Jan

14

Weaver interview

January 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Local blogger KC Stranger has an interview with embattled councilwoman Saundra McFadden-Weaver. Also check out our Weaver archives.

Jan

13

Editing you can’t count on

January 13, 2005 | 1 Comment

KMBC-TV 9’s slogan is “coverage you can count on” - but appareantly that doesn’t apply to their editing. In recent days the station’s reporters have made a couple of embarrasing gaffes. First a report on ice falling from the KCTV-5 tower referred to the tower as both the “Channel 9 tower” and the [...]

Jan

12

Plaza gondolas?

January 12, 2005 | 2 Comments

A horse-drawn carriage operator has proposed returning boats to Flush Brush Creek this summer. But instead of the recently failed tour boats, he wants to offer couples a romantic wine and cheese ride on Venetian gondolas.
Since these gondolas would be motorized, tourists would literally be going up shit creek without a paddle…

Jan

12

More book banning

January 12, 2005 | 2 Comments

Not to be outdone by their neighbors in Blue Springs, morality police in Johnson County are organizing a newer and larger effort to ban books in the Blue Valley school district. Of course they are doing it in classic, gold-plated JO fashion - with an organized media campaign and snazzy web site.
www.classkc.org

Jan

11

OP Mayor

January 11, 2005 | 1 Comment

Two City Councilmembers are running to succeed outgoing Overland Park mayor Ed Eilert… Carl Gerlach and Neil Sader. The Star reports on their latest fundraising totals.

Jan

10

KKK wins right to adopt Missouri highway

January 10, 2005 | 4 Comments

After fighting a long court fight since the 1990s, the KKK now has the right to post Adopt-a-Highway signs in Missouri. The US Supreme Court has ruled that the state cannot exclude the KKK from the highway adoption program.

Jan

7

More restaurants headed to Westport

January 7, 2005 | 2 Comments

Joyce Smith reports on three new restaurants that will soon fill vacancies in Westport… Moe’s Southwest Grill (yet another “fast-casual” chain), KC Toaster Sandwich, and an urban outpost for Johnson County’s Korma Sutra Indian restaurant.

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