Chiefs Deal PR Mess? Plus, Travis/Taylor Wedding, SCOTUS Decision | 7-1-26

So I think the chiefs put out these statements when they think I'm going to be off for a period of time. But sorry, fellas, I'm back. I just had a day yesterday actually broadcasting this morning from the Fox News headquarters in New York City, wrapping up a radio conference, talk radio conference later today. I have some stories for you on that. I'll be sharing throughout the morning here on KCMO Talk Radio. But I'm here broadcasting back in Kansas City this afternoon. But I saw this yesterday as I was scrolling through my phone and catching up on the news back home. And I almost spit the iced coffee right out of my mouth yesterday late morning. I see this press release and listen, this is public relations at its finest. Because what happens here is that local media runs with it. They run a big sexy headline and very few questions ever get asked. So yesterday, Chiefs released updated one-time economic impact projections, as well as expected annual economic impacts for their, as they call it, $4.5 billion capital investment project in the state of Kansas, aka the new stadium and the practice facility and the other ancillary real estate investments that will surround both projects. And here's what the numbers show. Do with this what you want. during the construction period alone, according to this economic development study that was done on behalf of the Kansas City Chiefs, which, by the way, it's like when candidates do their own polling. in a congressional race, in a Senate race, in a gubernatorial race, they always are going to make their candidate look good. That's how it works, okay? They pay for a study, and the study or the poll is always going to be favorable to the group that pays for the study or the poll. That's the goal. Okay, that's it. So anyway, here's what the study shows. Study, air quotes, all right? The study shows that during the construction period alone, real estate development activities are projected to support 36,500 full-time equivalent jobs. Full-time equivalent job years in the region, with $2.7 billion in employee compensation, generating $106 million in tax revenue for the state of Kansas. Okay, that sounds really good, doesn't it? Here's the $2.7 billion question. Would that money...

have otherwise been made by some of these employees doing other things around Kansas City or not. I mean, you tell me. I look at it and I say, okay, it's not like development was not going to happen otherwise in Kansas City. And what this really means when they say 36,500. jobs, a job year means one full-time job for one year. So 1,000 people working full-time for one year is 1,000 jobs, right? 10,000 people working full-time for 3.65 years is 36,500 jobs. That's how they calculate these things. That's how these studies and numbers are actually done. They're done based on these projections. The next piece, $2.7 billion in employee compensation. This means... The study estimates that workers associated with the project would collectively receive about $2.7 billion in wages, salaries, and benefits during the construction period. So you're talking about roughly $70,000, $75,000 per job per year. And then when they note $106 million in tax revenue for the state of Kansas. The study estimates that Kansas would collect $106 million during construction through sources such as income taxes, sales taxes, business taxes, and other taxes. Okay? That's the claim. Well, remember, what the state of Kansas did is sign a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs that redirects billions of dollars in future sales tax monies to pay off the stadium. And what they're now giving you is this economic data or this economic study that makes you say to yourself, wow, there's a lot of bees in there. I'm seeing a lot of billions. Therefore, this must be a great deal. It's not a great deal. Nothing changed in the wake of this economic data. Economic study, excuse me, not data, just to study, air quotes. Nothing at all has changed. Nothing. It is about rolling out the red carpet. It is about the pomp and circumstance. It is about making you see a bunch of big numbers and going, ooh, and ah, and wow, this is great. That's it. Now, does it mean that we shouldn't be happy the chiefs are staying in Kansas City? Of course. You know what? It's great. Fantastic. Awesome. Obviously, we're all thrilled about that. Not that I thought that they were ever leaving, but it's not about that. What's frustrating to me about pieces like this is that they never get properly challenged when I see these headlines run in local media. They take this and then they run it as if it's just, hey, this is all a fact. This is all just, here you go. It's not how the news should be done. The news should be done by saying, hmm, okay. The group that stands to benefit to the tune of billions of dollars in taxpayer monies being used to pay off a stadium, it would seem to me that our job as the media is to challenge it, is to ask more questions.

And to ask, you know, not just more questions, but then ask more questions after we get answers to those original questions. That's how this is supposed to go in a perfect world. Instead, it's like they run these things like their matter-of-fact press releases. And that's not how their job in local TV news, newspaper, or on radio is supposed to be done. It's not. There are so many questions that need to be asked here. But instead, what you got was a press release from the Chiefs. And by the way, you got a statement from Ty Masterson in this Chiefs piece as well. And Dan Hawkins, Ty, of course, Senate president. running for governor of Kansas, and Dan Hawkins is the Speaker of the House who wants to be your insurance commissioner. They both had statements that they put out here, Masterson writing in this press release, funding schools in Elkhart, Rhodes and Atchison, and everything in between should be done through economic growth and job creation, not raising taxes. That is essential to our state's future, and that is exactly why the Chiefs Project is so important to Kansas. He notes here by generating tens of millions of dollars of revenue for the state and creating thousands of Kansas jobs, this project helps place Kansas on solid financial footing for generations to come while lessening the burden on our taxpayers. Can someone explain to me how any of this lessens the burden on our taxpayers?

