Oct

26

Meet your new police chief

October 26, 2004 | 2 Comments

Today Jim Corwin will be sworn in as the new KCPD chief. Amazingly, his selection was free of most of the racial squabbling that marred the selection of Rick Easley. Corwin looks like a good choice for many constituencies - he’s a Northlander with several years of experience leading the mostly black East [...]

Oct

25

McCaskill wins newspaper endorsements

October 25, 2004 | 1 Comment

On Sunday The Star endorsed Claire McCaskill in the Missouri governor’s race. So did the Springfield News-Leader in opponent Matt Blunt’s back yard. Previous endorsements from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Columbia Tribune give McCaskill a lock on the state’s major newspapers. So far Blunt has been endorsed by the St. Josepth [...]

Oct

25

Moore leads Kobach in Kansas 3rd

October 25, 2004 | 1 Comment

Star/KMBC-TV poll shows incumbent Dennis Moore with a big lead over his challenger Kris Kobach. More discussion at KrisWatch and MooreWatch.
Dennis Moore: 50%
Kris Kobach: 38%
Undecided: 11%
Margin of error: 4%

Oct

24

Patterson closes in on Cleaver

October 24, 2004 | 7 Comments

What does it take for a newbie Republican to challenge a popular Democratic mayor in a strongly Democratic Congressional district? Appareantly $3 million of your own money and an uprecedented barrage of attack ads works really well.

A Star/KMBC-TV poll in the Missouri 5th District puts the Cleaver-Patterson race at 46% to 41%, 12% undecided. [...]

Oct

24

Bistate 2 shows bad poll numbers

October 24, 2004 | 1 Comment

The Star and KMBC-TV 9 have the first and only independent poll of Bistate 2, and it’s below 50% in all three of the core counties. It’s no surprise that the sports side of the proposal is dragging down the whole thing.

County
For
Against
Undecided

Jackson
43%
49%
7%

Clay
38%
49%
12%

Johnson
39%
51%
10%

Margin of error: 4%

Oct

23

18th & Vine, Phase 2

October 23, 2004 | 3 Comments

The Jazz District Redevelopment Corp. has announced plans for phase 2 at 18th & Vine with additional apartments and office space. While the redevelopment was slow to take off after the museums opened in 1997, the neighborhood is now coming into its own. Apartments and lofts have been very popular, and new restaurants [...]

Oct

22

KC Bar Scoop

October 22, 2004 | 1 Comment

Welcome barscoop.com to river city. They have a good bar search engine, so you can zero in on clubs, pubs, Golden Tee, pool, strippers, or whatever else tickles your fancy. Go check it out for lots of great info on bars all over the city and the metro area.

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