Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

The state of Kansas has about a thousand issues Missouri doesn't have.  Eight years with a Dem governor will have that effect.  The state is 43rd in America in average income.  The state income tax is the highest in the region and for 2 million people it's a 3-6 hour U-Haul to zero state tax in Texas.   The population is shrinking and that's very rare for a red state.       Missouri is working tow...

   Ok, there is one thing we can all agree on.  Rashee Rice is not worthy of playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.  The terrible teammate, terrible friend and terrible partner is a continuing crap show that isn't good enough to stay.  Reports, as he's in jail for 30 days, indicate he broke his probation by getting high.  Other reports try to tamp it down and say this should have been served a year a...

Chris Stigall has done it all in conservative talk radio and podcasting and he's learned it's just not enough to talk about what's wrong.  That's why he's running for Congress, to have a chance to DO what's right.  Chris is a born and bred Missourian with deep roots in District 6 and while I don't have a vote, I can tell you his is the perfect successor to the retiring Sam Graves.    Chris is smar...

After Mayor Q took to Facebook to blame property owners and business owners for the change at iconic Town Topic Burgers to not stay open 24 hours, you had to figure he'd hear from them.  And man, has he.  We have the deets.    A clearly liberal judge in Lawrence has decided that the new law in Kansas to keep adults from mutilating their kids and pouring drugs in them they weren't born to have... s...

  This is the crazy story of some very typical, ornery high school baseball players in the '80's that found crazy success playing ball.  And we had a teammate, Curt Whitaker that could sing and play guitar and we never knew it.  When he decided, "why not?," he started KC's best cover band.  The www.m80skc.com have played with Chicago, Train and others at Starlight and almost everyone that played a...

   You wish Ryan Levebvre lived next door. You want to know him, trust me.      He is now the broadcaster that Baseball Hall of Famer Denny Mathews always wanted to hand it off to.  All the Royals asked him to do this year is to bring in former players into the booth and coach them up about how insanely hard this biz can be.   Ryan opens up about Rex Hudler's smaller role, the growth of Jermie Gut...

 President Trump is off to China with the heaviest heavy hitters America has.  Business, Government, Investment, Energy.... it's a full press as he has slowed China's oil flow and looks to broker big plans for America, and maybe, the rest of the world.    Alberta is ready to have a vote to leave Canada, we have a couple experts with all the reasons and a promise its happening... at least someday....

This one is personal as we have lost a dear friend with the passing of 28 time PGA Tour winner Jim Colbert at age 85.      We are thinking of Marcia and the entire Colbert family but in the sadness and grief of loss is a flood of memories of a man that was so much more than a professional golfer.  The drive that it took to win on tour was the same effort he put into his relationships, businesses,...

   Sunday President Trump said Iran's proposal regarding nukes and enrichment for weapons is "totally unacceptable."  So what's next?  This could get rough again.    The head of Homeland Security made a stop in KC to speak about needing more funding for his agency and in the process just ripped in to Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.    The Missouri Supreme Court starts hearing cases Tuesday on whether...

   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....