>> PRODUCTION FUNDING FOR RUCKUS HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY GIFTS FROM
DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS, THE HARTWIG FAMILY, AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU.
>> Mike: WELCOME TO RUCKUS, OUR WEEKLY FOOD FOR THOUGHT FIGHT OVER THE NEWS OF THE DAY AND THE TRENDS OF THE TIMES.
I'M MIKE SHANIN. THE RUCKETTES JOIN ME SHORTLY. OUR TOPICS THIS WEEK: SPRINT GETS THE NATION'S ATTENTION.
STEVE ROSE GETS CONGRESSMAN YODER'S ATTENTION. AND JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO GET OURS.
PLUS ROASTS AND TOOSTS. WE START WITH OUR NEWS MAKER SEGMENT AND, AS I MENTIONED, FOCUS ON JACKSON COUNTY
GOVERNMENT, A FREQUENT SOURCE OF NEWS IN RECENT WEEKS. THE SHERIFF RESIGNED. THERE ARE CONTINUING BATTLES
BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THERE'S THE CONTINUING DEBATE ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE COUNTY
JAIL. AND THERE'S TALK OF TERM LIMITS AND CHANGING THE COUNTY CHARTER. TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AND
MORE IS VETERAN LEGISLATOR, CRYSTAL WILLIAMS, ELECTED AT-LARGE FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT.
CRYSTAL WILLIAMS, WELCOME TO RUCKUS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,
MIKE. >> Mike: YOU'RE IN YOUR SECOND TERM ON THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, ORIGINALLY ELECTED IN 2010 AND
AGAIN IN 2014. YOU'RE RUNNING FOR ELECTION THIS AUGUST AND YOU HOPE AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.
>> I HOPE SO, YES. >> Mike: SO YOU'VE BEEN IN JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR A WHILE, FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, SO
YOU'VE SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON THERE FROM THE INSIDE. WHAT DO YOU SEE IS THE ISSUE THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED
RIGHT NOW AT JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT? AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY. >> THERE ARE MANY, BUT I'M GOING
TO TAKE, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT MORE GLOBALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID FOR SOME TIME IS THAT I THINK WE
NEED A CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AT JACKSON COUNTY. I THINK THAT AS MY COLLEAGUE TONY MILLER PUT IT AT ONE POINT,
THERE HAVE BEEN VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, THEY KIND OF LOOK AT JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS
TRANSACTIONAL IN NATURE. THERE'S AN ENTRENCHED KIND OF PATRONAGE, OLD SCHOOL IDEA THERE.
AND I THINK THAT IT LAX TRANSPARENCY, AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. >> Mike: THERE'S TALK OF THE
NEED FOR A NEW CHARTER. >> I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT THAT UP. >> Mike: AND IS THERE A
POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT THIS AUGUST, AND YOU THINK THAT'S TOO SOON? >> IT'S TOO SOON.
FOR ONE THING, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A CHARTER COMMISSION. IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF
CHANGES, FOR INSTANCE I AGREED THAT THE COMBAT PROGRAM SHOULD BE MOVED BACK INTO THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
THAT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE FIX. >> Mike: THAT ONE FIGHTS DRUGS, RIGHT? >> YES.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED. IT MOVED OVER -- >> Mike: BACK WHEN MIKE SANDERS.
>> MIKE MOVED IT. IT STARTED BEFOREEMIKE, HE MOVED IT TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE WITH HIM.
THERE'S A PRECEDENCE FOR IT BEING UNDER THE PROSECUTOR, AND I THINK THAT'S A BETTER HOME FOR IT.
>> Mike: ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF TERM LIMITS? >> HERE'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT TERM LIMITS.
I THINK TERM LIMITS DESTROYED JEFFERSON CITY. HOWEVER, AFTER THE MANY YEARS OF INTERESTS AT JACKSON COUNTY, IF
I HAD TO VOTE FOR THEM, I WOULD, PROBABLY IF I COULD GET SOME OTHER THINGS. I AM NOT INCLINED TO VOTE FOR
PAY RAISES FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN JACKSON COUNTY, AND THAT'S ALSO IN THESE CHARTER PROPOSALS.
