had a chance to play any games inside the bowling alley? caller: no. i have had to walk past the video arcade several times. it was temping to go in there and play a few games, but i had every time i paulked by, people grabbing me and asking me questions, so i didn t get to experience that. i did see a few interesting things, though. no doubt. caller: at one point, i had several breeds of dogs, a couple breeds of cats. i had a monkey, a parrot and a gentleman walking around with a big iguana on his head. the monkey story for another time. we are glad you are well. thank you for your work inside that shelter. we know you have a lot of work coming up. caller: thank you. we re going to have a live
from spending money at jewelry stores tattoo parlor massage parlor body piercing parlor psyching or fortune telling business, bail bond company, video arcade or any retail establishment which provides adult oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state. well okay. governor there s virtually no evidence that poor people in kansas or anybody where else spend their money this way. if anything poor people to be to be pretty good at managing money. in kansas the maximum cash assistance received by a family of four is only $497 a month. when a family of four is trying to make it on less than $500 a month, they re not planning a lot of cruises which your new law also bans along with spending money at movies and swimming pools. it also limits individuals from withdrawing more than $25 at a
parlor, body piercing parlor tobacco shop psychic or fortune telling business, video arcade theme park dog or horse racing facility, or sexually oriented business or retail establishment which provides adult oriented entertainment entertainment. joining me now is senator michael o donnell. senator, can you point me to the data that you have in the state legislature that shows that this is a problem that folks are spending lots of their ponyupon money on the things you have listed? well first off, chris, thank you very much for having me on your show tonight. i ve enjoyed watching you over the last number of years since you ve been on msnbc. thank you. we know there is hard evidence that individuals on assistance have used that money in casinos, strip clubs, tobacco
shall be used in liquor store, casino, gaming establishment, jewelry store, tattoo parlor bail bond company, video arcade movie theater, swimming pool cruise ship. the kansas governor is expecting to sign the bill. joining me now is michael o donnell. did you point me to the data you have is that folks are showing lat os of their tanf money of the things you have listed. first off, thank you for having me on your show tonight. i have enjoyed watching you for the last number of years since you have been on msnbc. we know there is end that members have used that money in
mix time. mix time. this is an interesting story, a little bit detailed, but daily news, the new york daily news talking about a guy engaged moved into his girlfriend s apartment and became obsessed with the idea of 1980s videos after reading a book, arcade games and decided to turn his bedroom because he was in his girlfriend s apartment that meant a lot to him and wanted to turn the bedroom into a 1980s video arcade. what? he did it. we ll put up some pictures. that s crazy. he did it and spent $32,000, the stuff he loved and surrounded himself with, everything from the 1980s and it sort of came on. one thing led to another and his fiancee began to get fed up with the obsession and he goes on to say she refused to attend the launch party.