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KC Week in Review
October 26, 2012

Celebrating the metro's biggest success story this week, league champion winning Sporting KC. Plus, we countdown to election day by tracking our area's big political stories and examine some of those races you've heard little about this campaign season.

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 26th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

GOP RIDING HIGH IN KANSAS: New figures from the Kansas Secretary of State’s office show the ranks of Republicans surging while the number of Democrats has plummeted since 2008. In fact, there are 45,000 fewer registered Democrats in Kansas than there were during the last Presidential election according to the latest numbers. Democrats now make up just a little more than 25 percent of the state’s registered voters. We analyze the shift and its implications.

STUMPING BROWNBACK: The Kansas Governor stumps for Romney in the swing state of Ohio this week. Brownback was on a five city tour of northeastern Ohio campaigning for his former rival. But would anyone in Ohio know who he is? Who’s footing the bill? Is Brownback just anxious to get his name out there in advance of 2016?

BULLSHITSU: Much ado about nothing? Or a new low in the civility of campaigns? Is the latest controversy in Missouri’s U-S Senate race simply distracting voters from the real substantive policy differences that seperate Claire McCaskill from Todd Akin?

IGNORING MISSOURI: During this entire Presidential campaign, Barack Obama has not stepped foot in Missouri once to campaign. And Republican hopeful Mitt Romney stopped over only briefly at KCI to refuel his plane and have catered barbecue delivered to his staffers on board. Not one rally or event featuring Obama or Romney. And neither candidate has run any ads specifically targeting Missouri. If you live in Kansas, you expect this kind of treatment, but Missourians are not used to getting the “cold shoulder” like this. Why?


HARTZLER & HENSLEY: It’s not a law firm. They are the last names of the two major party candidates running for Missouri’s 4th District Congressional seat. The U-S Senate race in Missouri is sucking the oxygen out of coverage of many of the region’s other political races. Before election day we will spotlight those other campaigns. This week, we track the Missouri 4th district seat currently held by Republican Vicky Hartzler who replaced longtime Washington veteran Ike Skelton. Now completing her first term in Congress, Hartzler is running against Cass County prosecutor Theresa Hensley. Dave Helling, writing in the Kansas City Star says this is the most competitive House race in our region this election season. Yet most of us have never heard anything about it.


GRAVES: Why have we not heard anything from Sam Graves this election season? Is the Missouri 6th District Republican Congressman running unopposed this election cycle or is the Akin-McCaskill race simply sucking all the publicity from this campaign?


SPORTING KC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: And finally we leave you with scenes from Livestrong Sporting Park, where Sporting Kansas City defeated Philadelphia this week before a sellout crowd to capture the Eastern Conference title. While metro sports fans lament the fortunes of the Royals and the Chiefs, is this a franchise that is finally doing something right on and off the field?

REVIEWING THE HEADLINES:

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR Radio

Scott Parks
Newsradio FM 98.1 KMBZ

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
October 28, 2011

The plan to demolish Kemper Arena, Occupy KC and more on this week's top stories.

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 28 @ 7:30 pm
Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11am

THE PLAN TO DEMOLISH KEMPER ARENA: The family who’s name graces the 40 year-old building unveils a bold new plan to raze the facility that has struggled to find a role since the opening of Sprint Center in 2007.

OCCUPY KC: The Occupy movement that’s taken hold across the country turned violent this week. In Oakland, police in riot gear using tear gas on protestors. There were 97 arrests. Some cities, including Atlanta and closer to home in Lawrence are now making protestors move from city parks where they’ve been encamped. So what’s happening here in Kansas City? Is Occupy KC growing stronger or fading as the weeks wear on?

JAILED FOR AN OVERDUE FURNITURE BILL: Weren’t debtor’s prisons outlawed in the 1800’s? That’s a question KCTV5 asks this week as they report on a Wyandotte County man who is jailed for missing a furniture payment. How far should collection agencies go to collect on their debts?

FINALLY OVER: The Missouri Special Legislative Session comes to an end this week. And from all accounts, lawmakers have nothing to show for their seven week stint in Jefferson City except a bill for $280,000 that now has to be picked up by taxpayers.