>> Mike: IT WOULD BE A HEFT YIF PAY RAISE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE PAID THE SAME AS THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS DID? >> IT DOES A FEW THINGS. I THINK IT DROPS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S PAY, WHICH I THINK
IS A PRETTY BLATANT SMACK AT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THEN IT RAISES THE PAY OF THE SHERIFF, PROSECUTOR, AND LEGISLATORS A
BIT. >> Mike: YOU'VE BEEN ON THE LEGISLATURE, MIKE SANDERS WAS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND YOU
SERVED UNDER THE FRANK WHITE ADMINISTRATION. ARE THERE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES? >> I WISH THERE WERE MORE
DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES. I'VE ACTUALLY TOLD FRANK RECENTLY THAT I THOUGHT HE KEPT TOO MANY PEOPLE FROM THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE, SOME OF THEM ARE FABULOUS, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. I THINK HE COULD HAVE MADE
BIGGER CHANGES. I WAS THE FIRST WOMAN CHAIR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND I WAS THERE WHEN MIKE
ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS LEAVING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT AS I WAS TAKING THE CHAIRMANSHIP, AND I THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF FUNNY
BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEVER BE THE CHAIR BY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, UNTIL THERE WAS A CRISIS.
>> Mike: UNTIL YOU WERE THE CHAIR. >> YES, UNTIL THERE WAS A CRISIS.
>> Mike: I'VE BEEN IN THE AREA A LONG TIME. THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL HAS BEEN A CONCERN, AN ISSUE.
IS THERE ANY HOPE THAT'S GOING TO BE RESOLVED? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Mike: IN WHAT WAY?
>> WELL, THERE'S A TASK FORCE THAT'S MEETING. I WASN'T NECESSARILY IN SUPPORT OF THAT TASK FORCE BECAUSE I WAS
THERE WHEN WE ORDERED AN AUDIT OF THE JAIL. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER STUDIES. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT JAIL
NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SECURITY REASON AS LOAN, THE WHOLE WAY THAT IT'S BUILT IS OUTMODED.
BUT IT IS A BIG INVESTMENT, THERE'S MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW TOWARD A MASTER PLAN. THERE'S GOING TO BE
CONVERSATIONS CAN LEGISLATORS COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT THAT MASTER PLAN. BY THE END OF THE YEAR I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA ABOUT WHAT TO DOO >> Mike: REBUILT, NOT REFURBISHED?
>> IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE REBUILT. JAILS ARE NOT EIGHT STORIES ANY MORE.
>> Mike: I CAN RECALL BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE FIRST COUNTY EXECUTIVE. GOT TO STOP IT THERE, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR COMING. >> THANK YOU. >> Mike: JACKSON OUNTY LEGISLATOR, CRYSTAL WILLIAMS.
NOW LET'S MEET THE PANEL AND START A RUCKUS. SHAWN SAVING IS A LABOR ACTIVIST, PART OF THE HEART LAND
LABOR FORUM AT KKFI RADIO. PATRICK TOUHEE IS DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL POLICY AT THE SHOW-ME INSTITUTE, A FREE MARKET THINK
TANK. JAMEIKA KENDRIX IS AN EDUCATOR AND EDUCATION ACTIVIST. AND CROSBY KEMPER III IS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE KANSAS CITY LIBRARY SYSTEM AND HOST OF KCPT'S MEET THE PAST AND CENTROPOLIS PROGRAMS.
GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN, THANKS FOR COMING IN. A LOT OF STUFF TO TALK ABOUT. GENERALLY SPEAKING, LOCAL NEWS
REPORTERS ARE NOT GENERALLY SPEAKING ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THEY SPEND MORE TIME ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. IN RECENT WEEKS, HOWEVER, WE'VE SEEN AN UPSURGE IN COUNTY COVERAGE.
