Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

   It won't be a big story down the road as Crown Center is about to be boom town in KC but it's notable right now that a long vacant piece of land the city has done absolutely nothing with now has a plan.  Just a couple weeks after the Royals announce, and old abandoned lot is going to be home to at least 150 new residents.  This is going to spread like fire.   The Royals completely punt their ch...

   Our theme today at KKHI is a whole bunch of messes people are cleaning up.  Hawaiian Bros is a fast food chain that originated in KC and their Royals promotion of giving away free lunch when the Royals score 6 or more was just crushing their business.  So they've changed it.  It reminds me of the historic, high scoring Chiefs of 2002 and 2003 when I started the "Custard's Last Stand" Club that...

 It's time to change the name of ICE to NICE and President Trump seems to be on board to cap off a busy day at the White House.  First, it was the return of the Presidential Fitness test for American kids, then Marco Rubio just crushed it filling in for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.  All this... and Michelle Obama has a plan for her husband that I'm all in on.    There's enough sig...

   President Trump hosted a small business event at the White House Monday and one of the businesses featured was Slap's BBQ in KCK.  Joe Pearce, the owner, was there with staff.  The president was a little bit interested in the various sauces but mostly just asked the Slap's boys if Patrick Mahomes was going to be ok and start the season in week one.  This is so good.    A national hotel associat...

   Trump the pragmatist is our lead at KKHI as he's come up with yet another possible solution to a real problem.  It's called Project Freedom and it basically means we are going to safeguard ships for passage in the Strait of Hormuz.  Trump is a fixer, no doubt.  We revisit at column written over 8 years ago that recognized how his presidency works.    The prez was in Flroida this weekend at the...

   It sounds more and more like President Trump is finished talking with Iran, battling media in America reporting we're losing and hearing leaders in Europe say the USA is boxed in.  Itchy trigger finger?  I'm guessing.  And it now may involve something called a "Dark Eagle" missile that is devastating.  If they won't end the nuclear program, Trump believes you gotta take them out and try talking...

   Chief Justice John Roberts most famous quote is, "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."  And boy, oh boy, did the Supreme Court back that up in a big way with a 6-3 decision that ends the ability to redraw congressional district lines to give extra benefits to people based on their race.  This is big.... and corrects a decades old p...

   The Royals are still a million miles from being the team they need to be to win their division but after winning 5 of 6, the are suddenly only 2.5 games out of first.  Bobby Witt Jr's 10th inning, three run homer gets it done on the first game of the road trip to get the team, ugh, within 5 games of .500.    Chiefs rookie mini camp just means more this year as so many of these players will be e...

   It was just a dream I had... and it's already gone.  The left won't back down from challenging their pawns to radicalize and try to kill President Trump.  How can this be good for their party?  Surely America sees one party is for violence and death and the other is not.  But not minority speaker Hakeem Jeffries, no, he's doubling down on his "warfare" comments and telling critics to shut up.  ...

   As yet another crazy man with unhinged writings filled threats tried to kill President Trump, the White House Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Will Scharf was on stage speaking in Kansas City.    Scharf's alert on his White House phone sounded like a fire alarm and I should know.  I was on stage with him at the Clay County Republicans Dinner at Harrah's hosting a question and answ...

   The bold Chiefs do it again moving up from the 9th pick to number 6 to draft the "smooth" Monsoor Delane out of LSU.  This gifted corner is expected to be a much more impactful corner than Trent McDuffie and will save the team $80 million over the next four years versus their former CB1.  And wait until you hear him.  He's got natural leader written all over him.  Long gone are the days of sitt...

   I am so proud to be a Kansas Citian on this day and can't believe I have the privilege to share it with all of you through a microphone.  The Royals have topped the Chiefs.  Missouri has topped Kansas.  Now, 2.5 million of us are all better for it.  I am truly stunned our area gets so many things right now after spending decades watching cheap owners repaint and spend money on useless renovatio...

   Well, what do you know?  The Royals have a grand plan after all and will reveal it at a news conference Wednesday.  The plan is to build a new stadium at Crown Center and it involves tearing down a bunch of current buildings.  This is not only a great idea to revitalize an important, historic area of KC, it's going to save tax payers billions it would have cost 10-20 years down the road to rebu...

