Aug

29

McCaskill to announce for Senate tomorrow

August 29, 2005 | 1 Comment

One of the premier Senate races of 2006 is about to get started. After months of deliberation and media speculation, Democratic State Auditor Claire McCaskill appears set to announce that she will challenge incumbent Republican Senator Jim Talent. A media event is set for tomorrow at the family’s feed mill in the town [...]

Aug

29

Unrest in the provinces

August 29, 2005 | 2 Comments

With billions of dollars being poured into much needed Downtown redevelopment, people in the outlying areas of the city are becoming restless and asking when will the development bonanza make it to their neighborhood. Besides the dead malls, crumbling 1950s tract houses, and streets without curbs or gutters, there are still many houses with [...]

Aug

27

Judge blocks the cock block

August 27, 2005 | 1 Comment

A Cole County judge has ruled Matt Bartle’s strip club restrictions unconstitutional. The ruling was made on two grounds… First, that the law was attached to an unrelated bill, which is against the state constitution. Second, that only federal law can pre-empt the state’s current 18 age of consent, as it does for [...]

Aug

26

Finally fixing up the Greek Islands?

August 26, 2005 | Comments Off

It’s amazing that the old Greek Islands restaurant building has remained vacant for 10 years when it’s at such a popular location in Westport, right on Broadway Blvd. near Streetside Records, the Broadway Cafe, Starbucks, etc. The spot seems ripe for a sidwalk cafe, restaurant, or shop. It turns out that it’s owned by [...]

Aug

25

A farewell to boobs

August 25, 2005 | 2 Comments

This week’s Pitch cover story is the prude law due to go into this weekend that drastically restricts the adult entertainment industry. David Martin gives us a perspective that hasn’t been seen much in this debate, that of the dancers themselves. (This is also one of the best Pitch graphics since the Jay [...]

Aug

24

UMKC Fundraising Sets Record

August 24, 2005 | 3 Comments

All of the uproar around chancellors, faculty coups, and secession haven’t had an impact on UMKC’s first big fundraising campaign. The Biz Journal reports record donations to the school.
This might do something to dispel the idea that UMKC can’t ever win the hearts, minds, and pocketbooks of Kansas Citians without seceding from UM System. [...]

Aug

23

Tony Ortega leaving the Pitch

August 23, 2005 | 5 Comments

This one comes from a reader tip… Pitch managing editior Tony Ortega is departing for a New Times’ weekly in southern Florida. During Ortega’s tenure there has been a noticable improvement in the Pitch’s investigative and journalistic caliber, as well as an embrace of the local blogoshpere.

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