Aug

30

Bumblebees move north

August 30, 2006 | 18 Comments

The Bumblebees or Yellow Jackets that you see patrolling the Downtown Loop and keeping things nice and clean have expanded their reach. The River Market neighborhood has formed a Community Improvement District and contracted with the Downtown Community Improvement District to provide service.
What this means is that the property owners in the neighborhood are [...]

Aug

29

Bush visiting for Talent

August 29, 2006 | 10 Comments

President Bush is coming to KC to raise money for Senator Jim Talent’s re-election campaign. The $1000 per ticket event is Sept. 6 at the home of Scott Ward, 55th and Ward Parkway. Yes, it’s *that* Ward family, owners of Russell Stover Candy. Protests are planned for outside the Ward home.

Aug

28

New McFadden-Weaver Hijinx

August 28, 2006 | 1 Comment

Rumors have been going around lately that KCMO Councilwoman Saundra McFadden-Weaver
had secretly moved to Lee’s Summit, and know we know the source of those rumors.  The alleged crime is actually much worse – real estate fraud. It seems that McCriminal-Weaver engaged in a shady real estate deal and now the feds are looking into it.
The [...]

Aug

24

Barnes caves, yanks landlord licensing

August 24, 2006 | 4 Comments

It’s not a big surprise that Mayor Barnes has given in to developers and killed the latest proposal to license and regulate landlords of rental housing.  Her new proposal is to hire a rental housing coordinator and expand the codes inspection staff.
While the mayor’s plan sounds OK in theory, paying for it out of the [...]

Aug

21

Star adds new blog for music

August 21, 2006 | 4 Comments

The Star has added another blog to its collection… Back to Rockville is a cool new blog from music editor Tim Finn.

Aug

17

Another taxpayer-subsidized business goes bankrupt

August 17, 2006 | 6 Comments

The Biz Journal reports that family-owned Weld Wheel has filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell of its assets.  There is a mention of possibly continuing under new owners, but no specifics. The company recently received $3 million in tax subsidies to move from the West Bottoms to the stadium area, so we wonder if [...]

Aug

15

Crime in the burbs? No way!

August 15, 2006 | 12 Comments

KMBC-TV 9 made a funny this week, carrying a great quote from a suburbanite shocked over an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant in the Northland’s posh Zona Rosa town center.
Conroy said she’s surprised that robbers would target a restaurant in the popular shopping district. “Not in Zona Rosa — maybe down in [...]

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