   JD Vance is headed to a negotiation with leader from Iran and it must be the strangest feeling in the world.  I'm not sure we know who will represent Iran at the meeting or if they will even show up.   How do you negotiate with terrorists and which terrorist is in charge?    It was pure comedy gold when Mayor Q joined Al Sharpton on MSNOW to talk about crime in KC.  You have to hear this slap f...

   It's ok if you want to stick a fork in the Royals as it pretty much looks like they are cooked.  Tied with the Mets for the worst record in baseball at 7-15, they are hanging their heads showing us all there's something more going on.  Manager Matt Quatraro appears to be losing his team and it's so bad Salvy had to go on social media to disagree with his skipper.  This is a hot mess for a team...

   The city council voted 11-1 in favor of approving $600 million for the Royals to build a ballpark at Crown Center and the city will now provide a term sheet and start negotiating.  I'm excited this looks like its over and ready to think about what a new ball game experience will be like.  Owner John Sherman says there are two things the new stadium will have even though the architects hate it....

   It's a topic I'd rather not get into but Pope Leo has forced the hand of this podcaster.  Our whole lives, politicians and the Pope stayed in their respective lanes and didn't cross over and tell each other how to do their jobs.  Pope Leo has changed that as it appears he's an American Liberal before he is the Pope of the Catholic Church.  President Trump has always been a counter puncher and t...

   Mayor Q says the only thing left is a "Chiefs-esque" news conference announcing a new Royals ballpark at Crown Center.  Despite a whole bunch of angry people showing up in opposition, the $600 million from KCMO is about to fly through to approval. The Royals team president was in attendance for the council meeting Tuesday and he calls this a "great project" that will pass.  It's very close to a...

    There are two meetings today to move forward on the Royals building a new stadium at Crown Center and we are getting a lot more details of what that district will look like by 2030.  The Parks and Rec board will vote to give the city manager authority to negotiate a lease with the team while the City Council meets to set up a schedule to move forward to approval of $600 million.  It's feeling...

   Vice President Vance walked away from talks with leaders from Iran after 21 hours and the sticking point is a big one.  Iran's new leaders won't sign an agreement preventing them from making nuclear weapons.  That leads to the next step.... the U.S. will block all Iranian ports and cut off all their revenue beginning Monday morning.    Pop some corn, it's fun watching democrats tear apart the c...

   Mayor Quintin Lucas says Kansas City has $600 million to build the Royals a new stadium at Crown Center and couldn't wait to share the news.  But he did wait until after he won an earnings tax vote on Tuesday.  This is politics and its best or worst depending on how you look at it.  Now, the governor is on the clock.  Jeff City offered the Chiefs and/or Royals 50% of a new stadium if a city or...

   What's that you say?  FIFA, the organization that runs the World Cup, is pulling a bait and switch with fans that have tickets to matches at Arrowhead Stadium this summer?  Look, they're like a stereotypical rock star.  We'd be disappointed if they didn't create a bunch of problems.    The most hilarious story of the year is unfolding in KC as the Star reports Mayor Q's staff had a years long a...

   A two week ceasefire is on with Iran as long as there is a complete, safe opening for the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.  This may work, this may not but President Trump says almost all USA demands have been met as they try to finalize an agreement.  If not, well, the US gets two weeks to re-supply and start pounding again.    KC residents love paying tax as over 75% vote yes to keep payi...

   It's election day in Missouri and the earnings tax in KCMO is in focus and maybe that's appropriate after a new Wall Street Journal piece on spending in KC.  $650 million are being spent for the World Cup to play a handful of matches at Arrowhead.  And we are now getting our first reports that not nearly as many people are coming as thought.  Who could have guessed?   The Royals beat Cleveland...

   We cannot take all these stellar military operations for granted and the latest is just as crazy and brilliant and perfect as it gets.  Some 200 service members worked an unbelievable plan of deception hundreds of miles inside Iran to get the missing American weapons officer that was shot down with the pilot.  This was risky, could have backfired in a huge way but is a prime example of American...