and how the Star Bond program has been around for 20 years in Kansas, and Kansas still has one of the highest tax burdens in the entire region. How is that possible? If the Star Bond program created an environment where Kansas taxpayers continue to get a break and lessened the burden on taxpayers across the state of Kansas, why has that not happened over 20 years of this program? I mean, very simply ask yourself that. Ask yourself that. And remember what the project does. Okay, fine. It doesn't actually raise your taxes directly. We've talked about that plenty on this show. However, if you are taking future sales tax monies and redirecting it to pay off a stadium, monies that otherwise would have been used to fund schools in Elkhart, fund roads in Atchison, and everything in between, well, Where's that money going now? Is there a world where one day the stadium's paid off and this economic development money is now flooding into the state of Kansas? Yeah, that does exist potentially one day if things just go really well on the deal. That is definitely possible. But it is years, if not decades down the road. And it was still a high risk proposition. when the overwhelming economic data doesn't support a deal like this, going back 30 years on studies all across the country. The beef for me, just to hit the reset button here, the beef for me has never been about, well, the state of Kansas gave the chief some money. That's not what it's ever been about. It's about how much. That's what it was about. It's about, wait, you guys got the sweetest deal in the history of sports stadiums from a state that's got three million people in it? And you just jacked up 300 plus square miles in this district, at least some of the wealthiest parts of the entire state. You're redirecting sales tax monies to pay off the stadium? In a part of the state that's far from economically depressed when you look at, you know, parts of Johnson County being involved in Wyandotte County and going on down from there, that was the decision that you decided to make? That was your big economic growth move? You weren't taking the Dallas Cowboys or Denver Broncos away and bringing two teams to Kansas City and moved to team 15 miles down the road. Very different proposition. And that's why when I see things like this come out, I just, I shake my head. Not because the deal's not going forward like Mayor Q alluded to on social media the other day. It's done. It's happening. Okay? It's going to finish up. There's way too much at stake for the deal to fall through. There is. But at the same time, When people involved feel the need to put out studies like this, it's our job, anybody with a microphone, anybody with a camera, to at the very least question it. And at the very best, say, you know what, this does not pass the smell test. And in the last 12 to 18 hours around town, even though I'm not there right now, finishing up this.

radio conference today here from New York City. I did not see nearly, nearly enough of that going on at all. 9113-408-7-957 is our text line, our studio line here on KCMO Talk Radio. Good morning. Happy to be here on a Wednesday. We will have Michael Austin, Kansas Economist, on the show at 7.30 this morning to dissect this even further. But coming up next, we also... As I sit here in New York City, have some information on the Travis and Taylor wedding. Very excited about that. I saw some unloading happening outside of Madison Square Garden where it looks like this thing is full steam ahead. So what do we know about that? And then also what happened last night here in town? A great debate took place. We'll have more of the coverage over the next couple of days here on KCMO. But you know what? This one, this quote. from a local elected leader stood out to me above the rest. We'll get to it coming up on KCMO Talk Radio. Well, yesterday I'm walking past Madison Square Garden here in New York City doing the show this morning from the Fox News headquarters. And... They've got all these loading docks filled up with people just taking things out and bringing them into Madison Square Garden. And it's believed that all of these things are tied to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey's wedding coming up this weekend. And now we know, according to reports from TMZ and page 6, that the wedding will include a massive castle built. for their Friday nuptials inside of MSG. Now, I like Taylor Swift a lot. I know that some of you are haters. I don't like her politics. I don't agree with how she votes for presidents, but guess what? There are people that I still like who happen to vote for Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Sorry, that's life. But I have questions about this. Taylor Swift may be the only woman in America who could get away with having a wedding where you literally have a castle built for you in said wedding. To me, you know, when I think of red flags, this would be on the list, but it would be on a list not because it's really a list that anybody would ever put together. Only Taylor Swift could have something like this on her list. And she also might be the only one that can get away with it. Because normally I would say, okay, if your fiancé says, hey, we're planning our wedding and I would like a makeshift castle built during said wedding, you would say, yeah, that chick's kind of nuts. Like, you would just, let's be honest, you would say that. If someone told you, if your buddy said, hey, you know, I'm getting married coming up here in July and, you know, he kind of sheepishly tells you how his fiance wants a makeshift castle built for the wedding.

You'd be like, run, run, run, right? I mean, that's what you would do, John. You'd run. Sure, I'd say, all right, but can it be a bounce house? Like, is this for the kids during the, you know, reception? What are we doing here? So the castle is to be pre-built, right? It's not going to be built during the wedding like the Pink Floyd deal where they built the wall as they did the concert, right? No, this is a... Pre-built castle that will be set up inside of Madison Square Garden. From castles are us in Wayne, right? Yeah. So this is what I saw getting unloaded yesterday at MSG. And then I see these photos this morning. I'm looking at a New York Post here. And I saw this on TMZ last night as well. And I'm like, oh, that's Taylor's castle that's being built. But she's, you know what? When you're the billionaire in the relationship, I'm okay with you going the castle route. Okay? I'm okay with it. I really, this is the one circumstance where I said to myself, if the woman wants a pre-made castle at her wedding, she can get away with it. Anyone else? I'd be like, what are we doing here? Does Travis get to wear a night outfit? Yeah. Well, the report also says she's got like half a dozen outfits lined up. And you know what? I would say this. The least Travis can do is dressed like a night. If we're going the castle thing, he's got to lean into it. He's got to go full-blown night. And I have not seen that reported, but I hope that he goes that route, Mark. It's a very good question. They might have some wardrobe changes mid-seremony, just like her concerts. Well, yes, she will have them. I don't know. Here's the thing. I don't know how many times Travis is being asked to change here in this whole deal. I mean, I have not seen any reports on that, but I can't imagine she's going to be changing and he's going to be standing there the whole time in a tux. If I'm him, that is where I draw the line and I say, honey, you change as many times as you want. Please. Can I just stick in the tucks the whole time? We might want to get some restrictions on brother Jason too. Yeah. He'd reform it at this time. Well, I just want Jason to keep his clothes on, okay? I just need him to not be bare-chested, not be down to his boxer briefs when YMCA comes on at the end of the night, although they probably won't do that with, you know, that being tied to Trump now. But whatever happens that night, I just need Jason to keep his clothes on. That's what we need to have happen. The castle also could have, according to reports, special meaning to Swift, as she used an enchanted fortress during her Speak Now and Fearless Tours. An employee told the New York Post, the carpet that was also rolled out outside of Madison Square Garden was for a wedding, and they said it was removed because it had been installed prematurely.

