Jun

22

Interesting match-up in the 10th District

June 22, 2006 | 17 Comments

The race for Missouri’s 10th District seat in the Missouri Senate should be very interesting, especially between the top 3 candidates. The district includes Downtown, Midtown, the Plaza, Brookside, and Waldo - the most liberal part of the city.
Jolie Justus has been pointing out how opponent Jason Klumb introduced the Defense of Marriage Act […]

Jun

21

Campaigning on Wi-Fi

June 21, 2006 | 10 Comments

Mayoral candidate Henry Klein has made Wi-Fi a key issue in his campaign. He is pushing a “ConnectKC” proposal to provide free cheap wireless Internet access to every corner of the city. The city already is studying a city-wide wifi network, but their plodding IT department won’t be getting to work anytime soon. […]

Jun

19

Star gets behind downtown baseball, but not in KC

June 19, 2006 | 11 Comments

Anyone else notice the fawning coverage of St. Louis’ new Busch Stadium in Sunday’s KC JO Star? It included lots of examples of how the new stadium was spurring additional downtown development. This is a curious article for a newspaper that worked so hard to keep baseball out of our Downtown for at […]

Jun

16

Weekend Jazz

June 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment

This weekend sees two jazz festivals.
Rhythm and Ribs marries our two civic passions, jazz and BBQ. Friday-Sunday at 18th & Vine, featuring Keb’ Mo’ and Al Green. www.kcrhythmandribs.com.
For the more suburban-minded, there is the Parkville RiverJam Friday-Saturday with jazz, blues, and art. www.parkvilleriverjam.com.

Jun

16

Urban Photo Safari

June 16, 2006 | 4 Comments

Check out some great shots of the city from this recent photography contest.  Winners and a book of their work should be coming out soon.
www.urbanphotosafari.com

Jun

15

Blogger detained at Governor’s office

June 15, 2006 | 1 Comment

Yesterday there was a nasty confrontation in Governor Matt Blunt’s office between two polar opposite wingnuts -  Democratic blogger Roy Temple and Governor’s spokesman Spence Jackson.  Temple had attempted to attend the bill signing for Missouri’s new photo ID voting law, but Jackson freaked out and compared him to Timothy McVeigh.  The nominal issue was […]

Jun

15

Chastain. Reloaded

June 15, 2006 | 4 Comments

According to Hearne Christopher, the dude is coming back for yet another light rail petition.  There will surely be more news of the weird to follow, but for now we just want to know if the Star left this news for its gossip columnist or if this is another case of Hearne scooping the real […]

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