MAYBE BECAUSE THE SHERIFF RESIGNED AFTER NEWS OF HIS AFFAIR WITH A FORMER COWORKER BECAME PUBLIC.
OR MAYBE BECAUSE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FRANK WHITE AND THE NINE-MEMBER LEGISLATURE APPEAR INCREASINGLY AT ODDS.
MAYBE BECAUSE A RETIRING LEGISLATOR CALLS FOR A CHANGE IN THE COUNTY CHARTER, INCLUDING A RAISE FOR LEGISLATORS, ETHIC
REFORMS AND THE IMPOSITION OF TERM LIMITS. TERM LIMITS ARE SEEN BY MANY AS A CURE-ALL FOR WHAT AILS
POLITICS. WOULD TERM LIMITS CURE JACKSON COUNTY'S PROBLEMS? JAMEIKA.
>> I DON'T THINK SO. WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS QUESTION, I READ A WHOLE LOT ABOUT WHAT THE MEDIA HAS
REPORTED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH JACKSON COUNTY. BUT I WANTED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE I
THINK THE PIECE WE ARE OFTEN MISSING IS THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND ALLOWING OUR VOTERS TO HAVE A VOICE.
SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WHEN OUR CHARTER WAS INITIALLY CHANGED BACK IN 1970, AND I LOOKED AT THAT PROCESS, IT WAS A
BIG PROCESS AND THERE WERE OVER 60,000 VOTERS WHO DID SIGNATURES TO PETITION THE COURT TO CREATE A COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED, IT HAD SEVEN DEMOCRATS AND SEVEN REPUBLICANS. THEN THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE WITH OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS HOSTING DOZENS OF HEARINGS FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE INPUT ON WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT WAS WORKING OR NOT WORKING. ALSO INTERVIEWING 35 WITNESSES3 INCLUDING NATIONAL EXPERTS ON
LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND PAST AND PRESENT ELECTED OFFICIALS. I THINK THAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT
AND THOUGHT AROUND WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE COULD FIX IT, BECAUSE SWRE TO ADDRESS THEM.
ONE LEGISLATOR SAYS I THINK THESE ARE QUICK FIXES, I DON'T THINK THAT DOES IT. >> Mike: SO YOU'RE SAYING TERM
LIMITS ARE NOT THE ANSWER? >> NO, I ANSWERED IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I SAID NO. >> Mike: IN SOME DETAIL, I
WOULD SAY. PATRICK, DO YOU SEE TERM LIMITS AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD ASSIST JACKSON COUNTY'S RECOVERY?
>> I THINK TERM LIMITS ARE NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW BLOOD IS COMING IN,
EXAMINING WHAT THEY PREDECESSORS DID, BUT ULTIMATELY WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY ANY REFORM IS WASTEFUL.
>> Mike: SHAWN? >> THE ISSUE GOES BACK TO WHAT JAMEIKA SAID, IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.
YOU CAN MAKE A FEW FIXES HERE, BUT IF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER.
OUR LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE OF COUNTY AFFAIRS IS BASICALLY LIMITED TO THERE'S SCANDAL. >> Mike: CROSBY, YOU HAD A
TIRADE ABOUT THE COUNTY A FEW WEEKS AGO ON THIS PROGRAM. I TAKE IT YOUR VIEWS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH.
>> NO, AND I MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE STAR, AND AND THE EDITORIAL TALKING ABOUT THE PLAZA TAX ASSESSMENT WHICH IS
DRAMATICALLY UNDER ASSESSED. AND THE COUNTY CAVED ON THAT. THE REAL PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY ENGAGEMENT
BECAUSE NOBODY CARES. I WROTE A LETTER TO THE CIVIC COUNCIL, THEY SAID WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS, WE HAVE
OTHER PRIORITIES. JOE REARDON WAS, HE SAID HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN KCK. AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THE
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, WITH THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND THE ASSESSOR AND THEIR $350,000 A YEAR
CONSULTANT AND EBERT SAID THERE MAY BE AS MUCH AS $5 BILLION OF UNDER OR UNASSESSED PROPERTY IN JACKSON COUNTY.
