Apr

29

Union Station closing?

April 29, 2004 | 1 Comment

Two sources are reporting on the impending demise of Union Station, which is suffering from attendance way below original incorrect estimates and is losing millions of dollars a year.
Johnson County Sun chairman Steve Rose claims that the station’s board of directors are considering closing the station, and have already gone as far as [...]

Apr

29

Jean Carnahan appearances

April 29, 2004 | Comments Off

Former US Senator and Missouri First Lady Jean Carnahan will be in KC on Friday and Saturday to promote her new book, Don’t Let the Fire Go Out. She will sign books at Barnes and Noble on the Plaza at 11:30am on Friday, and will speak at Unity Temple on the Plaza at [...]

Apr

29

Cheney turns political at Westminster

April 29, 2004 | Comments Off

Days after drawing 200+ protesters in Kansas City, Vice President Dick Cheney turns a prestigious foreign policy address at Westminster College in Fulton, MO into a political speech. In response to the unexpected partisan speech, the college has invited John Kerry to speak there this weekend. Westminster was the site of Winston Churchill’s [...]

Apr

28

Sports blogs and forums

April 28, 2004 | Comments Off

Royals blogs from sportsblogs.org.
Chiefs discussion at KCTV-5.
Fanblogs Big 12 football.
Whitlock Watch – appareantly some people have enough time on their hands to dissect every word of infamous KC Star columnist and 61 Sports host Jason Whitlock.
TigerBoard – One of the oldest and rowdiest fan sites, covering all things Mizzou.
Phog.net – KU fan site on the [...]

Apr

24

Cheney visit/protest

April 24, 2004 | 2 Comments

Vice President Cheney’s fundraiser for US Rep. Sam Graves at the Marriott Muelbach yesterday drew about 200 protestors in Downtown KC. Graves is running for reelection in the 6th District against former Missouri Rep. and Clay County Commissioner Charlie Broomfield.

Apr

23

Holden re-election analysis

April 23, 2004 | Comments Off

Stateline.org has a good overview of Gov. Bob Holden’s re-election bid and challenge from State Auditor Claire McCaskill.

Apr

23

Casinos continue expanding

April 23, 2004 | Comments Off

After Argosy’s recent multi-million dollar expansion seriously cut into Harrahs business, Harrahs has announced a $100m addition to double the size of its hotel. They also hope to catch up to leader Ameristar, who has invested $350m in upgrades since 1997. Meanwhile in Kansas, the legislature continues to consider proposals for casinos in [...]

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