MO-KS PRIMARIES: You’ve been watching some of these Republican Presidential Candidate Debates, but will you get a say? Will there be a Kansas or Missouri Presidential Primary for you to actually vote in next year?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

NEXT WEEK: THE ZOO TAX ELECTION
Guests include Zoo Director Randy Wisthoff

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KC Week in Review
October 5th 2012

Did anything happen in Overland Park this week as its open gun ordinance went into effect? Plus, Akin back in the headlines. Marking the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Baby Lisa. Plus, six years after the death of KC baseball legend Buck O'Neil, what to do with his former home...

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 5th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

OP GUN UPDATE: Did anything happen in Overland Park this week as its open gun ordinance went into effect? Why did neighboring Prairie Village vote to uphold its ban on “open carry” firearms this week?

AKIN IN THE HEADLINES: Republican Congressman Todd Akin who is trying to unseat Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill (D) faced a new round of questions this week. First about four-year old comments about abortion providers and their “common practice” of giving “abortions to women who are not actually pregnant.” Then, why he failed to report 10 years of his state pension payments on his congressional financial disclosure statements.

MO 5TH DISTRICT RACE: The U-S Senate race in Missouri is sucking the oxygen out of coverage of many of the many of the region’s political races. Before Election Day we will be spotlighting some of the region’s other races. Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver is up for re-election. He’s taking on Republican Jacob Turk who has run against Cleaver twice before. Are his prospects any better this time around?

YODER: If you live in Johnson County you may think Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder was in a hot political race. He has huge gigantic yard signs at dozens of major thoroughfares in high traffic areas. Yet, he doesn’t even have a Democratic opponent this November. Why is he working so hard with only a third party opponent?

BABY LISA: We don’t talk much about crime on this program. But as this was a massive national and international story when it broke, we would be remiss in reviewing this week’s news if we did not mention that this week marks the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Kansas City infant Lisa Irwin. Her parents say the baby was kidnapped from her Northland home. Police have worked 1,667 tips, including 500 baby sightings around the world. Yet exactly one year later, authorities are still no closer to establishing how she disappeared.

BUCK: Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Kansas City baseball icon Buck O’Neil. The Royals still honor him today with the Buck O Neil seat at Kauffman Stadium and now there are efforts to turn Buck’s former home into a museum. The Kansas City Star reports that Buck bequeathed his home on 32nd street in Kansas City’s historic Sante Fe neighborhood to his church after his death and they now want to turn it into a museum honoring his life and legacy. But the house needs about $100,000 worth of repairs, even before adding exhibits.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Eric Wesson
The Call

Stacey Cameron
KCTV 5

Bill Grady
NEWSRADIO KMBZ 98.1 FM

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook. Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
October 7, 2011

1,600 new jobs coming to the metro...Changing the name of Prospect Ave... Picking a new KCMO Police Chief...The BIG 12 saga: Why should you care? Plus, we dissect the rest of the week's top local and regional news...

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 7th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am

MASSIVE JOBS ANNOUNCEMENT: Ford adds 1,600 new jobs and promises $1.1 billion investment in KC assembly plant

PROSPECT AVE NAME CHANGE: More on the City Council member effort to erase Prospect Ave and rename it Martin Luther King Avenue. But is that the best way to de-stigmatize its connection with a rash of homicides?

PICKING KC’S NEXT TOP COP: Darryl Forté is selected to become the next KCMO Police Chief. What strengths does he bring to the job? Why not a candidate from outside KC?

ABDUCTION: A KCMO Police spokesman says he’s never seen so much national media attention centered on Kansas City for a single crime story. The disappearance of 10 month-old Northland infant Lisa Irwin is leading to wall-to-wall local and national TV news coverage.

POLITICAL POTPOURRI: The first political ad of the 2012 campaign has begun running in Kansas City. Which local candidate is running the ad? Who’s got the money to be running commercials 13 months before the election? Plus, why a soccer ball may be changing the political ambitions of Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders.

BIG 12: What’s the big deal about the Big 12, MU and all sorts of sports conference wheeling-and-dealing this week? And if you don’t follow sports, why should you care?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS

Eric Wesson
The Call
Fred Logan
The Business Journal, Columnist
Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
September 16, 2011

The Greater KC Chamber rolls out the "Big 5" ideas to move the region forward. Host Nick Haines dissects the picks with "Big 5" leaders. Plus, we take you inside the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. And delve into AMC's decision to ditch downtown for Leawood.