AND NOBODY IS INTERESTED. >> Mike: YOU COULD BUY 10 JAILS FOR THAT. >> NO KIDDING, EXACTLY, YOU
COULD PAY FOR THE JAIL, THE ASSESSMENT, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. >> Mike: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO HAVE A NEW SHERIFF AFTER MIKE SHARP'S NEWS OF HIS AFFAIR BECAME PUBLIC. THERE'S TALK THAT DARRELL FORTY
HAS APPLIED FOR THE SHERIFF'S JOB. WOULD HE BE A STRONG CANDIDATE IN YOUR OPINION?
>> I LIKE CHIEF FORTE, AS CHIEF OF KANSAS CITY POLICE, I THINK HE'S A STRONG CANDIDATE. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOLES IS IN THE
POOL, AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST FOR THAT POSITION. >> Mike: PATRICK, THERE ARE
ELECTION THIS IS FALL, LOOKS LIKE FRANK WHITE HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF BEING ELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM AS COUNTY
EXECUTIVE. WITH HIM IN THAT OFFICE, IS THERE MUCH LIKELIHOOD OF CHANGE? >> PROBABLY NOT.
I THINK THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IS WE HAVE CHARMING CANDIDATES WHO MAY NOT BE UP TO THE TASK.
THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO JACKSON COUNTY, BUT WE NEED A COMMISSION, WE NEED MORE ENGAGEMENT, MORE TRANSPARENCY.
WE CAN'T REST ON A PARTICULAR CHARISMATIC PERSON TO COME IN AND SAVE EVERYTHING. >> Mike: HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. PEOPLE MIGHT SAY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING REPORTED.
I THINK THE STAR WOULD BE CORRECT TO SAY WE'RE NOT REPORTING IT BECAUSE NO ONE IS READING IT.
SO I DONGT KNOW, AND MAYBE IT TAKES SCANDAL LIKE THIS TO LIGHT THE FIRE, AND MAYBE IT TAKES ENGAGEMENT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW -- >> IT TAKES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN KANSAS CITY TO BE EMBARRASSED BY THIS, BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC
CLUBS CONTROL THE ELECTIONS TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, AND THEY HAVE PUT UP PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT UP WITH THIS, AND THEY HELPED
PUT UP FRANK WHITE. WE HAVE A MAJOR PPOBLEM THERE AND THEY SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED. >> I THINK BLAMING IT ON
DEMOCRATS IS UNFAIR. I THINK BLAMING THAT PARTY IS UNFAIR BECAUSE EACH OF US HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IF WE CHOOSE TO. WE CAN SAY THAT, BUT WE ALSO
HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE SOLELY FOCUSED ON ENGAGEMENT, LET'S ENGAGE THEM. IF WE'RE TEALING LIKE WHAT'S
HAPPENING NOW IS WRONG, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP. >> Mike: IT'S TIME TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT TOPIC.
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PLANNED $ 26 BILLION MERGER BETWEEN SPRINT OF
OVERLAND PARK AND T-MOBILE OF BELLEVUE. THE TELECOM DEAL ANNOUNCED LAST WEEKEND HAS CAUSED CONCERN FOR
THE THOUSANDS OF SPRINT EMPLOYEES AND FOR CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA.
T MOBILE WILL BE IN CHARGE. ITS C.E.O., JOHN LEGERE, WILL RUN THE SHOW AND THE MERGED COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS WILL BE
IN BELLEVUE. THE ANNOUNCED MERGER WASN'T MUCH OF A SURPRISE. IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR
YEARS. THE MERGER IS NOT YET A DONE DEAL. FEDERAL APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND
THAT IS NOT GUARANTEED. ASIDE FROM THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE SPRINT CENTER WILL NEED A NEW NAME, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
OTHER IMPLICATIONS OF THIS POTENTIAL DEAL? LET'S START WITH CROSBY. >> I THINK THERE'S A LARGE
CHANCE THAT THIS EAL WON'T GO THROUGH. BUT WHETHER IT GOES THROUGH OR NOT, SPRINT IN THE LONG RUN HAS
INDICATED IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY, I THINK WE KNOW IT WILL. THEY HAVE HUGE DEALT, THEY HAVE A DECLININGGCUSTOMER BASE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO AWAY, ALONG WITH THE BILLION DOLLARS IN TAX SUBSIDIES THEY GOT FROM US.
