Feb

20

Off The Couch columnist retiring

February 20, 2005 | 1 Comment

Dave Stewart laments the end of the road for Greg Hall and his Off the Couch column. The venerable writer has been around town for years at the Star, Pitch, Johnson County Sun, and most recently the Platte County Landmark. The Pitch and the Landmark both have archives of Hall’s columns.

Feb

17

Northland Republican Feud

February 17, 2005 | 2 Comments

Northland Republicans continue fighting amongst themselves. First it was the wingnut takeover of the Platte County Commission. Now Ryan Silvey has just won a nasty fight with Judy Bowman for their party’s nomination to replace the late Dan Bishop in the 38th Missouri House District. Meanwhile, Former KC City Councilmember and Northland [...]

Feb

16

Local political cartoons

February 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Check out OpEdArt for some great political cartoons, including some delightfully snarky KC ‘toons.

Feb

16

Red State Rabble

February 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Pat Hayes has a great blog covering Kansas politics, especially Evolution Brawl II.
redstaterabble.blogspot.com
While we’re on the subject, here’s an old This Modern World cartoon from the Evolution Brawl I

Feb

15

Cleaver off to an ethical start?

February 15, 2005 | 4 Comments

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver has admitted to paying consultanting fees to a journalist who was also covering the 5th District Congressional race. Eric Wesson of The Call worked for Cleaver while his was covering the campaign and criticizing the candidates opponents.
The Star: Cleaver to halt hiring practice.

Feb

14

Poll reports strong support for stem cell research

February 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment

A new opinion poll from a Republican pollster shows strong support for keeping stem cell research legal in Missouri. The survey for the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures found 66% of Missourians support the research, with only 30% opposed. Support was strong in KC, St. Louis, and among Democrats and Independents. Even [...]

Feb

13

Royals pull out of Downtown stadium talks

February 13, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Just a few weeks after agreeing to talk with Downtown stadium proponents, David Glass does an about face and says the Royals have decided to stay at the Truman Sports Complex until their lease ends in 2014. Glass’ main argument was that Royals fans are happy at Kauffman Stadium, thus preferring to be surrounded [...]

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