I also have a buddy of mine. I won't say who, who is at this talk radio conference I'm at this week. He is a nationally syndicated host. He is staying at a different hotel from, you know, those of us plebes. And he said that he is getting kicked out of his hotel this morning early. Normally check out his noon. He's getting kicked out at 10 o'clock because there is a big wedding party showing up at said hotel. And they have taken over the entire hotel. And it is a hotel that Taylor Swift has sang about in multiple songs right here in New York City. It's believed that it is the hotel where her bridesmaids will be spending the next couple of days. So I said, you're really going to leave that hotel? He said, yes, they will be doing a security sweep at high noon. I said, okay, you better leave the hotel. That's the last thing we need is you getting arrested, not being on the air. But that's, I mean, there are very few things. It feels like the Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey Wedding, has taken over the city more than anything World Cup related. And they do have these World Cup games right across the river in New Jersey. And you've seen some Brazil jerseys and different, you know, fan bases out and about and things like that. But. I never thought I'd see a wedding shut down this town the way. It looks like Travis Kelsey's wedding is shutting down the town. Coming up next on KCMO Talk Radio, wins and losses for Trump at the Supreme Court. We'll get to it next. All right, a big win and a tough loss for the president of the United States with the Supreme Court yesterday. Good morning. I'm Pete Mundo. KCMO Talk Radio is who we are. Where you're listening right now, I am broadcasting from New York City this morning, the Fox News headquarters, after wrapping up a nice little talk radio conference yesterday, which is always fun to do. We'll be back in Kansas City this afternoon, and I appreciate the folks at Fox News, let me broadcast from their studios this morning. So, and if I see anybody, anyone stops by, I will make sure I let you know, and I will tell them that Kansas City said hello. So yesterday, the Supreme Court smacked down President Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and tourists. Now, this was obviously a marquee policy of the president for his second term. And it was something that obviously he ran on and he took care of very quickly via executive order. But. The court ruled 5'4 that even those, quote, born in the United States, the parents unlawfully and temporarily present, are covered by the Equal Protection Clause, meaning a change to the Constitution would be required to change their status. So this was obviously not a good outcome for President Trump. And it's, you know, it's not a good outcome for those of us who, you know, like the idea of common sense. I saw the president posted on truth social last night and he's absolutely right. This is a great win for China, he wrote on social media. And he's right to note that. You know, it's a great win for President Xi Jinping.

Send some spies over here. Dump them in. Have a couple of babies. Bring them back home to China if you want. But still, they're technically American citizens. The president is right. But the Supreme Court. decided that it was a violation of the 14th Amendment, which states all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. So that was the decision 5-4 Justice Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts were the ones who ultimately sided with the majority and made this thing 5-4. Now, there is something, though, in this that should be noted. Brett Kavanaugh found that the order, Trump's executive order, did not violate the 14th Amendment, but did violate federal law from the 1940s and 1950s. And as a result, a change in the status of children born to foreigners could be brought about by who? Drumroll, Congress. So this could open the door. If you want to find the silver lining, and I'm not expecting this to happen now, certainly not happening anytime soon before the midterms, but the silver lining here is that this could be something that Congress is able to handle if it's just a violation of federal law and is not a violation of the 14th Amendment. So. Eric Schmidt, Missouri U.S. Senator, he posted about this yesterday. He said the Supreme Court majority tried to constitutionalize unlimited birthright citizenship. But Justice Brett Kavanaugh may have left Congress a door. He said, I'm filing legislation to walk through it, meaning Eric Schmidt in the U.S. Senate right here in Missouri is going to file legislation to basically try to ban birthright citizenship because in his estimation, and in many people's estimations out of yesterday, Brett Kavanaugh made it very clear that it's not about it being a 14th Amendment issue. It's just about Congress having to do the work to overturn federal law from the 1940s and the 1950s. And that may be the way for the Trump administration to move ahead. So what could this mean for the midterms? Well, the president can run on this in the midterms and say, we've got to hold on to the House. We've got to gain seats in the Senate because if you actually want to see birthright citizenship come to an end, we have to do something with Congress. It has to be done through the House. through the Senate, and then I've got to sign the bill. And, you know, for the most part, I'm okay with that. I'm okay with Congress actually doing something. I know it's a novel concept that doesn't happen all that frequently. But like, that's totally good with me.