MY GRAND FATHER WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF WORD SPRINT AT ONE POINT, HIS PORTRAIT USED TO HANG THERE IN THE BOARD ROOM.
IT WAS UNITED TELECOM, UNITED TELEPHONE BEFORE THAT. HE WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT BROUGHT THEM FROM AN I LEAN.
SO IT'S -- FROM ABILENE. SO THIS IS A SAD THING, IT'S BEEN A ROCK OF OUR BUSINESS AND
POLITICAL CULTURE OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M AFRAID THE ACTUAL TRUTH OF THIS IS THEY ARE GONE. >> Mike: BUT SPRINT REPORTED A
PROFIT THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ELEVEN YEARS. >> THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS THERE, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THE STOCK
HASN'T DONE ALL THAT WE. >> Mike: WHY DOES SPRINT HAVE TROUBLE SUCCEEDING? I LIKE ITS ADVERTISING COMPLAINS
IT RUNS ON TELEVISION, AND SEEMS LIKE THE PRICES ARE MORE THAN COMPETITIVE WITH THE OTHER SERVICES.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST AN ISSUE WITH SPRINT. I THINK WE ARE SEEING SPRINT BEING HII THE HARDEST RIGHT NOW,
BUT I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE WHEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, I
THINK OF COMCAST, AT&T, VERIZON, ALL OF THEM ARE DOING LAYOFFS. VERIZON SINCE 201 THEY CLOSED DOWN 11 CALL CENTERS AND THAT
AFFECTED 10,000 JOBS AND NOW THEY OF LOOKING TO CLOSE DOWN FOUR MORE WHICH IS GOING TO AFFECT 3,000 JOBS.
SO ACROSS THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS BECOME SATURATED, BECAUSE DATA, OR VOICE AND MESSAGING ARE NO
LONGER LIKE THE CORE, WE'RE USING THAT LESS AND LESS, AND DATA IS EXPENSIVE. SO WHAT WE'RE USING MOST IS
DATA. SO I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE OF THESE COMPANIES BEING ABLE TO REORGANIZE THEMSELVES TO MOVE
WITH THE CURRENT MARKET, BECCUS3 IT'S NO LONGER JUST ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATIONS. >> Mike: PATRICK, SPRINT AND
JOHNSON COUNTY HAVE SURVIVED OTHER CUTBACKS AND LAYOFFS. IS THERE REASON TO BE DESPERATELY CONCERNED NOW ABOUT
THIS PPSSIBLE CHANGE? >> WELL, CROSBY MENTIONED ABOUT THE HUGE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THE TAXPAYERS IN JOHNSON COUNTY
PUT INTO THE SPRINT CAMPUS. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE A LESSON TO CIVIC LEADERS THAT THIS IS A PARTICULARLY COMPETITIVE
INDUSTRY. TOMORROW'S LEADER MAY NOT BE AROUND TODAY. SO THE IDEA THAT WE STILL FALL
OVER OURSELVES TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO AMAZONS, GOOGLE FIBERS AND SPRINTS, IT SHOULD BE WAIT A MINUTE, LET'S LET THE
MARKET DECIDE WHAT WORKS AND LET STICK TAXPAYERS WITH THE BILL. MIEKDZ THE HEAD OF SPRINT SAYS THE TWO COMPANIES NEED EACH
OTHER, THAT'S WHY THIS MERGER HAS TAKEN PLACE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> OH, THE COMPANIES PROBABLY
DO. THE WORKERS DON'T NEED IT. ANYBODY HOTELS US THAT THE SPRINT HQ2 WILL SURVIVE, COME
ON. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE HIGH END JOBS AT THAT LOCATION ARE GOING TO GO AWAY, TBAWS
HEADQUARTERS UNDER BELLEVUE. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE JOBS, YES, RETAIL CENTERS, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION
OF $10 AN HOUR JOBS, BIG DEAL. SO THERE MAY BE MORE JOBS THAN THERE ARE NOW, BUT -- >> THEY AGREED THAT THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY BE LOSING 20,000 U.S. JOBS. AND THEY'RE BASING THE PROJECTIONS ON ACTUAL JOB
CREATION ON THE SUCCESS OF A G5 NETWORK. SO IF THAT NETWORK IS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS IS THAT EXPECT IT
TO BE OR THEY'RE NOT AS COMPETITIVE AS THEY EXPECTED TO BE, WE WON'T HAVE -- >> CAN WE GIVE THE HEADQUARTERS
TBOLG AMAZON? JUST A THOUGHT. THE COMPANIES SAY THIS MERGER WILL REDUCE COSTS FOR CONSUMERS.
