Jerry Abramson, former Louisville city and then metro mayor, joins host George Sells to discuss what he has learned about city-county mergers like the one proposed now for St. Louis by the Better Together group. Next, Dr. Patrick Rishe of the Washington University Sports Business Program, founder and CEO of Sportsimpacts and sports business contributor for Forbes joins Sells to share his expertise on the importance professional sports franchises have on a city both economically and in terms of public relations. Finally, Julian Zelizer, Professor of Public affairs and History at Princeton University and CNN contributor, summarizes the strange circumstances regarding the delayed State of the Union address.
