Jul
22
First electronic voting system approved
July 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The Secretary of State’s office has approved the first electronic voting system for use in Missouri. The AccuPoll machine features includes a touch screen, ADA accessibility, and most importantly a printed receipt so voters can verify that they ballot was successfully and accurately cast.
Southeast Missourian: State approves AccuPoll’s new voting machine.
Jul
21
Dave Helling blogging
July 21, 2005 | 2 Comments
One of the city’s best journalists is back on the scene and blogging. Dave Helling is the former political reporter and anchor at KCTV 5 whose journalistic reputation was starting to take a hit by that station’s slide into sleaze TV. After Joe Miller, Helling is only the second “mainstream” KC journalist to [...]
Jul
21
Larry Griffin execution reexamined
July 21, 2005 | 3 Comments
Missouri may be the first state to be proved to have executed an innocent man. CNN, The Star, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch both report on the re-opening of the Larry Griffin case. The NAACP has issued a report arguing that Griffin was probably innocent, and the prosecutor has re-opened the case. [...]
Jul
19
Mayor Marinovich going into PR
July 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Former KCK/Wyco Mayor and school teacher Carol Marinovich is going into the private sector. She has joined the KCMO office of the Fleishman-Hillard advertising agency. Looks like a smart move for Fleishman to hire the metro’s most popular politician after their local reputation was damaged in last year’s bitter arena fight.
Jul
19
Street vendors return to government district
July 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment
cartgate
Jul
18
Daily KC is a new media and news blog… dailykc.com. Looks promising.
Jul
15
Empire Theater saved
July 15, 2005 | 5 Comments
The Biz Journal and The Star report that the on again, off again demolition of the historic but vacant Empire Theater appears to be permanently off. AMC Theatres is joining with the Power & Light District to renovate the building into a six-screen movie theater featuring art flicks and independent films. Also included [...]

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