IS THAT USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO COMPANIES MERGE? >> NO, IT'S ULTIMATELY ANTICOMPETITIVE.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THE TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING SO MUCH THAT IT MATE BE MMANINGLESS. >> Mike: AND THESE PEOPLE ARE
PROMISING 5G. >> YERKS BUT VERIZON IS WORKING ON THAT TOO. >> Mike: KANSAS CITY STAR
COOUMNIST SSEVE ROSE MAY BE THINKING ABOUT A NEW CAREER AS A POLITICAL CONSULTANT. IN A RECENT COLUMN, STEVE
OUTLINES HOW TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN KANSAS' THIRD DISTRICT AND THEN OVERCOME FOUR-TERM INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN
KEVIN YODER IN NOVEMBER. IN BRIEF, STEVE SUGGESTS ONE OF THE SEVEN DEMOCRATIC HOPEFULS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST IN THE
PRIMARY. EMPHASIZE SUCH THINGS AS HIKING THE MINIMUM WAGE, SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE, A BAN ON ASSAULT
WEAPONS, AND SUPPORT FOR NANCY PELOSI AS SPEAKER. AFTER CAPTURING THE PRIMARY, STEVE THEN TELLS THE SUCCESSFUL
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TO QUICKLY TURN MODERATE. SPEND YOUR TIME AND ADVERTISING BUDGET LUMPING REPUBLICAN YODER
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TOGETHER. YODER AND TRUMP ARE ONE. AND THAT, STEVE THINKSES, IS THE WAY TO VICTORY.
FIRST QUESTION: IS ROSE ON THE WAY TO REPLACING KARL ROVE? WE'LL START WITH PATRICK. >> NO, I THINK STEVE WOULD BE
WISE TO KEEP HIS DAY JOB. THE IDEA OF RUNNIIG TO THE EXTREME IN THE PRIMARY AND RUNNING TO THE MID NELL THE
GENERAL ELECTION ISN'T POLITICAL ADVICE, IT'S CLICHE. IF YOU WANT TO AFEEL THE HARD CORE FLEFT JOHNSON COUNTY YOU
SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT BY GOING DOOR TO DOOR, BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE YOU AN AFTERNOON. JOHNSON COUNTY VOTED TO REELECT
GOVERNOR BROWN WHEN HE WAS GETTING THE WORST PRESS. >> Mike: JUST BARELY. >> SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S
MUCH HOPE FOR ANYBODY WANTING TO RUN AGAINST YODER, BUT IT'S A LONG WAY OFF TO THE ELECTION. I AGREE THAT TRUMP WILL PLAY A
ROLE, BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BENEFITED FROM HIS TAX PLAN IT MAY NOT BE A NEGATIVE ROLE.
>> Mike: SHAWN, SAME QUESTION. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ADVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES FROM MR. ROSE.