Totally good. With Congress actually having its feet held to the fire and something other than passing, you know, bloated omnibus bills at the last minute at the 11th hour. Sure, let's have them go ahead and go down that road and do that. So that's the silver lining in this if you're looking for one. All right. I know everyone just has been ripping Amy Coney Barrett, Amy Coney Barrett. and has been trashing John Roberts. I know that's been like the popular thing to do the last 12 hours or so, but let's actually move the ball forward instead of just playing victim. And the other good thing that I'm not seeing from some on the right, you're not seeing, well, time to expand the court. Let's add nine more Supreme Court justices because we didn't get our way. Thankfully, that's not happening. I'm not going to sit here and play the victim card. Amy Coney Barrett's been pretty good overall. Has she been perfect? No. But it's not her job to be a politician. It's her job to interpret the law. That's her job. You want to be mad at somebody? Be mad at the politicians who continue to fail every single day, by and large. But then there also was a big win yesterday. And that was the Supreme Court ruling that states can bar transgender women, also known as biological dudes, from playing in girls' sports. And as a father of three daughters, who I, by the way, I face-timed yesterday morning before I walked into this conference, and I put the photo up of the... three girls on my FaceTime on my Instagram stories. So you can see it on my Instagram stories at Pete Mundo. I mean, it was quite a scene. They're all in their, you know, big oversized T-shirt pajamas. And they're like, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad. So I was like, this is too good. So I took a screenshot of my FaceTime and I put it on Instagram at Pete Mundo. You can see it there on my stories. But anyway, as the father of three daughters, I'm thrilled by this. In the 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court determined that in this case, neither Idaho nor West Virginia had violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, with their bans on biological men and women's sports, as well as that Title IX allowed states to separate sports teams based on the biological sex. And that's what this is all about. This was about protecting women. Idaho now is allowed to do it. West Virginia obviously allowed to do it. And you have 27 states that have implemented laws similar to those in Idaho and West Virginia, including here in Kansas and Missouri. So there really is going to be no more legal challenges, at least not to the Supreme Court, on these bans of biological men in women's sports. And I am thrilled about that. Not because I have any animosity towards. a child who might be confused about their gender, that's not what it's about. I actually have great empathy for them. What it's really about is protecting your women and your young girls. You can have empathy, you can pray for someone who is really, you know, struggling with the idea of who they are and what they are. You can feel for them. But then you can also be of the belief, as I am, that they have no business being on a women's soccer field.

being in a softball game, being on a volleyball court, being in a 100 meter dash. They have zero business being anywhere near any of those things. And that's what this is about. It is about protecting young girls in Kansas in Missouri and across America. And the Supreme Court, to its credit, it's amazing that this stuff is not 90, that it's 6-3, but at least it's 6-3. And remember this. And think about this for a second. If you have your days when you're sometimes, you know, frustrated or upset with Donald Trump, and listen, we all have those days. He's a human being. He's still a flawed politician, even though I voted for the guy three times. If Hillary Clinton had one in 2016, the Supreme Court has a much different makeup than it does today. And we're potentially looking at decisions six three the other way where suddenly states are being told, no, you cannot ban biological men from women's sports. Think about that. Just for a second, think about that. It is crazy how the last 10 years and the way that Donald Trump has won two of those three elections has completely changed the makeup of this country. And in many ways, many ways for the better. And this is just one example today, just one example, as we look at that 6-3 opinion yesterday, where women are now protected in their own sports. Brett Kavanaugh did say that it's important that we treat transgender athletes with respect. I don't know why Brett Kavanaugh felt the need to do that, because it's not about disrespecting transgender athletes. It's not about that. Brett Kavanaugh wrote here in part, most of the biological females and transgender student athletes who are involved in transgender sports disputes around the country are teenagers in their early or in their early 20s. He says those student athletes want to play sports, their desire to compete, warrants respect. No student athlete on either side of the issue, whether a biological female or transgender deserves to be ostracized or vilified. I mean, that's nice from Brett Kavanaugh. I'm not sure why it's his job to talk about who people should be nice to. He's right. He's right. I'm just not sure that that's his role as a Supreme Court justice. But he's right. If people want to create transgender sports competitions and say, hey, we're going to have the 100 meter dash of trans women or trans men, whatever. I mean, you know, I don't think that makes a lot of sense. I don't think there necessarily are enough athletes to do that, but whatever. But the most important thing is to make sure that women have sports for women, not for biological men who are confused. And the Supreme Court did the right thing on that front yesterday. Coming up on KCMO Talk Radio, we will get to our six at six, our top six stories in the six o'clock hour. We'll do that coming up next. I'm Pete Mundo, broadcasting from the Fox News Studios here in New York City this morning, back in Kansas City this afternoon. And we'll get to that more coming up.

