Mar

24

Petition for local artists

March 24, 2006 | 7 Comments

There is a petition going around asking the city of KCMO to formalize the inclusion of local artists in its commissioning of public art. It will be one of the topics today on Up To Date, 11:00 a.m. on KCUR 89.3 FM.
Update: Wow, that was an odd discussion.  Steve talked to people involved in [...]

Mar

23

Bubba, meet Shaquana. Buffy, meet Carlos.

March 23, 2006 | 5 Comments

Tony’s Kansas City points out the interesting state of racial geography in Kansas City, where minorities are moving to the suburbs as whites are returning to the urban core. And it’s a lot more than the white gentrification of the Westside or the black middle class migration to Hickman Mills in southeast KC that [...]

Mar

22

Talk to Lamar Hunt tonight

March 22, 2006 | 18 Comments

Lamar Hunt is tonight’s guest on Talk Back Live, a new call-in show on KCPT-TV hosted by Joco newspaper publisher Steve Rose. Here’s your chance to call a Johnson County resident and ask a Dallas resident about spending Jackson County’s money.
7:00 p.m. on KCPT-TV channel 19 (11 on Time Warner Cable).

Mar

21

Roosting chickens

March 21, 2006 | 17 Comments

The Star has published a big story on a giant cloud hanging over the city’s future - a $2-3 billion bill for replacing the city’s ancient sewer system. Mayor Cleaver and the prison-bound City Council of the early 1990s passed the buck at a time when the federal government wanted to help foot the [...]

Mar

19

Overheard in KC

March 19, 2006 | 1 Comment

There’s a new blog in the local blogosphere, Overhead in KC. Good times.
overheardinkc.com

Mar

16

More Interweb chicanery for Glorioso

March 16, 2006 | 10 Comments

Steve’s gonna blow his top when he sees this video making the Interweb rounds, if he hasn’t already. It’s quite unkind to Lamar Hunt and David Glass. Be warned, this is definitely NSFW and takes a bit of time to load. (hat-tip to John Landsberg)
Note: We just found the link to the video [...]

Mar

16

Historic tax credits in jeopardy again

March 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment

State Senator Chuck Gross (R-St. Charles) continues his fight to kill the historic tax credit program that financed much of Kansas City’s (and St. Louis’) urban redevelopment over the last 10 years. His proposal would severely damage future progress.

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