I WOULD SAY THE THING ABOUT ANY DEMOCRAT WHO IS RUNNING A RACE IN THE MIDWEST OR SOUTH IS TO LET THE LOCAL PEOPLE RUN THEIR
OWN CAMPAIGN. THE DCCC NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF IT, PROVIDE SUPPORT, BUT ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS SCREW IT
UP, THEY'VE DONE IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. LOCAL PEOPLE KNOW THEIR DISTRICTS, DEMOCRATS IN THE
MIDWEST ARE NOT THE SAME AS DEMOCRATS ON THE WEST OR EAST COAST AND THAT'S THE REAL ADVICE.
THAT'S TO THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS, LET PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL RUN THEIR OWN CAMPAIGNS.
>> THE IRONY OF THAT, IF I MAY SAY, SEEMS LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HASN'T LEARNED ITS LESSON FROM BERNIE
SANDERS. THEY ARE INTERVENING AND CHOOSING PEOPLE IN PRIMARIES. >> THEY'RE STILL MESSING IN
THERE. >> Mike: CROSBY WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS CAMPAIGN IDEAS? >> I THINK THERE IS NO GOOD
CANDIDATE IN THE RACE FOR THE DEMOCRATS, THEY HAD ONE IN ANDREA RAMSEY AND SHE WAS ME TOOD OUT OF THE RACE.
I THINK THE MORE INTERESTING RACE IS GOING NOBODY THE SECOND DISTRICT. I THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE A SHOT AT
YODER. HILLARY CLINTON WON THE DISTRICT. BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS THERE. I THINK THE SECOND DISTRICT IS PROBABLY THE DISTRICT THAT HAS THE GREATEST CHANCE OF CHANGING.
>> Mike: THAT'S IN THE LEAVENWORTH AREA. >> YES. THERE ARE GOOD CANDIDATES ON THE
OTHER SIDE TOO, AND I THINK THE DNC WILL BE POURING MONEY INTO THE SECOND DISTRICT. >> Mike: JAMEIKA, DO YOU THINK
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE A BENEFIT TO KEVIN YODER OR AN IMPEDIMENT TO HIM? >> CONSIDERING WHY YODER IS
RUNNING, I THINK HE WOULD BE A BENEFIT. >> Mike: YOU KNOW THAT IN 2016, HILLARY CLINTON WON THE
JOHNSON COUNTY BY ONE POINT. >> I STILL THINK TRUMP WOULD BE A BENEFIT. >> Mike: PATRICK, N
IMPEDIMENT OR BENEFIT? >> I THINK A BENEFIT AND AGAIN IT'S THE TAX CUT. PEOPLE MAY HOLD THEIR NOSE, BUT
WHEN THEY GO INTO THE POLLS, JOHNSON COUNTY HASES BENEFITED FROM THE TAX PROGRAM THAT THE PRESIDENT PUT IN PLACE AND
THEY'LL VOTE FOR MORE OF IT. >> Mike: PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY VOTERS VOTE THEIR POCKETBOOKS, AND IF THAT'S TRUE, DOESN'T THAT
HELP THE REPUBLICAN ANDIDATE? >> IT MAY. THE DETAILS OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS TAX CUTS ARE STILL ROLLING
OUT. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH DID THEY REALLY GET. @HE ELECTION IS GOING TO COME
BEFORE THEY REALLY FIND OUT WHAT A CON JOB THIS TAX CUT WAS. >> THEY COULD ELECT A POPULIST, WHICH WOULD HAVE A HUGE EFFECT
IN KANSAS CITY. >> Mike: WHAT ABOUT INCUMBENCY, IS THAT STILL A BENEFIT FOR A CANDIDATE TO RUN
AS THE PERSON WHO HOLDS THE POSITION? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S A BENEFIT, BECAUSE IN THIS ELECTION EVEN
WITH TRUMP SUPPORTERS THE FRUSTRATION WAS WITH THE SYSTEM. AND WITH POLITICS IN GENERAL. SO INCUMBENCY, I DON'T THINK
IT'S NECESSARILY A DETRIMENT TO A CANDIDATE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT HAS AS MUCH VALUE AS IT USED TO WHEN PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT
IT LIKE OH, YOU'RE THE INCUMBENT, WE WANT YOU BACK IN. >> BIG FUND RAISING BENEFIT IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
>> Mike: I KEEP HEARING A BLUE WAVE IS COMING, I KNOW YOU HOPE THAT'S THE CASE. >> FIRST OF ALL, NO, I DON'T
HOPE IT'S THE CASE, I ACTUALLY LIKE IT WHEN WE HAVE, WHERE OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH BOTH SIDES.