It is wild to see how these two countries, or I should say these two continents, are handling this heat wave very differently. Good morning. It is 704 as we hit the second hour of the show here on KCMO Talk Radio. We are broadcasting live from the Fox News headquarters in New York City this morning. Thank you to our friends at Fox News for allowing us to do the broadcast from here today. We'll be back in Kansas City coming up this afternoon. This was amazing in the Wall Street Journal. The headline read, Europe's hot as hell. Why doesn't it want any air conditioning? And it's like, it's such an obvious question. There's been so much back and forth the last few days because, you know, we're baking in Kansas City. By the way, I'm getting out of New York City just in time because... They're getting the heat wave coming up today as well. It's going to be 95 degrees here today in New York City. They actually, Delta called me and they said, hey, can we get you on a later or an earlier flight? Because due to the heat, there's going to be too much weight on your plane, and we need to move some people around. Which that's the first time I've ever heard that excuse. That sounds to me like they overbooked the flight and they're using the heat as an excuse to try to move people. Needless to say, I didn't call them back. It's like, guys, I'm not a cheap date here. It's going to be more than a $300 voucher to get it done. But neither here nor there. The heat wave is now coming east. It's going to be 99 degrees here in New York City tomorrow. So we're going to be nice and cool at like 92. I don't know what Luke Doris is whining about, but, you know, come on. I'll take 92 in Kansas City over 99 here any day. But you've got this heat wave also going on in Europe. Thankfully, we have this amazing thing called air conditioning. Meantime in Europe, what they're doing is whining about the fact that we have air conditioning and how we're contributing to climate change and that we should like pay them reparations or something because their governments are filled with absolute imbeciles. That's what's going on. So, you know, the Wall Street Journal had this several thousand word piece about this. And here's what really stood out to me. If you want the European governments in a nutshell and why these once powerful global countries are now, I mean, just laughing stocks for many of us around the world, this summarizes it better than anything else I read. Quote, in London, city regulations require developers to adopt cooler design measures. natural ventilation, shutters on windows, and better insulation before installing air conditioning and new buildings. So before you even think about putting AC in your building in London, you've got to make sure that you have shutters on your windows and natural ventilation. What does that mean? Like the ability to open up a window? And get this. This is even more of a joke.

Paris and Berlin have plans to incorporate more plants into city landscape, reducing the heat magnifying effect of stone during a heat wave. So their idea, because obviously they've got, you know, these stone sidewalks and whatnot and roads, and they're hundreds and hundreds of years old, and they have nice charm and nice character to them, I'm sure, but they're hot. So their answer is not figure out how do we get more people in air conditioning. And what do we do about this? Their answer is to scatter a few plants around the street so that way they can, I guess, cool off. Are we supposed to, like, hide under the plants? What are we doing? I mean, these people, this is like a bad sitcom, these people, the countries that they're running, Jon Ossoff if the plants were a cool place to be in the middle of July and a Kansas cornfield, I guarantee it's 30 degrees warmer. Yes. Well, that's a good point as well. What do we do about this? Everyone's, you know, we got people dying left and right. I know. We'll put some plants on the sidewalks in Paris. That'll do it. Nice shrubbery with a little path running down the middle. Yeah, exactly. And let's see where that path leads to. Oh, a pile of dead people in the back corner. I mean, this is like, you literally have people losing their lives. You had a thousand people die in France the last few days because of this heat wave. France is one-fifth the size of the United States in population. They just lost over a thousand people during the heat wave. In America, we lose with 330 million people, about 2,000 people a year due to heat. France lost half of that in the last few days, and they're a fifth the size of the United States. I mean, it's tragic. And these politicians are doing it to their own people. And they're trying to point the finger at the United States. That's what I find to be just wildly offensive here in all this. They want to find a boogeyman. They want to blame somebody. And what do they do? They are pointing the finger at the United States. And I just, I find it inexcusable. I find it to be offensive. It's like, guys, you know, I understand that the way you built things over there is not really conducive to modern day AC units, but they do have those units where you can stick them on the walls. You know, you don't need the big AC unit like we think of here in America. They do have options to go about it the right way. And by the way, go about it the safe way. The way college kids have done for centuries. Well, exactly. Exactly. Like, just, you know, pop yourself in a window unit for crying out loud. But it was a couple of days ago that German public broadcasting began an anti-AC campaign, warning of the dangers of air conditioning as they were getting hit with a record heat wave. It's, I mean, it's so sad. It is so avoidable. It's 2026. And these people want to live like it's, you know, 1826.

And they're doing it to themselves. And all they want to talk about is how it never gets this hot. And now we've had all these heat waves the last few years and, oh my gosh, climate change. I don't know what's going on. I know this much. If you think that you not having a window unit of AC is magically going to save the world, you are kidding yourself. And you should be embarrassed by the opinion. The headline here in the Associated Press, Europe's record heat has overwhelmed Paris and left families in complete distress. You've got mortuaries being overrun right now because of the death toll rising. And what's the answer? What do they want to do about it? They just want to blame America. That's it. It's so sad. It is so avoidable. And I just, I can't get over the fact that their only answer is to put plants on the streets and say the U.S. is bad. Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Polvar released a lengthy statement this week. And here's part of what she wrote on Instagram. Dear American journalists and social media influencers for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have AC in every room. Oh my gosh, this is so rich. She goes on to say, as the second largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming. And the consequences we in France are experiencing. Your city's 90% air conditioned are not unrelated to this. In Paris, we take responsibility. You take responsibility for what? The bodies piling up around Paris? Because of your horrible third world energy policies? I mean, this is an unbelievable statement. from an elected official in France. Unbelievable. And by the way, no one's sitting here, I don't think taking any joy in the fact that you don't have AC. I'm certainly not. I don't think most, I mean, you know, sitting in air-conditioned studios, many of you driving to work right now in air-conditioned cars, drinking your coffee and your air-conditioned home, we've come to enjoy it and just appreciate it as a way of life. But they have been so unwilling to accept reality and instead try to figure out how a country of, in France's case, 60 million people, which is what, maybe 1% of the world, if that, is somehow going to magically change the weather. I mean, you're living in a fantasy land. And these politicians, instead of accepting the blame, because what politician would ever do that, they're passing the blame. But they're not passing it to a political party, like in their own country. They're passing it 3,500 miles away across a massive ocean and suggesting that those of us in Kansas City who have air conditioning are somehow to blame for the heat wave in Paris this week. You've got to be kidding me.

