Sep

20

Washington Post profiles Ike Skelton, rural Missouri

September 20, 2004 | 2 Comments

Back in August the Washington Post ran a profile of US Representative Ike Skelton (D-Lexington), who represents the 4th District of western and central Missouri (campaign web site). It’s an interesting look at a pro-military, anti-Bush politician Democrat representing a mostly Republican district. Skelton has enormous national security cred, and is the main [...]

Sep

20

New political blog

September 20, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The blogosphere welcomes Vicker Walker, outgoing Missouri State Rep. from southern Kansas City, at thinkingdem.blogspot.com. ThinkingDem is yet another lefty addition to BlogKC’s political sources. Come on conservatives, show me the blogs!

Sep

20

Bistate II campaign launched

September 20, 2004 | 3 Comments

Last week the Chamber of Commerce and others kicked off the Bistate II campaign. In November, voters in the five core counties will be asked for a 1/4-cent sales tax to renovate the Truman Sports Complex and fund arts and cultural projects. The arts projects include both the proposed Performing Arts Center and [...]

Sep

19

Stowers Institute gets into Missouri stem cell debate

September 19, 2004 | 1 Comment

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research has jumped into Missouri’s debate over stem cell research. The institute is planning an expansion for their rapidly growing Plaza-area campus, but will not build in Missouri if the state passes a ban on stem cell research. State Senator Matt Bartle, R-Lee’s Summit, is the primary instigater [...]

Sep

18

Smoke free KC?

September 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment

The Star reports that KC City Councilman Chuch Eddy is proposing a unique metro-wide ban on smoking in public places and most work places. Instead of one city adopting the ban, it’s being proposed in all cities around the region. In order to protect business interests, there are some unique “triggers” in [...]

Sep

17

Arena competition heating up

September 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment

A September 30th presentation to the committee selecting architects for the Sprint Center is fast approaching, and competition between the two teams is getting a little nasty. On one hand we have the Downtown Arena Design Team, a coalition of world-famous sports architecture firms based here in Kansas City. On the other hand [...]

Sep

16

Big 12 football at Arrowhead

September 16, 2004 | 1 Comment

Chiefs and Arrowhead Stadium officials are cranking up the Big 12 football at the stadium. In addition to Big 12 championships in 2003, 2004, and 2006, Mizzou is bringing its 2005 and 2006 home openers to Arrowhead. Now it looks like KU is getting in on the action, with The Star reporting that [...]

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