Jan

26

Conservative think tanks pushes to kill earnings tax

January 26, 2007 | 4 Comments

The conservative St. Louis think tank The Show-Me Institute has released an economic study (PDF) proposing the elimination of KCMO’s earnings tax and replacing it with a land tax. This essentially take the current property tax and convert into a two-tiered system - a higher tax on the value of the land and a lower [...]

Jan

25

Bush in River City, soon to be in Lee’s Scummit

January 25, 2007 | 7 Comments

Air Force One has landed at the Downtown Airport. Bush will be appearing at St. Luke’s Hospital East in Lee’s Summit, so watch out for motorcade congestion on routes between Downtown and Lee’s Summit, possibly US 71, I-470, I-435, or I-70. Keep on eye on Scout for traffic updates.
Many folks have noted the [...]

Jan

25

Becky Bartle?

January 25, 2007 | 6 Comments

Here’s an interesting scenario… the self-professed “labor candidate” in the mayoral race is pulling in serious money from the wingnut Republican crowd. But it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Becky Nace recently hired Jeff Roe as a campaign consultant. Please bear with me as I trace the money…
Roe is a hard-core Republican operative [...]

Jan

24

Poet Laureate in KC tonight

January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

US Poet Laureate Donald Hall will be appearing at Rockhurst University tonight.
More info…

Jan

24

Klein and Funkhouser push ideas

January 24, 2007 | 13 Comments

This week mayoral candidates Mark Funkhouser and Henry Klein came out a with couple of big policy initiatives.
Klein has issued a commitment to cut crime. It has the standard things like adding more police officers, but also includes a proposal to lift the residency requirement for the KCPD.
Funkhouser has declared war on metal plates, [...]

Jan

22

Mayoral forum Tuesday night

January 22, 2007 | 3 Comments

Tuesday January 23
6:00-8:00 p.m.
UMKC’s Grant Hall (5228 Charlotte 64110)
Sponsored by KKFI 90.1 FM and the UMKC Communications Department.  More info.
I have also added a few more forums at upcoming.org.  If you know of any more, please leave the details in the comments.  Or add it yourself to Upcoming.org and tag it with “kcmomayor”

Jan

21

Mel Solomon, another Dinosaur Politician

January 21, 2007 | 7 Comments

There have been rumors around Brookside for awhile that City Council candidate Mel Solomon is trash talking his opponents, and recently local blogger Gone Mild caught him in the act.
It sounds like Solomon also dislikes the fact that his opponent Mark Forsythe is using the Interwebs to engage voters.  Mel’s opinion notwithstanding, Mark’s blog is [...]

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