Coming up on KCMO Talk Radio, we'll have Michael Austin here at the bottom of the hour. But next, a new plan from the Trump midterm. What does it mean? He announced it late and can it actually work? That is coming up next. The president to the United States made an announcement late last night on his truth social that is going to be a first in modern American politics. And it's a really good idea. I'm not sure if it's going to work, but it's a great idea. President Trump took to Truth Social last night to announce the Republican Party will host its first ever midterm convention. And it will take place in Dallas, Texas on September 9th and September 10th. So John Mark, what do you guys say? We'll make a little road trip out of this coming up here in a couple of months. Go down to Dallas. What's that? A six-hour drive, give or take? Maybe a little longer. Eight hours? Yeah. It might be a little long. We'll work on it. And what they want to do and what they're calling this is a chance to celebrate the Great America Comeback. and highlight the ongoing achievements of the administration's America First agenda. So all this is is a, it's a rally. And to be clear, what it's intended to do is just drum up enthusiasm to people and get them out to vote. It's about getting out the base of the Republican Party out to vote in the midterms coming up later this year. That's it. And it's a really smart play because, you know, what typically happens in midterms is that when one party has all the power, the party that's out of power is very motivated. So they, you know, go out there in November, they vote, they win the midterms in the House and the Senate, and then we end up with a split government. And then when that party gets in the power, the other party's voters are more motivated and around and around we go. So this is really just a base play. It's a motivation play by the White House and by the administration. And I don't know if it's going to work. Like I don't see this headline and be like, oh boy, yep, oh boy, those Republicans, they're going to have a great November because they're hosting a two-day event in Dallas. That would be naive. But what do you have to lose? It's worth a shot. There's no downside to it. If it does drum up enthusiasm and interest, then you know what? You're in a good spot. Typically, these things only happen during presidential years, right? You have the Republican convention, you've got the Democratic convention, and that whole thing is also about fundraising and enthusiasm. That's it. So the president said in his post last night in part, it'll be in Dallas, Texas. He says one of my favorite places in the world. It has never been done before, and it will truly be, as he notes here, a historic event.

The Post also noted the policy victories and economic milestones that will serve as the focal point of the convention, including eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and social security, as well as securing stronger borders and safer communities. The president's also highlighting American energy independence, drops in oil prices, progress on denuclearizing Iran, and driving affordability for Americans. Now, you know, we'll see how exactly this plays out, but it's going to be September 9th and 10th in Dallas, the first ever midterm convention being put on by the GOP. So that's part one. And I'm sure it's, you know, listen, one thing you got to say about Trump. is he knows how to put on a show. He knows how to roll out that red carpet, do the whole pomp and circumstance. He does it very well. He's done it his entire life. And you know that that event is going to be absolutely rocking. Whether or not it results in... holding on to the House, holding onto the Senate, that is still very much TBD. But I like the plan because it's all about getting out the base and getting them fired up to vote. Now, one of the things that the president noted there, denuclearizing Iran. I'm here in New York, a couple of day talk radio event that's taking place here. And last night. I was having a couple of drinks with somebody who told me this story. They do what I do for a living. And they said that I guess it was week and a half two weeks ago. This person was at an event. And they get a call and it's an unknown number. They pick up the phone. And it's the president of the United States. And President Trump was not happy with this talk show host who, you know, has voted for Donald Trump on multiple occasions. But this host referred to the original Iran deal, the memorandum of understanding, as an American surrender. And he just trashed the deal on social media and on his show. So he gets the call from the president. And I said, how long was the call? Like three, four minutes? He goes, oh, no, it was like 10 minutes. And the president was just going off on him. How could you say it? It's not a surrender. We're getting a good deal. He's just going on and on and on. And the whole time this person's like, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir. Now, we tried to get into a couple of words and explain how, listen, sir, I've got your back on a lot of things. You've done a really good job here and there. However, I just disagree with you on this. And you couldn't get in a word. The president's going off and off and off and off and off. But the part of the story that really stood out to me is the president says to this person,

