Mar

31

Protecting KC from terrorists

March 31, 2006 | 3 Comments

KC can rest easy now that we have an official Terrorism Early Warning committee, because our 10,000 rain gardens are too tempting for the terrorists to ignore.

Mar

30

Live, Latebreaking, Fabricated

March 30, 2006 | 9 Comments

KCTV-5 has been caught once again making up the news, and this time they’ve made the Drudge Report. In an operation similar to their Internet perv entrapment, they are working with an organization that deliberately provokes police assaults. This time they tried to get Independence police to beat up an undercover reporter on [...]

Mar

30

Yet another stadium forum

March 30, 2006 | 3 Comments

KMBZ TOWN HALL FORUM
Can Kansas City afford it? Will the teams leave? What’s the economic impact? Join NewsRadio 980 KMBZ for a Town Hall Forum discussing both sides of the most important important ballot issue to face Kansas City voters in years. Join us next Thursday and be an informed voter.
KC Public Libary – Central [...]

Mar

29

Promises and Punchlines

March 29, 2006 | 10 Comments

1) Not even the eve of Jackson County’s biggest election in a generation can keep the county’s clusterfucked government in check. Al Riederer, former County Prosecutor and leader of the Save Our Stadiums campaign files to run against the County Legislature Chairman, Henry Rizzo.
2) The next promise for stadium renovations is expected to become [...]

Mar

28

Homicide stats

March 28, 2006 | 7 Comments

Greg Reeves has been crunching more numbers at Crime Scene KC. This time it is KCPD’s homicide stats for the last 11 years.  This is the kind of reporting that the police department itself should be making public, but at least someone is doing it…

Mar

27

This week’s stadium stuff

March 27, 2006 | 11 Comments

Last week Steve Rose came dangerously close to fellating Lamar Hunt on live television, this week we’ll see if he goes all the way with David Glass. The Royals owner will be Steve’s guest on KCPT’s new Talk Back Live call-in show. Jackson Countians, here is another chance to ask a Kansan and [...]

Mar

26

Tops in Meth

March 26, 2006 | 2 Comments

Crime Scene KC reports the only slightly surprising, Missouri is tops in terms of percentage of households with meth labs. 0.54% of all Missouri homes have been busted for housing a meth lab. While California actually has more labs, our lower popoulation boosts our per capit rank. Kansans aren’t far behind, ranking [...]

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