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February 24 @ 7:30pm
THIS WEEK: Friday, February 24th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
TOPIC #1: HOOPLA OVER HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB
The announcement is about new housing in Kansas City’s Green Impact
Zone, but most people just want to know when Brad Pitt will be in
Kansas City. (Photo credit: Architectural Digest)
TOPIC #2: HUMAN ERROR CAUSES ALARM AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO
When two 400 pounds gorillas get loose from their enclosure and
visitors at the zoo are herded to safety inside, there’s going to be
lots of attention and questions that need answering.
TOPIC #3: ADDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO HIGH CRIME AREAS
Improved public safety or Big Brother watching you? The ACLU is
protesting a plan by Kansas City Mayor Sly James to add closed circuit surveillance cameras to high crime areas.
TOPIC #4: MISSOURI LAWMAKERS THREATENED
Kansas City isn’t the only place this week debating surveillance
cameras. It’s a hot topic of conversaiton in the Missouri legislature
where they’re looking to install them in all public areas of the state capital after a series of threats on Missouri Senators, including local lawmakers Victor Callahan and Jolie Justus.
TOPIC #5: NEW JOHNSON COUNTY SURVEY
A new public opinion poll gives a comprehensive snapshot of voter attitudes in Johnson County. It delves into the willingness of county residents to support or oppose taxes for a whole range of big ticket items from schools, libraries, expanded transit to arts programs. But what do we glean from this latest barometer reading of Johnson County voters?
TOPIC #6: FIX IT OR DISCARD IT?
Kansas City Star reporter and columnist Dave Helling deconstructs the citizen initiative process in Kansas City. With so many ways for the council to ignore citizen ballot initiatives, he examines why the city is not looking to eliminate the provision or at least reforming the process.
THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:
Dana Wright
Newsradio 98.1 FM KMBZ
Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star
Chris Hernandez
41 Action News
Dave Helling
Kansas City Star
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Nick!
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February 17, 2012
THIS WEEK: Friday, February 17th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
KANSAS GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK: He is pursuing what may be the boldest agenda of any governor in the country. But while Sam Brownback is gaining national attention for radically altering the size and scope of Kansas government, the negative headlines keep piling up at home. This half we push aside our regular reporter roundtable to hear from the Governor himself. We hit the criticisms head on to examine what makes Sam Brownback tick. Join Nick Haines for this special newsmaker edition of Kansas City Week in Review.
Sam Brownback (R)
Kansas Governor
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February 10, 7:30pm
THIS WEEK: Friday, February 10th 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )
THE TOUGHEST JOB IN KANSAS CITY: It’s been called the hardest job in the metro. It’s the person who sits in the superintendent’s chair in the KCMO school district. This week, Dr. Stephen Green joins us in the newsmaker chair on Kansas City Week in Review.
Dr. Stephen Green
KCMO School Superintendent, Interim
PLUS WE DISSECT THE REST OF THE WEEK’S TOP LOCAL STORIES WITH LOGAN AND HELLING…
MOORE: Former Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore discloses he has Alzheimer’s disease.
DRUG TESTING: Should Missouri lawmakers be drug tested? A year after the state legislature requires drug testing of welfare recipients, a bill is introduced requiring random testing of elected officials.
MO PRIMARY: Santorum wins the Missouri GOP primary, yet fewer than 8% of eligible voters go to the polls.
MAYOR’S BILLION: Mayor Sly James asks for a billion dollars this week, to fix up the city’s streets, sidewalks and other infrastructure.
UNWANTED LAWYERS: Shrinking demand for attorneys has area law schools cutting back on class sizes.
NEWS REVIEWERS:
Fred Logan, Columnist
The Business Journal
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!
