Nov

22

Stadium setbacks

November 22, 2005 | 1 Comment

The Downtown baseball stadium campaign has suffered a couple of setbacks. First, Mayor Barnes killed the stadium summit where Jackson County officials were scheduled to put the smack down on John Copaken and the Downtown Council. Then, the Jackson County Legislature unanimously approved a resolution stating that the county wouldn’t participate in any [...]

Nov

22

Outsourcing… to Missouri

November 22, 2005 | 4 Comments

Wired News profiles a company that is providing IT outsourcing services not in India but in rural America. Seems like a good deal all around. Companies in metro areas save a little money, and folks in rural areas have the opportunity to find good jobs in their own communities. In January, Rural [...]

Nov

18

Keep it zipped this weekend

November 18, 2005 | 4 Comments

KMBZ-AM 980 reports on a week-long prostitution and vice sting. Police aren’t just going after the usual parade of JO Lexuses on Independence Ave., or the crack hoes on Prospect, Quindaro, or Kansas Ave. They’re also casting their nets across the suburbs with ads placed online and in The Pitch, as well [...]

Nov

17

More details on The Roof

November 17, 2005 | 17 Comments

Here is what the TSC roof might look like.

The reason this thing could end up costing almost as much as an entire basketball arena is that it has to totally enclose the stadiums. The original plan was just a long half-cylinder to keep out the rain. But for a Super Bowl it needs [...]

Nov

16

Next card in stadium campaign: The Roof

November 16, 2005 | 10 Comments

A day after Mike Smith went on the offensive against Downtown baseball, Lamar Hunt turn up the stadium renovation campaign another notch by getting a commitment to the often-dangled KC Superbowl. The NFL is now promising us a Superbowl if the Truman Sports Complex gets a rolling roof, which would add $100-200 million [...]

Nov

16

Mike Smith rallies against Downtown baseball

November 16, 2005 | 4 Comments

Mike Smith, chair of the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, seems to have reached his tolerance for discussion of Downtown baseball. First he was whining that he hadn’t seen the proposed financing plan for a downtown baseball stadium, despite the fact that it’s available online for all to see. Now he’s calling for [...]

Nov

15

Jacomo drops employee residency requirements

November 15, 2005 | 13 Comments

Yesterday the Jackson County Legislature voted to drop the law requiring employees of county government to live in the county. That leaves Kansas City and KCK/Wyco as the only governments with such a requirement.

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