BUT I DO THINK IT WILL HAPPEN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORY. WE NEVER HAVE, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CREATE THAT SCENARIO.
>> Mike: ALL RIGHT, IT IS TIME TO GO TO THE SOAP BOX FOR ROASTS AND TOASTS, WHERE THE RUCKETTES HAVE 30
SECONDS EACH TO FACILITATE OR OBVIATE PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE NEWS. WE START WITH JAMEIKA.
>> I WROTE IT THIS TIME SO I'LL BE QUICK. I WANT TO TOAST TEACHERS IN ARIZONA, OKLAHOMA, WEST
VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY AND COLORADO FOR STANDING TOGETHER, TAKING TO THE STREETS AND USING THEIR COLLECTIVE VOICES TO DECLARE BIG
BUSINESS TAX CUTS THAT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES, HAVE CAUSED TOMORROW LOSE FAITH IN OUR
GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. I SUPPORT THEIR FIGHT, AND TO HOLDDOUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE
AND TO BOOST INVESTMENTS IN OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, THROUGH FUNDING EDUCATION. >> Mike: EDUCATION ACTIVIST,
ALL RIGHT. SHAWN? >> BIG TOAST TO THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE COLLECTED
SIGNATURES FOR THE LAST YEAR FOR TWO BALLOT INITIATIVES TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN MISSOURI AND TO CLEAN UP THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
AND ETHICS PROBLEMS IN JEFFERSON CITY. THOSE PETITIONS ARE BEING TURNED IN THIS WEEK AND THOSE ARE GOING
TO QUALIFY, THEY'RE TURNING IN TWICE AS MANY AS WE NEED, SO HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU. NOVEMBER 2018 ON THE BALLOT.
>> Mike: CROSBY? >> I USUALLY ROAST THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD. BUT I WANT TO SAY A NICE WORD
ABOOT THE MOST CYNICAL MAN IN KANSAS ITY, DAVE HELLING, WHO DID A RECENT COLUMN THAT KANSAS CITY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TAX
RATES INNTHE UNIIED STATES. YOUR NEXT COLUMN POINTED OUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST REGRESSIVE, BUT THANK YOU
FORKING DOING THAT. >> Mike: PATRICK? >> MY TOAST IS SOMEONE FAMILIAR TO OUR AUDIENCES AND SOMEBODY I
RESPECT, A SCHOLAR, A STATESMAN AND THIS MONTH MARRIES THE OPERA'S DOAN DEB SANDLER. CROSBY KEMPER.
>> Mike: CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK OF MYSELF AS THE UNCONSCIOUS OF KANSAS CITY. WE'RE A GOOD TEAM.
FINALLILY BE A GUEST THIS SATURDAY ON JASON GRILL'S RADIO PROGRAM. IT'S AT 4:00 P.M. ON TALK 980 ON
THE A.M. DIAL. ON RUCKUS, I GET TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. THIS WEEKEND, JASON GETS TO ASK
AND I HAVE TO ANSWER. LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO GET GRILLED. AND MY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS
IS SATURDAY, BY THE WAY. >> OH, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. >> Mike: FIVE YEARS. A LOT LONGER THAN THAT.
AND THAT'S RUCKUS FOR THIS WEEK. BACK NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:00. NOW FOR THE RUCKETTES AND THE CREW, MIKE SHANIN SAYING THANKS
FOR WATCHING AND GOOD NIGHT. >> PRODUCTION FUNDING HAS BEEN PRRVIDED BY GIFTS FROM DAVE AND JANEY CUMMINGS, THE HARTWIG
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