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March 22, 2012

A recent Yael column was structured to measure Kansas City against other Midwestern cities of comparable size.....

TOPIC 1: PEERLESS?
A recent Yael column was structured to measure Kansas City against other Midwestern cities of comparable size.

TOPIC 2: TOO FEW CURFEWS?
There is now discussion about imposing a daytime curfew in Kansas City, Missouri, in an effort to reduce truancy. Strong opposition has been registered by parents who home-school their children.

TOPIC 3: “MOVING” EXPERIENCE.
Because the Ks. Legislature is apparently not going to move Wyandotte County to the First Congsressional District, we will change emphasis in our discussion. I will explain what happened and then pose the first question to Mary. It will be something like this: This change would have benefited Republicans who control the legislature. Why did they abandon it?

TOPIC 4: IS MITT IT?
As this is written (before Tuesday’s primaries), Mitt Romney continues to lead in the quest for the GOP presidential nomination. Rick Santorum, however, has gained momentum and has clearly become what’s been called the “anti-Romney.”

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KC Week in Review
Friday March 23 @ 7:30pm

KCWIR is back! We size up the Mayor's state of the city. Chaos reigns at the Missouri caucuses. And why you'll have to start paying $5 to see the trees and flowers in Overland Park...

THIS WEEK: Friday, March 23nd 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

JAMES: Sizing up the Mayor’s first state of the city address. What did we learn?

CAUCUS CHAOS: Why almost a week after the Missouri caucuses do we not know who won? Plus, why is a Washington Post writer calling Missouri a candidate for the “worst run contest title in the 2012 nominating process?”

ALL-STAR CRACKDOWN: Why signs, vendors and food trucks are on notice as Kansas City prepares for the MLB All-Star game.

AFRICAN-CENTERED SCHOOL CONTROVERSY: Why a decision by the KCMO school district to take over the African Centered Education Collegium Campus snowballs into calls by some black leaders for a state takeover of the entire district.

OVERLAND PARK: Is the city of Overland Park so cash-strapped they now have to start charging people $5 to experience its trees and flowers? Why the City Council votes this week to charge an admission fee at the Overland Park Arboretum.

REVIEWING THE NEWS THIS WEEK:

Chris Hernandez
41 ACTION NEWS

Eric Wesson
The Call

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
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FRONTLINE: Murdoch’s Scandal

The battle over the future of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s reputation & his family’s fortunes. Watch Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 9pm.

Over half a century, Rupert Murdoch’s business audacity and political shrewdness built one of the world’s most powerful media empires. Now his dynasty is under threat — not from outside competition, but from shocking accounts of bribery, blackmail and invasion of privacy. The scandal has prompted criminal investigations on both sides of the Atlantic. It has also cracked open the insular world of the Murdoch family, its news executives and the political elite who court their favor. Today, the 80-year-old owner of the Wall Street Journal and FOX News Channel is in the fight of his life. In a joint production with the CBC, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman tells the story of the battle over the future of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch’s reputation and his family’s fortunes.

Watch Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 9pm.

Watch Murdoch’s Scandal Preview on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

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OPB, ORP and the Washington Times Canceled Debate

The candidates were unable to arrange their schedules to attend. The debate was originally scheduled to air Monday, March 19, 2012 at 8pm.

Unfortunately the debate has been canceled as of late Thursday, March 15, 2012. The candidates were unable to arrange their schedules to attend.

From Oregon Public Television:

The Oregon Republican Party is moving ahead with plans for a March 19 debate in Portland. OPB and The Washington Times are media partners for the debate.

After CNN’s debate Wednesday night in Arizona, there were media reports it might be the last of the political season.

But as the Oregonian’s Jeff Mapes reported, Greg Leo, the chief of staff for the Oregon Republican Party, remains confident that the March 19th debate at Oregon Public Broadcasting’s studio will go on.

OPB issued this formal statement:

Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Washington Times are proceeding with plans for a debate in Portland on March 19th. The debate, currently slated as the last scheduled one of the primary season, will be broadcast nationwide on PBS and also carried on NPR. Ray Suarez , Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, and Ralph Hallow, Senior National Correspondent, The Washington Times, will moderate. Invitations to the debate, which is sanctioned by the Republican National Committee and the Oregon Republican Party, have been sent to the candidates. No candidates have accepted as of Feb. 23.

Mapes said Leo described the Oregon debate as smaller, conversational and “intellectually-oriented.”

Watch Monday, March 19, 2012 at 8pm.

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