Dec

23

Clay County follows in big brother’s footsteps

December 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment

One of the arguments that opponents of the failed Clay County charter/constitution used was the example of chronic corruption, bickering, and incompetence in Jackson County government, which just happens to have a home rule charter. Proponents of the constitution argued that the county already had those problems and government reform was necessary to fix [...]

Dec

21

Homerun KC - More Downtown Baseball Supporters

December 21, 2005 | 17 Comments

A new political action committee has been formed to advocate for building a new Downtown baseball stadium. This group is separate from the Downtown Council and it’s efforts on the same front. It’s made up of a younger group of folks like Sean O’Byrne and Russ Johnson. They’re agenda is to renovate Arrowhead [...]

Dec

21

Downtown Detoured

December 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Along with the Downtown Boom comes an annoying side-effect, physical inaccessability. Next month Grand Blvd. becomes the latest street closed due to construction of the Power & Light District, Sprint Center arena, H&R Block Center, Bartle expansion, etc. More than half of the streets into the Loop from the south are closed or restricted. [...]

Dec

19

Shopping Maul Blues

December 19, 2005 | 8 Comments

Last week’s Pitch cover story surveyed some of the dead and dying shopping malls around the metro, but failed to notice that for such a sprawl-happy city we have all but abandoned our enclosed shopping malls. Only two of eleven malls (Independence Center and Overland Park) are doing well. Instead, shoppers are flocking [...]

Dec

19

Warning: Curves Ahead

December 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment

December is turning out to be a roller coaster ride for Jackson County government.  1) The Ruckettes are speculating that this is week we’ll see the lease terms and ballot proposal for the Truman Sports Complex, possibly with The Roof included as a separate question. 2) Immediately after Mike Sanders officially announces for County Executive, [...]

Dec

16

Suburban newspaper consolidation

December 16, 2005 | 1 Comment

NPG Newspapers, publisher of the St. Joseph News-Press is buying Sun Publications, publisher if titles like the Johnson County Sun and the Northland Sun-News. NPG also owns the Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers, which includes the Raytown Tribune, The Wednesday in south KC, and several Northland papers.  The two local newpaper operations will merged, especially the overlapping Northland [...]

Dec

16

Sanders makes it official

December 16, 2005 | 3 Comments

Jackson County Prosecutor Mike Sanders had officially announced his campaign for County Executive. He’s running on his law and order credentials, as well as a pledge to end the acrimony and infighting that have often paralyzed county government over the last 10-15 years. He joins KCMO City Councilman Jim Rowland in the 2006 [...]

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