Jul

31

New blog: KC Happy Hour

July 31, 2006 | 3 Comments

KC Happy Hour is a brand new blog documenting the various happy hour specials around the city.  Their first choice is Lulu’s, which is already one of our favorites.
www.kchappyhour.net

Jul

31

Blunt giving up?

July 31, 2006 | 4 Comments

Embattled Missouri Governor Matt Blunt might end up as a one-term governor by choice.  He recently told the Springfield News-Leader that he “may decide not to run again.”  Perhaps he has tired of being one of the most unpopular governors in the country.  There are also rumors that he’ll run for Senate when Kit Bond […]

Jul

27

Fringe Festival this weekend

July 27, 2006 | 1 Comment

Kansas City’s second annual Fringe Festival starts tonight and runs through Sunday at various venues throughout the greater Downtown area, from the River Market to the Crossroads.  Keep reading for festival highlights from Present Magazine.

Jul

25

KC photoblog

July 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Low End Theory is a new photoblog wtih some good local urban photography.
low-end-theory.blogspot.com

Jul

25

Candidate forums

July 25, 2006 | 2 Comments

Two forums are coming up this week with candidates for county and state offices…
State Senate District 10 (Midtown/Brookside/SKC)
Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
Penn Valley Community College - Little Theater
31st and Southwest Trafficway
(League of Women Voters of Kansas City)
Various races (State Senate 10, State House 37, County Legislature, County Executive)
Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.
Metropolitan Condominiums
600 E. 8th Street
(Four […]

Jul

24

Oops, who moved my codes enforcement?

July 24, 2006 | 6 Comments

City Council candidate Mark Forsythe is one of the few local politicians who gets blogging, using his blog has a forum for discussing issues relevant to the campaign. A recent post is very interesting…
The city has consolidated all of its codes enforcement into the Neighorhood Preservation department, a move that made sense when this […]

Jul

21

Another nasty TIF abuse

July 21, 2006 | 13 Comments

The City Council just approved TIF subsidies for a development that is in no way blighted.  Hunt Midwest is going to build yet another strip mall, this one at the corner of North Oak and Vivion.  The land is currently a beautiful piece of open space on the campus of the Midwest Baptist Seminary, adjacent […]

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