COUNTY, WHICH I THINK IS PART OF

ST. LOUIS.

I THINK IT IS, UNLESS THERE'S

BEEN AN EARTHQUAKE.

HI, BRIAN.

Caller: IT IS A PART OF

ST. LOUIS AND AS A COUNTY

RESIDENT, THERE'S A LOT OF

REASONS WHY I DON'T LIVE IN THE

CITY, BUT I SUPPORT THE CITY

100% AND YOU -- I'M FOR THE

EARNINGS TAX.

I WORK TWO PART-TIME JOBS IN THE

CITY AND I'M SURPRISED NO ONE

HAS USED THIS TERM.

IT'S A NECESSARY EVIL.

IT'S A THIRD OF THE CITY'S

BUDGET AND IF YOU SLASH A THIRD

OF THE CITY'S BUDGET, THE CITY

IS GOING TO GO DOWN THE TUBES

AND WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY IS

GOOD FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU.

Caller: I LIVE IN SOUTH

COUNTY AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY

THRIVING.

IF THE CITY WERE THRIVING MORE,

THE REGION WOULD BE THRIVING

MORE.

THE CITY IS THE HEART OF THE

REGION WHETHER YOU WANT TO

ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT AND THE

ONE PERCENT EARNINGS TAX, WHILE

I DON'T LIKE IT COMING OUT OF MY

PAYCHECK, IT IS A NECESSARY

EVIL.

WELL SAID.

WELL SAID, BRIAN.

DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE

CALLER?

WE HAVE TO BE REALLY QUICK, BOB

FROM ST. LOUIS.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

Caller: HEY, THIS IS BOB.

HOW YOU GUYS DOING?

YOU LOOK UP THERE.

I NECESSITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

TSH NOTICE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

THE TAX.

REALLY QUICK, BOB.

WE'RE ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

Caller: MY THING WAS, OKAY,

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAX, FINE.

YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT

POTHOLES AND EVERYTHING.

I HAVEN'T LIVED HERE THIS LORNG,

BUT I NOTICE WHEN IT RAINS, YOU

CAN'T SEE THE ROADS.

MAYBE THEY COULD THROW SOME OF

THAT INTO PAINT.

YOU CAN'T SEE LINES AND THEN THE

POTHOLES ARE THERE.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU

ACROSS OUR REGION FOR SUPPORTING

CHANNEL 9 AND WATCHING US AND

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT

THURSDAY NIGHT.

YES, WE WILL.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.