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So yesterday, the Kansas City Chiefs put out a statement. And the statement read in part, Chiefs release updated regional economic impact projections of $4.5 billion stadium, practice facility, and ancillary development capital investment. And they go on the note after a new economic study was done. They believe that there will be upwards of $8 billion in economic impact on the greater Kansas City region just during the construction period. Now, I always look at these economic impact studies, and they're kind of like polls. You know, a lot of campaigns have companies that do polls for them. And amazingly, the company that always does the poll, well, their candidate always looks pretty good. It's amazing how that works, right? Michael Austin is here. He's an economist on the Kansas side of the state line, and he is joining us on 957 FM, KCMO Talk Radio. We are streaming as always on the KCMO Talk Radio app. We appreciate him joining us. Michael, good morning. You saw this story yesterday. You saw this headline, and your reaction was what? Morning, Pete. Great to be here. I look at this press release, and I always think that stadium subsidies rarely pay for themselves, and I think that this press release shows us. Why? The central promise behind these deals is always the same, right? The project will generate enough new activity to pay for public investment, but these numbers here, they show a very different story. You see massive public financing, you see temporary construction activity, and you see projected tax revenues that don't... cover the cost of the subsidy. And so when I read this report, I see exactly what economists and other analysts have warned about for decades. The excitement is clearly there. It's immediate, but this bill is lasting for generations. And so if the chiefs may have meant to prove that this deal works, but instead, I think they incidentally showed why taxpayers should be skeptical. Well, here's my thinking, too. They only release this if they feel like they need some publicity that is favorable on the deal. And if not, there's no other reason to put this thing out. Like just from a PR perspective, why even put this out there unless you know that there are still a lot of questions amongst the public as to whether or not this is a good deal? Do you think from a PR perspective that was also the point of all this? I think so, but even then if you look at this report, I mean, it's a bigger forecast, yes, but that still doesn't mean the stadium pays for itself. Look at the own, you know, lines in this press release. They say that the project will generate 106 million in tax revenues during construction and 67 million in tax revenue once a year, excuse me, every year, once it's operational. But if you look at those two numbers, that $106 million, that's $67 million, that still means that over 30 years, they're still going to be about a billion dollars short of paying the principal on the taxpayer debt. Remember, taxpayers can pay up to $3 billion for a stadium. So if we're really going to be getting $67 million in tax revenue a year, assuming that it can all be used to pay for that star bond debt, then we're still going to be short about $1 billion.

So if the numbers are so strong, guess what? They're still not going to change that 293 square mile starbond district that covers all of Wyandotte in much of Johnson County. Why? Because that stadium and entertainment center still cannot generate enough sales tax on their own, and they just proved it. That's an excellent point. So even by the rosiest of projections, which is the $106 million the state of Kansas would make on the construction, and the $67 million in annual tax revenue for the state, they are still a billion dollars short in terms of paying off the bond that the state has committed to. And that's just the principle. We're not even talking about interest here. And so if the stadium pay for itself, why would the district still need to be so large? And the reason why is because you have to make investors feel whole. You have to be able to sweep in sales tax from ordinary commerce that has nothing to do with the stadium. And so the question I ask as an economist is that if the stadium can't generate enough tax revenue on its own, how much unrelated commerce has to be diverted in order to make those investors whole? Because there's a trade-off. That means fewer tax dollars are going to be flowing to the state of Kansas, fewer tax dollars into Olathe or the unified government of Wyandotte in order to provide quality government services or even property tax relief. Whenever you have that wider district, I think the confession becomes clearer. That stadium is clearly not enough. So that $67 million is that, I mean, I see it here in the chief's study. It says upon opening of the stadium and practice facility, it has projected the team and the stadium operational spending and visitor spending will generate $1.5 billion in total direct, indirect, and induced impacts annually for the region. So that $67 million in tax revenue for the state of Kansas is just from those. They say direct practice facility slash stadium, which is why they have to have an additional star bond district that's so large at nearly 300 square miles. Is that what you're saying? Or is that $67 million the entire star bond district as a whole? That's a great point, and I wish the press release would clarify, but I would think it is just the stadium and the ancillary structures that they're going to create around it will generate roughly $67 million in tax revenue to Kansas. But that also begs another question. They didn't say sales tax revenue. They didn't say star bond eligible sales tax revenue. They just said tax revenue in general, which means some of that might be income tax revenue coming in. Some of that might be property tax revenue coming in. While that sounds great, only one type of revenue can be used to pay back the star bond, and that's sales tax, and particularly incremental or additional sales tax coming in. So I tell you this to say that that $67 million can't all be used to pay back the star bond. It might come into the state coffers, but it won't be used to pay back the debt. And that's something they're not telling you. Yeah, that's a good point. Now, to play devil's advocate, if it's just one big pot of money,

You know, if you're getting X amount of millions of dollars from income tax revenue. and you're losing some money on the sales tax revenue side. I guess it's all about what you end up net positive in the end, right? That's the most important thing. But if you've got to pay off the stadium through only the incremental sales tax revenue increases, then what happens if they can't foot the bill? I mean, I see two things potentially happening here, Michael. One, they have to expand the star bond district even further at some point, or the state will ultimately back the bonds. Do you see either or both of those being on the table? I definitely think that the Starbond District, of course, will stay at that 293 square miles because they have to pay for it. And an opportunity that can't pay for itself will eventually become an obligation. And this just goes to my overall point. No one is against the Chiefs. And no one should even say that a stadium project creates no activity. I'm not even going to say that. My question as an economist is simply whether the activity is strong enough to pay, to repay the public subsidy without draining future tax revenues from schools, local services, or even property tax relief. And it's clear that these chiefs relief definitely has a lot of shiny numbers, but it never settles that question. In fact, it raises it. And so, you know, we as taxpayers should not make mistake a famous logo for a sound investment. Well, Ty Masterson said here in a statement in the Chief's press release, funding schools in Elkhart, Rhodes and Atchison, and everything in between should be done through economic growth and job creation, not raising taxes. And that's why the Chiefs Project is so important to Kansas. What say you? You know, I say I understand why they're all trying to put on a brave face. Everyone in this country is saying that Kansas made a ridiculously one-sided offer here. And now they feel the need to argue that it was worth it. But even if the chiefs pulled in economic analysts from across the country, I think this econ consulting firm was out in Philadelphia or Pennsylvania, their press release still admits the stadium deal can't pay for itself. So these quotes are effectively wishful thinking, as opposed to looking at these actual numbers. And as I said before, there are a lot of shining numbers here meant to distract, but it still does not show a full repayment path or a taxpayer return on investment. Good intentions don't pay off starbonds. You actually need tax revenue to do that. Speaker of the House, Dan Hawkins says, quote, we enter into strategic economic partnerships for three fundamental reasons to grow our economy, create jobs, and lessen the burden on Kansas taxpayers. Will any of those things end up being achieved?