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce rolls out the “Big 5″ ideas to move the region forward. On Kansas City Week in Review we dissect their top picks for the metro. Host Nick Haines pushes aside his regular reporter roundtable to bring you “Big 5″ leaders: Greater KC Chamber head Jim Heeter, Burns & McDonnell CEO Greg Graves, Chamber V-P Kristi Wyatt, and Frank Ellis, President of Swope Community Enterprises.

Also, after years of planning, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts finally opens its doors. We take you inside. Plus, AMC announces its leaving downtown and moving to Leawood. What happened to all that talk of a cross border tax incentive ceasefire?

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KC Week in Review
September 2, 2011

Picking up the pieces in the KCMO School District after a week of exits & resignations.Is Joplin's pain no longer fresh enough for FEMA money? More trouble for KC Mayor's son. The Plaza building teardown. And the lessons learned from the KC Catholic Diocese abuse inquiry.

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 2, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

KCMO SCHOOL DISTRICT: Airick Leonard West steps down as school board president, the superintendent exits for Michigan and an interim leader steps in…we make sense of a tumultous week in the Kansas City, MO school district.

JOPLIN: Is Joplin’s pain no longer fresh enough for federal money? FEMA announces this week it’s diverting resources from the tornado ravaged Missouri city to help hurricane damaged east coast states.

MAYOR’S SON: More trouble for 23 year old Kyle James. One month after causing a disturbance in the Power and Light District, James is arrested for punching a woman in the face at a Westport area bar.

WEST EDGE: Why tearing down a brand new building by an internationally renowned architect may remarkably make everyone happy on the Country Club Plaza.

CATHOLIC ABUSE INQUIRY: Its more than a 140 pages long…the much anticipated inquiry report on the Kansas City Catholic Diocese and its handling of abuse cases is finally released. What did we learn?



THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Eric Wesson
The Call

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
September 21, 2012

Akin ahead. Plus, national attention on Kansas as a state panel weighs up whether the President's name can be listed on the ballot in the Sunflower state. The Kauffman Center marks its one year anniversary. And AEG up for sale: What does it mean for Sprint Center?

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 21st 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

AKIN AHEAD: With a little more than six weeks before Election Day, a new poll out this week shows Missouri Republican U-S Senate candidate Todd Akin with a 4-point lead over Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill. We get the latest on the most competitive race in our region.

OBAMA & THE KANSAS BALLOT: Kansas attracts national attention as a state panel weighs up whether the President’s name can even be listed on the November election ballot in the Sunflower state.


AEG UP FOR SALE: The Los Angeles based entertainment corporation owns the Staples Center, but also Sprint Center right here in Kansas City. The news brought up questions this week about what that breaking business story would mean for our city-owned downtown arena which opened in October 2007 and is currently listed as the 4th busiest entertainment venue in the United States in overall ticket sales. Does the sale of AEG have a ripple effect here in Kansas City?


KAUFFMAN CENTER @ ONE YEAR: It’s been exactly a year now since the curtain opened on the much anticipated $415 million Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The downtown venue designed by Moshie Safdie has quickly garnered both national and international attention. Many of the center’s shows have earned rave reviews and there have been countless sold out performances. But one year on, is it meeting expectations? And what about the future?

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:


Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Scott Parks
Newsradio 98.1 KMBZ

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
September 28, 2012

Metro KC lands one of the world's most highly sought after retailers. Why KC officials now say if voters approve downtown streetcars you won't have to pay a dime to ride them. Overland Park votes to allow the open carrying of handguns. But why? Plus, truth checking the ads for Missouri Governor.

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 28th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

OP GUNS: Overland Park stuns many by voting to allow for the “open carry” of handguns in public places starting Tuesday. But why?

“FREE STREETCARS”: Why KC officials now say if voters approve downtown streetcars you won’t have to pay a dime to ride them. They’re going to be totally free, all day everyday.

IKEA: The metro lands one of the world’s most highly sought after retailers. IKEA announces it will open a store at I-35 and Johnson Drive in Merriam in Johnson County.