I think it's wishful thinking. I think, unfortunately, they're making the same leap that many other elected officials make that unfortunately causes taxpayer stadiums to fail. Yeah, this is all what we want to happen, but whether that actually happens is a whole other story. As I said, it's just good intentions. Michael Austin doing a very good job. We appreciate you being here, Michael. He is an economist on the Kansas side of the state line, founder of knowledge and decisions, economic consulting. Thanks for being here. Appreciate it. Thanks again, Pete. Until next time. All right. Talk to you soon. The only thing I can think of as to why the chiefs would even put something like this out there is because they know the public isn't sold on it. There's no other reason. The deal's done. You know what I mean? They don't have to convince anybody of anything. It's done. Despite what Mayor Q says, he puts something up on Twitter being like, not so fast. I think we might save the chiefs. No, you're not, bro. It's over. Okay. It's done. So if you're the chiefs, why even bother with this? Like, you got what you wanted. You fleeced us. It's fine. You know, it's our taxpayers or it's our politicians that sold out the taxpayers here. You guys put something on the table and the people who are in charge of protecting the taxpayers were dumb enough to go along with it. That's not your problem. That being the case, why bother with this? With this economic development study. It just seems to me like they're trying to win over the public with some big, shiny numbers. And the minute you think about this for like two seconds, you say to yourself, well, hold on. The math still is not mathing here, to Michael's point. And just because you give me big rosy numbers with billions and millions in it doesn't mean most people are going to be sold. That's just not typically how this stuff works. So. Two days ago, when I got here to New York City, I'm doing the show from Fox News this morning. I appreciate them letting me do the show from Fox News this morning. There's a lot of guys in the business who are here for this talk radio conference. Some of them were doing shows from their hotels this morning. One guy has to be out of his hotel by noon because apparently Taylor Swift's bridal party is going to be staying at that hotel. So. He's got problems. But a lot of people are just doing shows from hotels this morning to try to make this conference thing work out. But I appreciate Fox hosting us here on KCMO. And I got here two days ago. And I decided to do something I hadn't done in a very long time, probably since I was working here eight, nine years ago now. And that is Jump on a Subway. I could have hopped in an Uber to get to where I needed to go from the airport when I came in here for this conference on Monday afternoon. And I decided, you know what, I'm going to do this the old school way. Because the Uber I knew was going to take forever. It was starting to get towards rush hour. I was going to sit in the back of some guy's car and scroll through my phone aimlessly. So I said, you know what? I'll hop on a bus and then I'll jump on a subway. And then I'll get to where I need to go.

So I did. And I hadn't been on a subway here. And like I said, almost a decade, just haven't had a reason to, obviously. And I wanted to just get a feel for it. Did it feel different? Was it dirtier? Was it grimeier? What are the people like? Like, what was it going to be like? Just experience top to bottom. And I got to tell you, it exceeded all expectations. First off, as I'm sitting on, and I wasn't sitting, but as I was standing on the bus, I couldn't tell you how many guys were willing to give up their seats for women. And I was like, wow, chivalry is not dead, even in a place like New York City. Now, of course, in New York City, when you see someone who you think is a woman, You never really know, but these were obviously women. So it was very nice to see guys go out there and say, here, take my seat to an older lady. That was actually a pleasant surprise for me. Same thing on the subway. I did not expect that at all. It wasn't any dirtier, wasn't any grimier. Now, were there plenty of homeless people? Are there people who are mentally ill roaming the streets? Absolutely. but it actually did feel all in all from the subway to just walking around the city itself, like it had more of a pep in its step than it's had over the last few years because of the fallout from COVID. And I couldn't help but look at some of these people and say, how do you vote? For a guy like Zohran Mamdani, who his presence is in no way felt around the city. He's only been there for a few months. So it's not like he's done a ton of damage yet. And God willing, he won't. Even though, you know, we're Kansas Cityans, we don't want to see an American city completely destroyed. I don't think that's good for anybody. But I look at these people who, listen, they're regular folks. I'm like, how do they vote for this guy? that's the part that I just couldn't figure out. So while there were some good signs overall in terms of like, you know, guys giving up their seats and things like that, there also is just a soullessness to the whole thing that when you're sitting on or standing on in New York City subway and everybody else is just scrolling through their phones, listening to something on their phones, they've got their earbuds and the whole thing. There is zero camaraderie, not that you would really expect a lot of camaraderie, but everybody just looks like they have had their souls sucked out of them outside of a couple of guys who were, you know, younger males, by the way, I'd say between 25 and 45, who are the ones who are a little more active, willing to give up their seats, kind of, you know, had a little more pep in their step, a little more energy to them. You could just tell it, you could feel it, you could sense it. There was more of that from that group than any other group, whether it was older men, older women, younger women. The only people that I really got the sense, like, had something there, there was probably the males between 25 and 45. And I don't know what to make of that. I don't know what the interpretation of that would be, but it just stood out to me. And it was fairly obvious when you looked around and you got a sense for the people who were out and about.

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