AKIN STAYS IN: Embattled Republican candidate Todd Akin has made good on his promise to stay in Missouri’s U-S Senate race, despite calls by top Republicans to quit following his comments about rape. A final deadline for candidates to remove their names from the Missouri ballot passed Tuesday as Akin began a statewide bus tour including a stop at Crown Center in Kansas City.

TRUTH CHECK GOVERNOR ADS: With so much attention being paid to the Missouri U-S Senate race it has literally sucked up all of the oxygen from the other political races in our region. For instance, in less than 40 days, Missouri voters will also be deciding whether they want to re-elect their governor Jay Nixon or give another guy a try. That guy is suburban St. Louis businessman Dave Spence, Nixon’s Republican challenger. Nixon and Spence are currently running ads on TV to say why you shouldn’t vote for the other guy. We truth check their ads.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Steve Rose
Kansas City Star

Lewis Diuguid
Kansas City Star

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR Radio

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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KC Week in Review
September 30, 2011

KC greenlights running modern streetcars down Main Street. But who pays for this $100M project? President Obama heading to Missouri. Will McCaskill appear with him? Lego groundbreaking... West returns to head KCMO School Board.

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 30th 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

WORST FOR JOBS: It’s an astonishing headline. Metro Kansas City ranks 2nd in country for jobs lost over the past year. Only Atlanta fares worse the metro KC in overall job losses. Why?

OBAMA IN SHOW-ME-STATE: President Obama heads to Missouri Tuesday. Why? And why is Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill having such a hard time finding the time to appear with him?

STREETCARS: The Kansas City, MO Council greenlights Main Street as the route for a new 2-mile modern streetcar line connecting Crown Center to the river market. But who will pay for this $100 million transit project? And what does this do to Clay Chastain’s successful petition effort to put light rail to a public vote?

LEGOLAND: Breaking ground this week on KC’s next big project. The new $15 million Lego Discovery Center takes up part of the Halls Department store at Crown Center. It’s scheduled to open next May.

Lego Designers are building KC area landmarks out of their signature plastic blocks to incorporate into the new attraction. You get to vote for the 10 KC Landmarks that should be included. VOTE FOR THE KC LEGO LANDMARKS

WEST RETURNS: A month after being voted out as head of the Kansas City, MO School Board, Airick Leonard West is back in his old job. How come? Get the latest on the school district….

UPDATE (10/3/2011): Legoland still has not posted the poll online. In the meantime, feel free to add your vote below in the comments!

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS

Steve Kraske
KC Star/KCUR

Eric Wesson
KC Call

Fred Logan
Business Journal Columnist

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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KC Week in Review
September 7, 2012

Bishop Finn found guilty... Plus, Google fiber deadline looms. Midnight Sunday is the final sign-up time. Who's taking the ultra-high speed plunge? Who's being left behind? And why the Overland Park Arboretum is back in the headlines...

THIS WEEK: Friday, September 7th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

BISHOP GUILTY: Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn is found guilty in a Jackson County courtroom of failing to report an abusive priest to state authorities. Finn is the first Catholic bishop in the country convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse.

GOOGLE DEADLINE: Midnight Sunday is the final deadline to sign up for Google Fiber. But who’s taking advantage of the ultra-high speed Kansas City experiment and who’s being left behind?

OVERLAND PARK ARBORETUM: The American Family Association this week says it’s a step closer to getting the sculpture of a bare-breasted woman taking her own picture removed. The group delivers 4,700 signatures to the Johnson county Clerk. If enough signatures are verified, a grand jury would be convened in 60 days. The grand jury, according to news accounts, will decide if the artwork will stay or go and if charges would be filed against council members.

RESIGNATION LETTERS: Why KCMO Mayor Sly James has been asking for the signed but undated resignation letters off all the appointees to every board and commission under his purview?

CLEAVER: The Democrats just finished their big convention in Charlotte. And last week it was the Republicans in Tampa. But why was it that the only elected politician from Kansas or Missouri making any podium speeches at either convention was Emanuel Cleaver?


THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Bill Grady
NEWSRADIO 98.1 KMBZ

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Stacey Cameron
KCTV5

Eric Wesson
The Call

***A NOTE FROM NICK:
Your thoughts are always important to me. Send an e-mail to nhaines@kcpt.org or share and connect at the Nick Haines page on Facebook.
Thanks for watching Kansas City Week in Review.
Nick!

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